Kočevje - Ledenik

Access to starting point:
We drive to Kočevje, and then through the town we drive in the direction towards Croatia. When we get to the intersection with Podgorska Street, we turn right in the direction of the sports park Gaj, castle Fridrihštajn and the starting point of hiking paths. Further on, we drive along Podgorska Street, and after the dense part of the settlement, we get to a large marked parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road which continues towards the foot of the hill, and at the smaller intersection, we continue on the right road (left - ski slope). Only a few steps ahead we get to a marked junction of mountain paths, and we choose the right one, Kalanova pot, which continues for a few dozen steps on the asphalt road, and then the signs for the mentioned path direct us to the left, on a path which starts ascending through the forest. When we are in the forest, we quickly reach a cart track, and then we further follow a wide and well-beaten path which starts ascending steeper, and during the ascent it several times crosses a forest road.
From the path which is ascending through the forest, only rarely does a view open up a little towards Kočevje, and the path higher brings us to the spot where to the right branches off the path to the cave Jama treh bratov, and we continue straight ahead, on the path which flattens. A few minutes of easy walking follow, and then we get to the next forest road which we follow slightly to the right (slightly left - Koča pri Jelenovem studencu - 5 minutes).
We continue towards Ledenik, at first on the road which moderately ascends, and then descends to the nearby intersection, where we continue slightly right, or straight (sharply left - parking lot above Koča pri Jelenovem studencu).
From the intersection we walk a few more minutes on the road, and then the signs for Ledenik direct us to the left downwards, on a footpath which continues through the forest. The path quickly flattens, and then in a short ascent it brings us to another forest road which we follow to the left. Next come two successive intersections, and both times we continue on the right road, at the second intersection there are signs for Eleonorina jama. A few hundred meters further the blazes from the road which leads towards Eleonorina jama direct us to the right, on a cart track which continues through the forest, and at the junctions we follow the blazes. After a few minutes the blazes from the cart track direct us to the right, on the path which starts ascending towards the summit of Ledenik, which we reach after approximately 10 minutes of additional walking.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (September).

Trip can be extended to: Slovenski vrh (1 h 45 min)