Vikrče - Šmarna gora (Mazijeva steza)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno, and then continue driving towards Tacen. In Tacen just before the road over the bridge crosses the river Sava we continue slightly right in the direction of Pirniče. Only a little after Ljubljana ends, we arrive in Vikrče, and we follow the road to the inn Kovač, which is located right next to the bus stop. At the starting point there are no appropriate parking spots.
B) From Šentvid we drive to Tacen, there immediately after the bridge over the river Sava left towards Pirniče. Only a little after Ljubljana ends, we arrive in Vikrče, and we follow the road to the inn Kovač, which is located right next to the bus stop. At the starting point there are no appropriate parking spots.
C) From Medvode we drive to Zgornje and then to Spodnje Pirniče, and we follow the road towards Tacen. When we arrive in Vikrče, we join the road which leads from Smlednik towards Tacen, and here we continue right and follow the road to the nearby inn Kovač, where the starting point of our path is. At the starting point there are no appropriate parking spots.
D) We can also arrive at the starting point by LPP bus number 15.

Path description:
From the inn Kovač we first walk along the road which leads towards Tacen, then, when the main road makes a slight right turn, we continue slightly left onto a narrower local road (at the intersection there is a sign prohibiting driving, near the sign there is also an information board of the forest educational trail on Šmarnogorska Grmada). Along the narrower asphalt road we quickly arrive at a private parking lot, where the climbing path to Grmada branches off sharply to the left, and we continue straight and follow the road to the sign with the inscription "private". Here we continue slightly left onto a marked footpath which starts to ascend gently through the forest. After a good 10 minutes of further walking we arrive at the next junction, where we continue left in the direction of Mazijeva steza (straight ahead the path over Zatrep and Tacen).
The path ahead starts to ascend steeply through the forest, and occasional views towards the valley and part of the Polhograjski Dolomites begin to open up. Higher up the path brings us to the ridge of Grmada, where we join the Pogačnikova and Westrova paths.
At the junction we continue right, and we follow the ridge path, which continues through the forest, all the way to the top of Grmada.
From the top of Grmada we continue on the marked path which starts descending through the forest. After approximately 15 minutes of descent the path brings us to the saddle between Grmada and Šmarna gora, where we join the path from Tacen and Šmartno pod Šmarno goro.
We continue along the road, from which a footpath to Šmarna gora soon branches off. From here we have two options to the top.
We can ascend to the top along the forest road which takes us past the wish bell and children's playground or along the steep footpath which past the chapel brings us to the top in a few minutes, where both paths meet.

On the way: Grmada (676m)