Šmartno - Grmada

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway, take the Šmartno exit, then at the beginning of the settlement Šmartno drive towards the nearby cemetery, by which it is possible to park.

Route description:
From the parking lot by the cemetery, we go on a one-way road, on which past the church we walk to the next crossroad. Here we continue straight across the road (left Tacen, right inn Bizeljčan) to the nearby hiking signposts. Signs for Šmarna gora point us on a narrower road which starts ascending between the houses. After a shorter gentle ascent we get to a smaller crossroad, where signs for Šmarna gora point us to the right on a gradually quite steep road which at the last house changes into a forest mountain path. Further, we gently ascend for some time through the forest, then we get to a marked crossing, where we continue left in the direction of Šmartinska pot (right Partizanska pot on Šmarna gora).
The path ahead ascends diagonally towards the left, and we follow it in a gentle to moderate ascent to the chapel of the Sorrowful Mother of God, where one of the paths from Tacen joins us.
Here we continue left upwards, on the path which gradually starts ascending a little steeper. To the path, which is all the time ascending through the forest, first joins another path from Tacen, in a sharp right turn also joins the path from Vikrč, and we continue on a wide path, which past a chapel brings us to a marked crossing, where to the left branches off the marked path to Grmada.
We continue sharply left in the direction of Grmada (straight Šmarna gora) on the path which moderately ascends through the forest. This path we then follow to the peak of Grmada, from which a beautiful view opens up.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Šmarna gora

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