Podgora - Špik (Vranškov grič)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no arranged parking spaces, the described path begins.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Lučine, from there we descend into Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue left towards Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no arranged parking spaces, the described path begins.
C) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija we drive to Žiri, from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Škofja Loka, but we drive on the main road only to the settlement Podgora, where at the intersection behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point, there are no arranged parking spaces.
D) First, we drive to Cerkno, from there we continue driving over the pass Kladje (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving along the stream Hobovščica, then at a somewhat larger intersection we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). On the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the settlement Podgora, where at the intersection behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point, there are no arranged parking spaces.

Path description:
From the crossroad at the bus stop we head onto the side road which branches off from the main road towards the southwest, from it before the chapel we go right and climb past a few more houses. At the smaller crossroad a little higher we go right, then past the last houses, where the asphalt ends. The path ahead leads us along a macadam road which crosses the slopes to the right, at two road forks we go slightly right and then cross the stream. After the stream the road turns into a wider cart track which begins to ascend more steeply. Higher up the cart track, which gradually narrows, makes a few hairpin turns, then joins the path from Hotavlje, which leads along the ridge of Bela.
We continue left along a wider track which soon widens into a cart track, which turns slightly left and brings us out of the forest at the hunting observatory. Here along the lower edge we cross the meadow on the cart track, when we reach the macadam road we follow it to the right. The road soon begins to descend and brings us to the crossroad in a few minutes, where we reach the asphalt road. We climb the asphalt road to the nearby crossroad from which we continue right in the direction of Slajka.
Next comes the ascent along the asphalt road, when we leave the forest the marked path from Hotavlje joins from the right.
The asphalt road then leads us past a bench, where the path to Vrh Slajke branches off to the right, we follow the road which turns left in a semicircle to the nearby farm, from which the Dom na Slajki is only a minute's walk away.
From the hut we return to the nearby farm, where we bypass the main buildings on the upper side and continue along the macadam road which on the nearby meadow changes into a cart track. Next comes walking through a strip of forest, when we leave the forest we continue right (straight Ermanovec) on an unmarked path, initially a cart track which continues along the edge of the forest. When the forest on the right ends we continue the ascent along the pasture fence, which leads along the grassy ridge, higher up the ridge flattens and turns left. We continue along the edge of the forest to the panoramic pre-summit, from the pre-summit we go slightly right into the forest. Through the forest we ascend towards the west to northwest, occasionally noticing some older blazes along the path. In a few minutes of ascent through the forest we reach the overgrown summit, on which stands a small cairn.
Podgora - Dom na Slajki 1:25, Dom na Slajki - Špik 0:20.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2020.

On the way: Dom na Slajki (789m)