Podgora - Grmada on Mala gora

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Novo Mesto motorway, take the Grosuplje exit (from the Ljubljana direction, you can also take the Cikava exit), and then continue driving towards the centre of Grosuplje. From Grosuplje, drive towards Veliko Mlačevo, Mala and Velika Račna and Vidmo. From Veliko Mlačevo, turn right (straight ahead to Lobček and Luce), then continue towards Vidmo. At Vidmo, the road from Rašice joins, and we follow it to the left (south) to the road branch to the village of Podgora, which is located at the edge of the Dobrepolje field. The village is reached after a few 100 metres of further driving, and our route starts near the church. Park at the beginning of the village in a suitable place along the road so as not to disturb the work of the inhabitants.
b) From the road Ljubljana - Kočevje at Rašica turn left (from Kočevje turn right) in the direction of Ponikev, Predstruge and Vidmo. When we reach Predstruge we reach the Dobrepolje valley, and we follow it through Videm to the road branch to Podgora. We reach the village after a few 100 metres of further driving, and our route starts near the church. We park at the beginning of the village in a convenient place along the road, so as not to disturb the work of the locals.

Path description:
From where we parked, we first walk to the church, and from there we continue along the initially wide cart track, which turns into a forest. Climb cart track for a few minutes, then an arrow on a tree points you left to the old and steeper logging trail. Follow the markings carefully as you climb, and the path returns to the wider cart track higher up. A little further on, cross a dirt road, and a few metres higher, reach another road, which you follow to the left (at this point, you leave the marked path leading to Kamni vrh).
Continue along the macadam road, which climbs gently to moderately to the left, and at a higher altitude turns sharp right and leads to a crossroads.
From the crossroads, continue along the left-hand road (the right-hand road leads to Kamen vrh), which continues to climb transversely through the forest. Higher up, the path leads you across a view slope, from where you have a fine view of Dobrepolje and the Dry Landscape. The road then returns to the forest, and we follow it to a small left turn, where we reach another marked path leading to the top of Grmada.
At this point, leave the road and continue the ascent along the marked or parallel better-beaten unmarked path. After a few minutes of ascent, the two paths merge and lead us to the Grmada hut above Ortnek, from which we have a beautiful view.
The top of Grmada is a few 10 steps further.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Koča pri Sveti Ani na Mali gori (2 h 35 min), Stene svete Ane (2 h 20 min)

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