Ljubljanica - Kugelč (Šentjošt above Horjul) (shorther path)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Horjul (from Dobrova near Ljubljana or Vrhnika to here), then we continue driving towards Vrzdenec, Šentjošt and Gorenja vas. At Vrzdenec the road starts ascending more steeply, then a little further it brings us to a hairpin turn, in the middle of which a road branches off to the left towards Šentjošt and Smrečje. We continue right on the main road, which soon brings us to a small saddle, at the end of which a road branches off to the right towards the village Samotorica. Because there are no appropriate parking spots on the saddle, we descend the road another good 100 m, then on the left we notice the NOB monument, next to which we park.
To the starting point we can also come from the direction of Gorenja vas and Polhov Gradec. In this case, at the hamlet Ljubljanica we continue in the direction of Horjul. We park at the previously mentioned monument, which is located approximately 200 m above the crossroad in Ljubljanica.

Path description:
From the monument we continue on the ascending road, which quickly brings us to a crossroad, where an asphalt road branches off to the left towards the village Samotorica.
On the right side of the crossroad, we notice mountain signposts for Šentjošt, Smrečje, Kožljek, Koreno, Butajnovo and Setnik. We turn sharply right in the direction of "Šentjošt - Krajša pot" and continue the path almost horizontally across the slopes to the right. Already after a few minutes, the path starts to ascend somewhat more steeply and brings us out of the forest onto a larger clearing overgrown with bushes. On the other side of the bushes we come to an unmarked junction, where we continue on the upper left path, which after a few meters returns to the forest. Higher up, the path levels out completely and a few meters further joins the asphalt road, where a slightly longer path joins us from the left. We leave the road immediately, and we continue the path along a gentle marked cart track, which gradually turns into scenic grassy hay meadows. During the ascent across the grassy hay meadows the path starts to fade, and we continue slightly right towards the houses that we see on our right. To the mentioned houses there follows only a short descent, then we continue on the asphalt road, which past the kindergarten brings us to the center of the village Šentjošt nad Horjulom.
We continue in the direction of Smrečje, and we follow the road to the chapels of St. Jošt and St. Janez. Behind both chapels we arrive at the foot of the grassy peak Kugelč, where we also notice the start of the ski tow on the mentioned hill. At the ski tow we leave the road and ascend to the mentioned peak in a few minutes via easy pathless terrain.

On the way: Šentjošt nad Horjulom (623m)