Topole - Mengeška koča on Gobavica

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Vodice exit, then continue driving towards Kamnik, then turn slightly right in Vodice towards Bukovica. Continue along the road towards Mengeš. After Koseze, the settlements and hamlets end, and the road then leads through lane of a forest and some meadows. As the meadows narrow, a dirt road branches off slightly to the left towards the sports ground in Topole, and to the right, across a marshy meadow, is a track leading towards Mengeška koča on Gobavica and Rašice. Park in a suitable place at the crossroads.
b) Take the Mengeš, then from the main crossroads in the centre of Mengeš, continue towards Kranj. A little further on from the main road, turn slightly left onto the road towards Vodice. Just after the crossroads, cross the Pšata canal over a bridge, and then after the fields the road turns into woods, with narrower meadows along the road. When you see that the macadam road leading to the sports ground in Topole turns sharp right and the footpath leading to Gobavica and Rašica starts on the left, you are at the starting point of the route described above. Park in a suitable place at the crossroads.

Path description:
On the south side of the road, there is a fainter path that leads through a short marshy meadow, after which it turns into a forest, and after a few 10 metres it joins the cart track. The cart track continues ascending, first gently and then moderately, following the rather sparse markings at the crossroads. When the cart track is laid down, you will quickly reach a marked crossroads, where you will continue left in the direction of Mengeš hut (straight ahead you will reach the lower trail Mengeš hut - Rašica, and to the right there is a ridge trail to Rašica and a trail to Koseze and Šinkov Turn).
From the crossroads there is a short climb to the forested Marin hrib (408 m), then a gradual descent to the crossroads, where the above-mentioned lower path joins.
Continue again in the direction of Mengeš hut, and the path then leads along cart track, which climbs gently through hay fields to a nearby trestle. At the hut, the path turns left, climbs through the lane of the forest, and then, along the upper edge of the meadow, leads to the Mengeš hut on Gobavica.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2017 (November).

On the way: Marin hrib (408m)

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