Preska - Sveti Jakob (via Turnice)

Access to the starting point:
a) First, drive into Ljubljana, then continue along the Celovška Road towards Medvode. When you arrive in Medvode, turn left at the first traffic light over the railway line towards Gole Brdo, Žleb and Preska. After the railway line, turn right on the main road towards Preska, and follow the main road until the first road fork to the left. Continue through the village, and when you see the sports ground of the nearby primary school on your right, turn left onto the Road to Žlebeh. When the residential houses on the right hand side of the road end, you will come to a parking area, where you park.
b) From Škofja Loka, Kranj or Vodice, drive to Medvode and from there continue to Ljubljana. At the last traffic light in Medvode, which is located about 100 m further from the Hofer store, turn right across the railway line in the direction of Goleg Brdo, Žleb and Preska. After the railway line, turn right along the main road towards Preska, and follow the main road to the first road junction to the left. Continue through the village, and when you see the sports ground of the nearby primary school on your right, turn left onto the Road to Žlebeh. When the residential houses on the right hand side of the road end, you will come to a parking area, where you park.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot there is a marked crossroads where we continue right in the direction of Jeterbenk and Katarina (Slavkov dom na Golem Brdu on the left). The path initially leads us along a macadam road, which changes for a small house into cart track, and we continue left into the woods, where we first cross a small stream. We continue to climb gently along the occasionally overgrown path, which leads us past several small crossroads where we follow the markings. After a few minutes of ascending, the path turns slightly to the left and gradually descends to a forest road, which we only cross. There is a small descent, and then you reach an asphalt road and follow it to the right, but you only walk along it for a short time, as the red mountain signs direct you left to a nearby fruit press.
Go around the fruit press pr Andrej on the left, then follow it over a small bridge into the forest. In the forest, first continue to the right and in a few minutes climb up to cart track, which leads out of the forest. The way forward is along the above-mentioned cart track, which leads first past a house and then along the beautiful views of the Polhograjsko hills. After a short descent, you reach an asphalt road, which you only cross, as the route continues on a macadam road. The road soon splits into two parts, and we continue along the lower left (or right, as both routes lead to St Marjeta's Church), which quickly leads to a left turn, at which there is a marked Žlebe parking lot.
From the parking lot, follow cart track in the direction of Katarina, Jeterbenk and St. Marjeta (left Petelinc), which continues along the left side of the brook. After a few 10 steps leave the cart track and continue right into the woods, first descending to and crossing the stream. On the other side, continue climbing gently for a short distance, then the path turns right and climbs steeply. A little higher up, you reach a marked crossroads where you have two options for continuing.
You can either continue left in the direction Jeterbenk or right along a good minute longer path past the Church of St Margaret. If you continue along the left path, you will soon reach the next crossroads, where another path to the church branches off to the right. Here again, continue left, then slightly further on at an unmarked crossroads slightly right up (the lower left path leads to Jeterbenk "along the ridge" (of course, the path only goes to the ridge a little higher up)), where after a short climb you join the cart track leading from the church of St Margaret.
Continue along the relatively wide cart track, which leads past the information board of the archaeological site at Gradišče. A few minutes further on, the path of the Knights of the Robber Knights branches off to the right, and we continue straight on the slightly steeper cart track. Just before the steepness subsides, we rejoin the path of the Knights of the Predatory Knights, and the waymarked path turns slightly more to the left and leads us over the ridge of Turnice to the western slopes of Jeterbenka. The way forward leads us across the meadow, from which we transiently open up some views, and then returns to the forest and leads us to the crossroads at the chapel.
From this crossroads, which is located at the edge of the forest, continue straight ahead (sharp left Jeterbenk, left Slavkov dom na Golem Brdu) along the scenic road, which quickly leads to the next crossroads, from where you continue straight ahead on the footpath, which continues between two roads (the left road leads to Katarina, the right road leads to the Kozomer farm). The path continues quickly up to a bench and a table, and then continues for a short distance along the edge of the forest, where a beautiful view opens up. Higher up, the path descends into the forest and leads to a hill, from which it descends past a byte to cart track. Climb cart track for a short distance, then, at the point where cart track turns slightly to the right, continue straight up a well-trodden track which begins to climb steeply across the hayfield. Higher up, the path enters the woods, where it climbs even steeper. When you get a little higher out of the forest, you are at the top of the Róg by a large wooden cross.
From the top, continue along a pleasant ridge trail, which leads along a scenic ridge, and then the trail crosses the lane of the forest, after which you arrive at a crossroads. We continue slightly to the right along a slightly less distinct, but still well-traced path, which continues for some time through hay fields, then turns into the forest and descends to a narrow macadam road leading from Topole towards the hamlet of Brezovica. Follow the road to the right for a short distance and then arrive at a well-marked crossroads located at the edge of a small hamlet. The marked trail bypasses the hamlet on the right and then continues along the wide cart track, which offers a beautiful view of our destination and, in good weather, of the Kamnik and Savinja Alps and the Posavje hills. On the other side of the meadow, the path approaches the forest, where we join the path from Sora and Preska. Here, too, we continue to the left, and we walk along the cart track for only a few more 10 steps, as the signs then lead us to the right on a relatively steep path that continues along the edge of the forest (even if we continue along the cart track we will reach the top). During the ascent we have a nice view towards Polhograjska Grmada, and from the summit, which we reach after a few minutes, towards the other peaks of the Polhograjsko hills.

On the way: Sveta Marjeta under Jeterbenk (482m), Rog (798m)

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