Smrečje - Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev (footpath)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Koper highway, we take the Vrhnika exit, then continue driving on the parallel old road towards Logatec. Soon we will notice signs for Stara Vrhnika, which direct us to the right. We follow the road to Stara Vrhnika and further towards Podlipa and Velika Ligojna. After Stara Vrhnika, we leave the main road and continue left in the direction of Podlipa and Smrečje. After Podlipa, the road starts to ascend more steeply; higher up, the road from Horjul joins from the right. Here we continue slightly left and follow the occasionally somewhat narrower road to the sign that marks the end of the Vrhnika municipality. We park in a suitable spot by the road.
B) From Horjul, past Vrzdenec, we drive towards Gorenja vas. In the first sharp right turn, a road branches off to the left to the village Šentjošt nad Horjulom. We take this road and follow it to the next intersection, where we turn right (left downhill to Vrhnika). The road soon brings us to the village Smrečje. We follow it through the village and park on one of the smaller parking areas by the road.
C) From Škofja Loka, we drive along the regional road to Žiri, from there we take the road that runs along the Račeva River uphill towards the villages Smrečje and Žirovski Vrh. We continue following the road towards Smrečje and Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. Before reaching the village Smrečje, the road sharply branches off to the right towards Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. We park on one of the parking areas by the road near the intersection.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the asphalt road which starts moderately descending towards Žiri; after a short descent it brings us to the marked intersection, where we continue left upwards in the direction of Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. The road then brings us out of the forest, where the road branches off to the left towards Rovte, and we continue straight and follow the road to the spot where it returns into the forest. Here, on the left side, we will notice a marked footpath which moderately ascends through the forest. Higher, we cross the asphalt road and a little higher we join it.
We continue the winding ascent on the asphalt road, to which from the right also a marked path from Lake Račevsko jezero joins. Only a little higher the road splits into two parts, and we continue on the left (right Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev past Petač), which quickly brings us to a smaller hamlet in the village. We walk past houses, and the road quickly brings us to a boules court, where from the left also a marked path from Rovte joins. We continue right and past the Rupnik Line in a minute of additional walking we arrive at the mountain hut on Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev.

Along the route: Rupnikova linija (812m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev

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