Skaručna - Šmarna gora (Partizanska steza)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Ljubljana - Šmartno exit, and follow the road to the settlement, where you turn right onto the road leading to Vodice. Follow the road to Skaručna, where our route begins. You can park in a small parking lot next to the cemetery or somewhere near the church.
b) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Vodice and continue driving towards Vodice. At the semaphoreised intersection in Vodice, turn right towards Skaručna. When you reach Skaručna, pay attention to the right turn-off leading to the nearby cemetery. The cemetery is also the best place to park.

Path description:
From the cemetery, walk to the main road, and from there turn right towards Ljubljana. After about 100 m you will reach a kindergarten, near which is the Church of St. Lucy. Just 10 m after the kindergarten, leave the main road and turn right onto a dirt road, which quickly leads to an overpass over the motorway. From the overpass, or a little earlier, we have a nice view of Šmarna gora on the left and Kamnik Savinja Alps on the right. Just after the bridge, turn left and follow the dirt road parallel to the motorway. As you approach the Povodje motorway lay-by, the road turns slightly right into the forest. The road, along which you can already see the first markings, is only followed for a short time, as the initially few markings then direct you slightly left onto a winding path that continues through the forest. We walk along the completely folded path for a while, and then the path from Rašica or Povodja joins us from the left.
Continue straight ahead, cross the Gračenica stream, and then start climbing steeply. The path ahead leads us under a power line, a little further on it returns to the forest and crosses a macadam road. A little above the road, we join the logging trail wall, which we gradually start to climb steeper and steeper. At a higher altitude, leave cart track and climb a slightly steeper path in a few minutes to a path that almost encircles Šmarna Gora. Follow this path to the left (Turko's sign on the right, Šmarna gora and Grmada) and begin a gentle descent. After about 50 m, you will see a P marker on a tree, which directs you to the right onto the path, which climbs steeply for a short time, then lays down and joins the narrower cart track. Then cart track begins to descend gently and slowly turns more and more to the right. After a few minutes of easy descent, you arrive at a marked crossroads where you reach the route from Šmartno and Tacno. Here, continue sharp right onto the Partizanska cesta.
From the crossroads onwards, the path becomes steeper and passes onto significantly steeper slopes, which are dangerous for slipping, especially in snow and ice. Further on, we climb up the steep slope in switchbacks, and after a while the well-maintained path leads us to a bench, from which we have a beautiful view of the valley. Above the bench, the path passes onto a ridge, which we climb just below the top of Šmarna Gora. Here, the path goes from the ridge to a slope, over which we climb to the top of Šmarna Gora in a few 10 steps of further walking.

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