Skaručna - Šmarna gora (via Sedlo)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno, and we follow the road to the mentioned settlement, where we turn right onto the road which leads towards Vodice. On the mentioned road, we drive to the settlement Skaručna, where our path begins. We can park on a smaller parking lot by the cemetery or somewhere near the church.
B) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Vodice and we continue driving towards Vodice. At the traffic-light crossroads in Vodice we continue right towards Skaručna. When we get to Skaručna we pay attention to the right turnoff, which leads to the nearby cemetery. At the cemetery is also the most appropriate place for parking.

Route description:
From the cemetery we walk to the main road, and from there we continue right towards Ljubljana. After approximately 100 meters of walking, we will get to a kindergarten, near which there is the church of St. Lucija. Only 10 meters after the kindergarten, we leave the main road and continue right on a macadam road, on which we quickly arrive at the overpass over the highway. From the overpass or already a little before, a nice view opens up on Šmarna gora on the left and Kamnik-Savinja Alps on the right side. Immediately after the bridge we go left and continue on a macadam road which leads us parallel with the highway. When we get very close to the highway rest area Povodje, the road turns slightly right into the forest. On the road, by which we already notice the first blazes, we walk only a short time, because then initially rare blazes direct us slightly to the left on a gentle footpath which continues through the forest. For some time we walk on a completely gentle footpath, and then the path from Rašica or Povodje joins from the left.
Here we continue straight, we cross the stream Gračenica, and then we start gently ascending. The path ahead leads us below the power line, a little further it returns into the forest and crosses a macadam road. A little above the road we join a rough cart track, on which we gradually start ascending steeper and steeper. Higher, we leave the cart track and on a somewhat steeper path in a few minutes we ascend to the path which almost circles Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned path to the right, which brings us over relatively steep slopes to Turkovo znamenje.
Here we continue straight (left steeply upwards to Šmarna gora - steep path) and continue further on the path which ascends diagonally. Higher, the path turns even somewhat more to the left and brings us out of the forest onto grassy slopes. Here first we cross a grazing fence, then with a view on Grmada we walk to a junction, where we join a poorer road which leads to the summit of Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned road to the left and on it in a few minutes ascend to the summit.

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