Litija - Janče (via Širmanski hrib)

Access to starting point:
Railway station Litija - you can get to Litija by train in the direction Zidani most – Ljubljana or Ljubljana – Zidani most, or by road in the direction Ljubljana – Litija.

Route description:
From the railway station Litija we go over the bridge to the right bank of the Sava, where we immediately turn right, first past the pharmacy, then again right along the Sava past Plečnik's monument to the fallen fighters and other NOB victims or on the local road towards Kresnice. Past the building of AMD Litija on our right we arrive after a few minutes at the oldest house in Litija (decaying), on which there is an information board for the mountain path to Janče and TV transmitter/Sitarjevec (Rudnik). Just behind the house we step left into the forest (to here from the railway station 10 minutes). We follow the blazes on the forest path and after approx. 15 minutes we come to the junction for Rudnik, we continue straight. Out of the forest we come to a macadam road and after 100 m to a crossroads (406 m), where the signs direct us straight. After a few minutes we come to a wooden cross by the hayrack, in front of us is the Arhova domačija homestead with farm buildings. We are on the eastern part of Širmanski hrib. To here from Litija a good hour.
We continue on the road past the homestead and by the meadow again step into the forest (at the fork we keep to the right). After approx. 15 minutes we are at the next homestead, just behind it there is a junction to the left towards Velika Štanga, we go straight on the middle path (here our path joins the beekeeping-forest educational trail) and after a few minutes we arrive at the next house. We follow the macadam road past the cross and in a few minutes we are at the next farm. From here we slightly descend on the road to another farm and from there into the forest. Soon we come to a fork: to the left is the educational trail, we take the right one, for Janče. The forest path slightly ascends to some houses. After a while the path widens again and we come to a fork, where our path goes left and slightly downhill. To Janče we have another 1 h 30 min.
We descend to Mala Štanga (550–640 m) and follow the asphalt road, which at the junction for Velika Štanga turns into well-compacted macadam. Here we go straight and follow the road about 2 km all the way to the village Tuji Grm (710 m). At the junction we turn right uphill, at the top of the slope left. We continue on the road through Tuji Grm, at the chapel we turn right from the road onto the meadow past the hayrack (if we miss the junction, it will be nothing serious, we will rejoin the path after a few 100 m). When we come through the spruce avenue back to the road, we cross it and immediately on the other side look for the continuation of the path (behind the ramp, where there is a sign for the end of the settlement). A short steep path through the forest brings us to a meadow, which we cross on the right and we are already at Janče. In front of us we can already see the church belfry and when we cross the main road, we head straight to the mountain hut on Janče (794 m). To here from Litija approx. 3 h 30 min.
We can return by the same path, or choose the mountain path to Jevnica (1 h 30 min), where we can board the train again.

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