Spodnje Pirniče - Grmada (on Kovačeva steza and over Sedlo)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Ljubljana - Šmartno exit and then continue to Tacno. In Tacno, just before the road crosses the Sava River via a bridge, turn slightly right in the direction of Pirnič. Just after Ljubljana ends, you reach the Kovač Inn in Vikrče and a few metres further on to a crossroads where the road to Medvode and the centre of Spodnje Pirniče branches off to the left. Continue straight on here and after a further 10 metres you reach a small crossroads where a narrow asphalt road branches off to the right towards Spodnje Pirniče house numbers 48, 48 a-d, 49, 49 e, f, g, h, 50, 50 a, b, 53 a, b. Our route starts at this junction, but as there are no suitable parking spaces here we have to park somewhere else (the most suitable place is by the church in Spodnje Pirniče or in the paid parking lot by the Lipa club).
b) From Šentvid we drive to Tacen, and there, just after the bridge over the Sava River, we turn left towards Pirničy. Just after Ljubljana ends, you reach the Kovač inn in Vikrče and a few metres further on to a crossroads where the road to Medvode and the centre of Spodnje Pirniče turns left. Continue straight on here and after a further 10 metres you reach a small crossroads where a narrow asphalt road branches off to the right towards Spodnje Pirniče house numbers 48, 48 a-d, 49, 49 e, f, g, h, 50, 50 a, b, 53 a, b. Our route starts at this junction, but as there are no suitable parking spaces here we have to park somewhere else (the most suitable place is by the church in Spodnje Pirniče or in the paid parking lot by the Lipa club).
c) From Medvode we take the road to Zgornje and then to Spodnje Pirniče, and at the crossroads before the start of Vikrče we take a nice turn towards the Lipa Club. After only a few 10 metres of further driving we reach a small junction where a narrow asphalt road branches off to the right towards Spodnje Pirniče house numbers 48, 48 a-d, 49, 49 e, f, g, h, 50, 50 a, b, 53 a, b. At this junction our route begins, but as there are no suitable parking spaces here we have to park somewhere else (the most suitable space is next to the church in Spodnje Pirniče or in the paid parking lot at the Lipa Club).

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the street, and then turn right after the last house on the right onto the road, which a few metres further on loses its asphalt coating and leads to an unmarked crossroads at the water tower.
Go around the water tower on the right (on the left is a nature trail) and continue for a short distance along the overgrown cart track. From cart track a path soon branches off to the left, which is followed a few steps higher to join the marked path from Vikrč. Higher up, the path bends slightly to the left and then back to the right, where it gradually turns into a small erosion gully. There is a short, slightly steeper climb and then you reach cart track, where you continue left (Grmada on the right - the path joining the Westro path).
A short crossing follows and the path leads to a minor road leading to Sedlo below the Šmarna gora summit. Higher up, the road leads out of the forest onto the slopes. With a view of the Šmarna gora and Kamnik Savinja Alps peak, we quickly reach the Žumberačka gora homestead, from which there is a short walk to the marked crossroads Na Sedlu.
From the saddle, continue right down towards Tacno (Šmarna gora on the left), and when the path turns into the forest, continue right towards Grmada. The ascent continues along a slightly steeper path, which first climbs through the forest, then turns into a partially overlooked ridge, which in a few 10 steps of further walking climbs to the top of Grmada.

On the way: Na Sedlu (580m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Šmarna gora

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