Lipa - Šmarna gora (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway take the Ljubljana - Šmartno exit, then continue driving towards Tacen. In Tacen just before the road over the bridge crosses the Sava river continue slightly right in the direction of Pirniče. A little after that, when Ljubljana ends, we arrive in Vikrče, a little further to Spodnje Pirniče, we follow the road to the Lipa club, where we park on a large parking lot intended for visitors of Šmarna gora (parking price is 1.5 EUR/h - December 2012).
B) From Šentvid drive to Tacen, there immediately after the bridge over the Sava river left towards Pirniče. A little after that, when Ljubljana ends, we arrive in Vikrče, a little further to Spodnje Pirniče, we follow the road to the Lipa club, where we park on a large parking lot intended for visitors of Šmarna gora (parking price is 1.5 EUR/h - December 2012).
C) From Medvode drive to Zgornje and then to Spodnje Pirniče, we follow the road to the Lipa club, where we park on a large parking lot intended for visitors of Šmarna gora (parking price is 1.5 EUR/h - December 2012).

Route description:
From the parking lot we return to the road, from there we continue towards Zavrh. Soon we arrive at a smaller intersection, where the road to the birth house of Jakob Aljaž branches off to the right, we continue straight towards Zavrh and Šmarna gora. Further we cross a strip of forest, then arrive at the first houses in Zavrh. We continue on the "main" road that continues among the houses, at marked intersections we continue right towards Šmarna gora. The asphalt ends at the "last" house, we continue on the steep road, on which driving with cars is forbidden (residents are the exception). We continue on the road, which steeply ascends through the forest. Higher a marked path over Peske joins from the right, we continue on the road, which further leads us past the NOB monument and the plague column. Higher the road turns a little more to the left and brings us out of the forest onto panoramic slopes. With a view of the summit of Šmarna gora and the Kamnik Savinja Alps we quickly arrive at the Gorjanc homestead, from which a short walk follows to the marked junction Na Sedlu.
Here we continue left further on the road, which soon splits into two parts. The ascent can be continued on the road, in this case we ascend to the summit past the wish bell, or continue right on the marked footpath, which past the chapel of St. Sobota also brings us to the summit of Šmarna gora.

Along the route: Na Sedlu (580m)

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