Spodnje Pirniče - Šmarna gora (Kovačeva steza)

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.
Before the water tower, continue left into the forest (if you continue straight ahead, you will arrive at the Kovačeva stezo), through which you will first start to climb only slowly. Further on, the path leads past an abandoned quarry, and we join the more beaten track from the Lipa club just a little further on.
The path continues through the forest, through which it gradually starts to climb more steeply. We climb steeply for a while, and then the path lays down and leads us to a place where we join a relatively steep road leading from Zavrh towards Šmarna Gora.
We continue our ascent along the road, which leads us past the NOB monument and a few metres further on, past the plague or Turks' sign. Higher up, the road turns slightly more to the left and leads us out of the forest onto the viewing slopes. With a view of the Šmarna gora and Kamnik Savinja Alps peak, we quickly reach the Žumberačka gora homestead, from which we follow a short walk to the marked crossroads Na Sedlu.
Here, continue left along the road, which soon splits into two parts. You can continue your ascent along the road, in which case you will climb to the top past the wishing bell, or you can continue to the right along the marked footpath, which also leads you to the top of Šmarna Gora, past the Chapel of St. Sobota.

On the way: Na Sedlu (580m)

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