Govejk - Loncmanova Sivka (Mrzli Vrh)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Gorenja vas in Poljanska dolina and Žiri. In Žiri or at the end of Žiri (Stare Žiri), we leave the main road towards Rovte and Logatec and continue right in the direction of Idrija. After less than 4 km of driving from the crossroads in Žiri, we arrive at the settlement Govejk and a smaller saddle, where the road starts descending. At the mentioned saddle, a road towards Ledine and Ledinske Krnice branches off to the right. We park at an appropriate place by the crossroads.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Šentjošt above Horjul, and from there we continue driving towards Smrečje. When we reach the main road Podlipa - Žiri, we follow it to the right and drive along it to Žiri. When in Žiri we reach the main road Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left and drive past the parish church and the inn and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at a crossroads, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After less than 4 km of driving from the crossroads in Žiri, we arrive at the settlement Govejk and a smaller saddle, where the road starts descending. At the mentioned saddle, a road towards Ledine and Ledinske Krnice branches off to the right. We park at an appropriate place by the crossroads.
C) From the Ljubljana - Koper highway we take the Vrhnika exit, then when we reach the old Ljubljana - Logatec road, we continue towards Logatec but only for a short time, as already at the next crossroads we continue right towards Horjul. The road ahead leads us for a short time through Vrhnika, later through the outskirts of Stara Vrhnika, then soon we leave the road towards Horjul and continue driving slightly left towards Smrečje. After Smrečje the road starts descending towards Račeva and Žiri. When in Žiri we reach the main road Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left and drive past the parish church and the inn and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at a crossroads, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After less than 4 km of driving from the crossroads in Žiri, we arrive at the settlement Govejk and a smaller saddle, where the road starts descending. At the mentioned saddle, a road towards Ledine and Ledinske Krnice branches off to the right. We park at an appropriate place by the crossroads.
D) From the Koper - Ljubljana highway we take the Logatec exit, then when we reach the old Logatec - Vrhnika road we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), along which we drive only for a short time, as signs for Rovte and Žiri then direct us left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned settlement we soon turn left towards Idrija. After less than 4 km of driving from the crossroads in Žiri, we arrive at the settlement Govejk and a smaller saddle, where the road starts descending. At the mentioned saddle, a road towards Ledine and Ledinske Krnice branches off to the right. We park at an appropriate place by the crossroads.
E) From the Idrija - Spodnja Idrija road, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if coming from the direction of Spodnja Idrija, we turn left before Idrija) over the bridge across the Idrijca river towards the Eurospin store. On the other side of the bridge we arrive at the settlement Mokraška vas, but we keep to the main road leading towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher up the road leads us through a few hairpin turns, then we arrive at the settlement Ledinsko Razpotje, about 2 km further to the settlement Govejk. We park at an appropriate place by the smaller saddle, where the road to Ledine and Ledinske Krnice branches off to the left.

Path description:
From the starting point at Govejk we continue westwards towards Ledine, which takes us less than an hour. The path ahead leads past a few houses and a larger enclosure, then after a short ascent it flattens out completely. At the next crossroads, where we see signs for Ledine, we continue right, a few 10 m further and near the "last" house again right onto a cart track. We continue along the cart track, which after a few minutes from the meadows enters the forest. When after a few minutes we emerge from the forest, the path widens into a drivable cart track, a little further we join a somewhat wider road. Along the macadam road we reach an asphalt road in a few minutes, along it we soon arrive at a marked crossroads where a marked path from Ledinsko Razpotje joins from the left.
We continue towards Sivka along a gentle road that gradually brings us to the village of Ledine, where on the right we notice Jurečeva šupa (museum collection), and on the left on the bus shelter is attached a stamping box containing a stamp and logbook.
The path ahead leads through the village, after the sign "end of settlement Ledine" we continue right, as indicated by the markers too. The path then quickly ascends above the village, from where there is a nice view of part of the plateau, and on the left by the path we also notice a smaller park or NOB monument.
The asphalt road then moderately ascends through initially still quite panoramic slopes, from which a beautiful view opens up reaching as far as Trnovski gozd. Higher the road enters the forest, leading us past a smaller monument which we notice slightly to the right of the path. This is followed by crossing a meadow, then we ascend through the forest for a few more minutes. The main road higher brings us out of the forest, where in a few steps we reach a marked junction by a chapel.
From the mentioned junction we continue right towards Ermanovec (left to Sivka summit 10 minutes) and begin moderately descending along the asphalt road. When the descent ends, at the first crossroads immediately after the farm building we continue right towards Ledinica, Breznica and Žiri. We continue for a short time along the increasingly panoramic road, then at the right bend we notice signs for Mrzli vrh and an information board for the Path along the Rapallo Border. We continue along the panoramic cart track leading across the grassy slope of Mrzli vrh or Loncmanova Sivka. Higher we cross a pasture fence and behind it continue right to the summit a few 10 m away, from which a nice view opens up in all directions.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (January).

On the way: Ledine (790m)

Trip can be extended to: Krog (Ledinski grič) , Sivka