Govejk - Planinska koča Mrzl'k

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 driving right in the direction of Idrija. After less than 4 km of driving from the intersection 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 intersection.
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 we drive along it to Žiri. When in Žiri we reach the main road Škofja Loka - Logatec, we follow it to the left, and we drive along it past the parish church and the inn and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at an intersection, 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 intersection 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 intersection.
C) From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway we take the Vrhnika exit, then, when we reach the old Ljubljana - Logatec road, we continue in the direction of Logatec, but only for a short time, as already at the next intersection we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead leads us through Vrhnika for a short time, later through the outskirts of Stara Vrhnika, and then we soon leave the road towards Horjul and continue driving slightly left in the direction of 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 we drive along it past the parish church and the inn and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at an intersection, 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 intersection 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 intersection.
D) From the Koper - Ljubljana motorway we take the Logatec exit, and when we reach the old Logatec - Vrhnika road we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), but we drive along it only for a short time, as the signs for Rovte and Žiri then direct us left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned place, we soon turn left in the direction of Idrija. After less than 4 km of driving from the intersection 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 intersection.
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 still before Idrija) across the bridge over the river Idrijca towards the Eurospin store. On the other side of the bridge we arrive at the settlement Mokraška vas, and we stick to the main road which leads towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher up the road takes us through a few hairpin turns, and then we arrive at the settlement Ledinsko Razpotje, about 2 km further on also to the settlement Govejk. We park at an appropriate place by the smaller saddle, where a road towards Ledine and Ledinske Krnice branches off to the left.

Path description:
From the starting point at Govejk we continue westwards in the direction of 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 levels out completely. At the next intersection, where we notice signs for Ledine, we continue right, some 10 m further on, near the "last" house we turn right again 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 ahead we join a somewhat wider road. Along the macadam road we reach an asphalt road in a few minutes, along which we soon arrive at a marked intersection, where a marked path from Ledinsko Razpotje joins us from the left.
We continue in the direction of Sivka along a gentle road, which 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 stamp box containing a stamp and logbook.
The path ahead leads through the village, after the sign "end of settlement Ledine" we continue right, as directed also by the blazes. The path then quickly ascends above the village, from where there is a nice view over part of the plateau, and on the left along 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 all the way to Trnovski gozd. Higher up the road enters the forest, where it leads us past a small shrine, which we notice somewhat 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 up brings us out of the forest, where in a few steps we reach a marked junction by a chapel.
From this junction we continue right in the direction of Ermanovec (left to the summit of Sivka 10 minutes) and begin to descend moderately along the asphalt road. When the descent ends, at the first intersection (there is a barn at the intersection) we continue straight ahead in the direction of Bevkov vrh (sharply right to Ledinica, Breznica and Žiri).
The path ahead descends gently, among other things past the Vodičar farm, then we arrive at a marked junction, where a marked path to Bevkov vrh branches off slightly to the left.
We continue along the road, to which a path from Sovodenj joins from the left, then after the information board for the path along the Rapallo border we arrive at a smaller intersection, where a relatively steep macadam road branches off to the right, along which we ascend to Planinska koča Mrzl'k in one minute of further walking.

On the way: Ledine (790m)