Planina - Grmada (Planinska gora)

Access to starting point:
From Ljubljana, we drive on the highway towards Koper and take the Unec exit. At the intersection, we continue right in the direction of Planina, where at the intersection we turn sharply left towards Postojna (up to here also possible on the old road). Further, we drive through Planina and at the spot where we notice signs for Strmca and Studeno, we turn right. The road soon brings us to the next intersection, where it says left Postojna, straight Strmca and Studeno, and right nothing. Here we turn right (towards the quarry) and drive only 30 m to the spot where a worse road branches off to the left, alongside which we park.
From Postojna on the old road we drive towards Ljubljana. Soon after the village Mačkovec, in a sharp right bend, a road branches off to the left towards the village Strmca. This road then soon brings us to the next intersection, where we continue straight towards the quarry. We do not follow this road to the quarry because already after 30 m we leave it by turning left onto a worse road alongside which we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the worse road ahead, but only to a smaller water supply building. Here a cart track branches off to the right, which already after a few meters steeply ascends. The cart track, which runs through the forest, is at the beginning really very steep but the steepness eases after a few minutes. There follows a moderate ascent on the cart track, which eventually joins another wider one. Here we continue left on the cart track, which gently ascends and after a few minutes joins the next cart track, which is already almost a worse road. Here we can along the path notice a few old military trenches. This path then quickly brings us to the church of Holy Mary.
At the church, we step on a macadam road along which we continue the ascent. After a good 10 minutes of additional walking, we will notice on the right side a cart track which leads us to extensive grassy slopes. Across the mentioned slopes we walk on a somewhat worse cart track, which directs us slightly right. After a few dozen pleasant steps, the path brings us to a viewpoint from which a wonderful view opens up on Planinsko polje.
Near the viewpoint, at the edge of the forest we notice an unmarked mountain path, which directs us sharply right and along which in 3 minutes of walking we ascend to the forest-covered peak of Grmada.

Along the route: Sveta Marija na Planinski gori (782m)

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