Ledinsko Razpotje - Marutnik (west path)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Gorenja vas in Poljanska valley and Žiri. In Žiri or at the end of Žiri (Stare Žiri), we leave the main road towards Rovte and Logatec and continue right in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Šentjošt above Horjul, and from there we continue driving towards Smrečje. When we reach the main road Podlipa - Žiri, we follow it to the right, and we drive along it to Žiri. When in Žiri, we reach the main road Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we drive along it past the parish church and Gostilna and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at a junction, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
C) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Vrhnika, and then when we reach the old road Ljubljana - Logatec, we continue in the direction of Logatec, but only for a short time, since already at the next junction we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead leads us for a short time through Vrhnika, later through the outskirts of Stara Vrhnika, and then we soon leave the road towards Horjul and continue driving slightly left in the direction of Smrečje. After Smrečje the road starts descending towards Račeva and Žiri. When in Žiri, we reach the main road Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we drive along it past the parish church and Gostilna and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at a junction, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
D) From the motorway Koper - Ljubljana we take the exit Logatec, and when we reach the old road Logatec - Vrhnika we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), and we drive along it only for a short time, since then signs for Rovte and Žiri direct us left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned place, we soon turn left in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
E) From the road Idrija - Spodnja Idrija, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if coming from the direction of Spodnja Idrija, still before Idrija we turn left) across the bridge over the river Idrijca towards the Eurospin store. On the other side of the bridge we arrive in the settlement Mokraška vas, and we stick to the main road which leads towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher up the road leads us through a few hairpin turns, and then we arrive in the settlement Ledinsko Razpotje, where at the first junction we turn right and park on a somewhat larger parking lot. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.

Route description:
From the starting point we go on the road in the direction of Idršek - Gore, Zagodov vrh and Idrija and continue on the Idrijsko - Cerkljanska planinska pot (ICPP). The path first leads past Kmečki hram Fortuna, where a marked footpath branches off to the right towards Idrija, but we walk along the asphalt road to the nearby junction, where we continue on the slightly right road (slightly left Idršek and eastern path). The road a little higher passes into the forest, through which it starts to ascend more steeply. Higher up the asphalt temporarily ends, and the road brings us out of the forest onto the occasionally panoramic slopes of Cajnega vrh, from where a nice view opens up onto Idrijsko hribovje. Next follows the crossing of the mentioned peak, then the road becomes asphalted again, and gradually passes onto the slopes of Marutnik. A gentle descent follows, then we arrive at the place where the eastern path joins us (the paths join southeast of Marutnik).
At the place where the eastern path joins us we continue left to the nearby house, then before it left into the forest on a well-followable but unmarked path. Along the mentioned path we start ascending through the forest, higher up we cross a panoramic hayfield, from which a nice view opens up onto Škofjeloško hribovje. When the path returns to the forest, we walk past the NOB monument to the nearby peak.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (January).

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