Vrčice - Mirna gora (via Škrilj)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Brežice, we take the exit Ivančna Gorica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Črnomelj. After Črmošnjicah, the road ascends for a short time, then it starts descending steeper and brings us to the village Vrčice, where the described path begins. In the settlement there are no arranged parking spots for mountaineers. The arranged parking lot is in the settlement Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
B) From the highway Brežice - Ljubljana, we take the exit Novo mesto, and then we continue driving in the direction of Dolenjske Toplice and Podturn pri Dolenjskih Toplicah. In Podturn we join the main road Ivančna Gorica - Črnomelj, which we follow to the left in the direction of Črnomelj. After Črmošnjicah, the road ascends for a short time, then it starts descending steeper and brings us to the village Vrčice, where the described path begins. In the settlement there are no arranged parking spots for mountaineers. The arranged parking lot is in the settlement Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
C) From Bela krajina, we first drive to Semič, and then we continue driving towards Črmošnjicah and Soteska. Still before the road starts descending, we arrive in Vrčice, where the described path begins. In the settlement there are no arranged parking spots for mountaineers. The arranged parking lot is in the settlement Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.

Path description:
From Vrčice we head onto the macadam road in the direction of Kleč, Planina and Mirna gora. The macadam road quickly descends to the church of St. Martin, before which we step onto the asphalt road that leads to Mirna gora, and we follow it to the right. The road first leads past a few houses, then enters the forest, where it starts to ascend more steeply. Just a little after the asphalt ends, we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue on the right road (left is access to Mirna gora by car), and the mountaineering signposts also direct us there. Further on, we ascend for some time on the macadam road, then the marked path leaves it for a while and returns to it at the memorial plaque or stone. We continue the ascent on the road, which gradually flattens and brings us from the forest to a less overgrown area called Kleč.
Here the path leads past the nearby hunting lodge Kleč and the ruins of the former little church, to the next junction.
At the junction, where there are numerous signposts, we choose the right path (left Mirna gora via Planina), which continues on a slightly ascending macadam road. Higher up, the road brings us to the former Kočevarsko village Škrilj, in which there were still 6 houses and 26 inhabitants in 1941. Here, in the left bend, the path from the village Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah joins from the right, and the path leads us past a stone hut, behind which we soon arrive at the next marked junction, where we leave the road.
The signs for Mirna gora direct us slightly left into the forest, where the path continues without major changes in elevation. A short descent follows, which ends at the nearby macadam road, which we merely cross. We continue for a short time on the cart track, then the marks direct us right onto a relatively steep footpath that continues through the forest. Higher up, the path turns slightly left and brings us from the forest onto a grassy slope, across which we ascend diagonally to the mountain hut Dom na Mirni gori.
From the Dom na Mirni gori we continue right in the direction of the eponymous summit, and the path leads past the lookout tower into the forest, through which we then ascend to the nearby transmitters. At the transmitters the path turns slightly left, descends slightly for a short stretch, then ascends to one of the highest peaks of Bela krajina, which we reach after two minutes of further walking.

On the way: Kleč (645m), Škrilj (860m), Dom na Mirni gori (1000m)

Trip can be extended to: Mirna gora