Dvor - Polhograjska Grmada

Access to starting point:
On 19/12/2007 I went on Polhograjska Grmada, namely from the village DVOR. And lets look the entire path with a car from the direction Ljubljana, namely from Ljubljana bypass highway. I actually went from the center of Ljubljana along Tržaška cesta and then turned right onto Viška cesta. On this road, I then drove over the bypass (overpass) and continued through the villages of Dobrova (2 km from the overpass above the bypass), Šujica (3 km), Razori (5 km), Hrastenice (7 km), Belica (9 km), and arrived in Dvor (10 km). It's a small village, and there are no organized parking lots visible anywhere. So I parked near the fire station, which is towards the end of the village, and walked back to the starting point. Thus, I passed by the Gothic church from 1526 and arrived at the well, where water flows continuously.

Path description:
At the well in the center of the village DVOR, I saw a tree with a hiking signpost, which was supposed to lead me to Grmada. I went uphill and at the last house, where the asphalt road ends, I realized there were no proper blazes to indicate where I should continue the path. So I went directly uphill at first, where a footpath was visible. However, after about 30 meters of walking uphill, I came to a cover, probably closing a water catchment. From there, no path was visible anymore. So I descended back to the end of the asphalt road and decided to head south along the macadam road, which leads to a newly built (currently still unfinished) house. I passed by it and again saw a blaze indicating the path uphill. From there, a steep path continued uphill, all the way to the hunting observatory. From the starting point to the hunting observatory, I walked for 35 minutes (including the time when I unnecessarily strayed from the path). From the hunting observatory onward, the path is much less steep, and this continues all the way to the hunting lodge. Between the hunting observatory and the hunting lodge, there is a crossroad of mountain paths, specifically for the directions of Polhov Gradec, Dvor, and Polhograjska Grmada. From the hunting observatory to the crossroad, I walked for 10 minutes (45 minutes in total). I continued the path and needed an additional 5 minutes to arrive at the hunting lodge, where there is another crossroad, from which you can go left towards Kmetija odprtih vrat, straight to Mala Grmada, or right at the foot of Mala Grmada to the summit of Polhograjska Grmada (avoiding the steep ascent to Mala Grmada). I decided to take the path straight ahead and went steeply uphill by the hunting lodge. From the hunting lodge to the top of Mala Grmada, I needed an additional 15 minutes (1 hour and 5 minutes in total). From there, I continued the path towards Polhograjska Grmada, descended slightly to the saddle between Mala Grmada and Polhograjska Grmada, and began the final ascent. After 10 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes in total), I arrived at the summit of Polhograjska Grmada. The path is very poorly marked between Dvor and the hunting lodge and seems abandoned by the responsible mountaineering club, but the path is very well marked from the direction of the village Belica.
br] From here, wonderful views opened up towards the mountains in the north and west (Porezen, Vogel, Triglav, Golica, Stol, Storžič, Grintovec, Velika planina). A stainless steel plate at the summit greatly helped with orientation, with the directions of the sky and peaks inscribed on it. The sign was set up by PD Blagajana Polhov Gradec and PD Medvode. At the summit, there is also a new stainless steel box with a stamp, which I didn’t open, so I don’t know if the stamp and logbook are inside.

At the summit, I decided to return to the valley via the village Belica. So I descended steeply downhill and after 10 minutes arrived at a crossroad, where there are paths towards the summit, Belica, and the hunting lodge. The marking of this crossroad is critically poor, as there is only a visible signpost for the village Belica, but not for the summit or the hunting lodge. I continued the path downhill and towards the east, and after 45 minutes (55 minutes in total from the summit), I arrived in the village Belica at the main road between Ljubljana and Polhov Gradec. From there, I returned to the village Dvor along the main road, which is approximately 800 meters from Belica. After 10 minutes, I returned to the starting point.

Good luck.

My effective walking time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, from the starting point to the summit and back to the starting point
Altitude of the starting point: approx. 350 meters
Altitude of Polhograjska Grmada: 898 meters
Used literature: the book 111 izletov po slovenskih gorah and a GPS device.

Trip can be extended to: Tošč