Polhov Gradec - Mala Grmada (via Ravnek and via Sveta Uršula)
Starting point: Polhov Gradec (365 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.065°N 14.3167°E 
Path name: via Ravnek and via Sveta Uršula
Time of walking: 1 h 35 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 488 m
Altitude difference (by path): 530 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Dobrova, Horjul, Gorenja vas or Črni Vrh we drive to Polhov Gradec, more precisely to a crossroad next to the main bus station in Polhov Gradec. We park on an appropriate place near the station, best on a parking lot by the bridge over the river Božna.
Path description:
From the starting point short time we continue by the main road in the direction of Ljubljana, after that behind the inn Gostilna pri Pratkarju we notice mountain signposts for Grmada, Belica, Katarina and Tošč, which point us to the left, on the path which continues by the brick fence. After a short ascent, we step on an asphalt road and we follow it to the right, but we walk there only few steps, because then blazes lead left, on at first still quite wide path. The path, from which a nice view opens up on Polhov Gradec and St. Lovrenc, then passes into the forest and is for some time mostly ascending diagonally. Higher, we stride across a riverbed of ditch Frjetov graben, and then in few steps we ascend to a meadow, where the path leads by a wooden fence. The path through a meadow quickly brings us to a macadam road which we follow to the right, and there in a minute or two of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut Planinski dom na Ravneku.
For a short time, we still continue on the road, after that marked path few times crosses it. Higher, we return on the road, and it brings us to a hamlet Ravnek, where behind the last house we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue slightly left (slightly right Grmada - normal path from Ravnek) on the bottom road which further isn't marked, but is orientationally undemanding. Next follows approximately 15 minutes of crossing, that runs in a gentle descent, and then we reach an asphalt road which leads from the hamlet Božna. On the mentioned road, we walk to Setnica, hamlet with some houses, where there is also agrotourism Pri Mehačku. Before the agrotourism we continue right on a marked path which leads us past few more houses, after that when houses end, we get to a crossing, where to the right the path continues towards Grmada, and we continue slightly left in the direction of the church of St. Uršule. We continue on a wide, gentle and panoramic cart track, on which in few minutes we get to the church, which is situated in the middle of pleasant meadow.
Behind the church, we continue on a gently sloping path which continues on a smaller valley and runs over pleasant meadow. On the other side of ample meadow path gradually passes on a slope and starts ascending steeper and steeper. After approximately 15 minutes of panoramic ascent we reach the ridge of Mala Grmada, where we join back on a marked path.
We continue left, on the path which immediately after the crossing leads to the summit of Mala Grmada.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (March).
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