Trnovec - Polhograjska Grmada

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana, Kranj or Vodice we drive to Medvode, from there we continue driving towards Sora. At the intersection at the beginning of Sora, immediately behind the small bridge we turn left in the direction of Katarina and village Trnovec. Further on, we drive through the Ločnica valley, where the road leads us past the inn Legastja. From the mentioned inn we drive on the main road for a good 500 m more, then signs for Setnica (at the sign for Setnica are also hiking signs for Grmada and Tošč and open-door farm Gonte) direct us right onto an initially still asphalt road. The narrower road then ascends along the stream (during the ascent we "ignore" the right turn-offs and drive straight), and we drive along it to the right bend, by which we notice a woodshed and above it a residential house. We park at the beginning of the bend on a suitable place by the road.
B) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Sora. At the end of Sora we turn right in the direction of Katarina and village Trnovec. Further on, we drive through the Ločnica valley, where the road leads us past the inn Legastja. From the mentioned inn we drive on the main road for a good 500 m more, then signs for Setnica (at the sign for Setnica are also hiking signs for Grmada and Tošč and open-door farm Gonte) direct us right onto an initially still asphalt road. The narrower road then ascends along the stream (during the ascent we "ignore" the right turn-offs and drive straight), and we drive along it to the right bend, by which we notice a woodshed and above it a residential house. We park at the beginning of the bend on a suitable place by the road.
C) We leave the Primorska motorway at the Brezovica exit, then we continue driving in the direction of Dobrova and Polhov Gradec. Further on, we drive through the Gradaščica valley, and we follow the main road towards Polhov Gradec to a smaller intersection, where the road towards villages Osredek, Topol (Katarina) and Belo branches off to the right (the branch-off from the main road is located a little before the beginning of village Hrastenice). When we arrive in village Topol, first a road towards village Belo branches off sharply to the left, a little further on signs for Medvode direct us slightly to the left onto the road which gradually begins to descend (through the village we always continue on the main road). The road then descends for quite some time, and we drive along it to the beginning of the settlement Trnovec. Here we will notice signs for Setnica (at the sign for Setnica are also hiking signs for Grmada and Tošč and open-door farm Gonte), which direct us left onto an initially still asphalt road. The narrower road then ascends along the stream (during the ascent we "ignore" the right turn-offs and drive straight), and we drive along it to the right bend, by which we notice a woodshed and above it a residential house. We park at the beginning of the bend on a suitable place by the road.

Route description:
From the starting point we continue on the initially still macadam road in the direction of Grmada, Tošč and Gonte. For a few minutes we ascend along the stream, then the road becomes asphalt and turns sharply to the left. Further on, the road leads past a few houses, above which a gradually ever more beautiful view opens up to us, at first only on the nearby hills, higher also distant. After approximately 50 minutes of ascent on a relatively steep road we arrive at the open-door farm Gonte (the farm is usually open on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), above which there is a marked junction.
From the Gonte farm we continue left in the direction of Grmada (right Tošč) and continue the ascent across a panoramic grassy slope. Higher the path levels out, then after a short descent it brings us into a belt of forest, where it starts ascending again. The path, which further runs on and along the northern ridge of Grmada, ascends even more steeply higher and brings us to a short section secured with a steel cable (undemanding). Higher the path brings us out of the forest, and we quickly step onto the main ridge, where from the left first the path from Topol joins us and only a few meters further the path from Belica and Mala Grmada. In both cases we continue right and after a few steps of further walking we step onto the scenic summit.

Along the route: Turistična kmetija Gonte (820m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Tošč

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