Ledinsko Razpotje - Gradišče (above Spodnja Idrija) (gentle path)

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 approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a slightly larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
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 Gostilna and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at a junction, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a slightly larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
C) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Vrhnika, and then when we reach the old road Ljubljana - Logatec, we continue in the direction of Logatec, but only for a short time, since already at the next junction we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead leads us for a short time through Vrhnika, later through the outskirts of Stara Vrhnika, and then we soon leave the road towards Horjul and continue 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 Gostilna and pizzeria Lenger. After the inn we arrive at a junction, where we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a slightly larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
D) From the motorway Koper - Ljubljana we take the exit Logatec, and when we reach the old road Logatec - Vrhnika we follow it to the right (first exit from the roundabout), and we drive along it only for a short time, since then signs for Rovte and Žiri direct us to the left. After Rovte the road starts descending towards Žiri, and when we reach the mentioned settlement, we soon turn left in the direction of Idrija. After approximately 6 km of driving from the junction in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller junction and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a slightly larger parking lot by the next junction. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
E) From the road Idrija - Spodnja Idrija, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if coming from the direction of Spodnja Idrija, still before Idrija we turn left) across the bridge over the Idrijca River 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 leads us through several hairpin turns, and then we arrive at the settlement Ledinsko Razpotje, where at the first junction we turn right and park on a slightly larger parking lot. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.

Path description:
From the starting point we continue on the main road towards Žiri, and we walk along it for some 50 m, or to the junction where the road to Ledine branches off to the left. From the mentioned junction we continue left and then immediately right in the direction of the marked path towards Sivka. After the nearby house the road temporarily loses its asphalt surface, then in a moderate ascent it joins a somewhat wider road, which we merely cross and continue straight in the direction of Pečnik or ICPP (left downhill Ledinsko razpotje, right Sivka and Ledine). The path ahead leads us along a narrower asphalt road, which takes us past individual houses and initially still with nice views of the surrounding hills. Further on the road brings us to a part of the village where the houses are closer together, and in the last part of the hamlet we continue left past the yard of the nearby house. A little further we reach another road, which we follow straight ahead, walking along it to the place where a gravel road branches off slightly to the right, next to which we notice the blazes. We also soon leave the gravel road as the blazes direct us right onto a cart track that leads onto the slope of Gradišče. The cart track soon turns slightly right from an indistinct ridge and further crosses the slopes of the mentioned peak. For some time in a gentle ascent we cross mostly the eastern slopes of the mentioned peak (on this section two unmarked paths branch off to the left, leading towards the summit of Gradišče), then we emerge from the forest, where across the hay meadow we reach the gravel road. When we reach the road we continue sharply left, then with nice views we ascend to the upper edge of the hay meadow, where the road, turning into a cart track, enters the forest. Through the forest we ascend moderately, following the cart track to the summit on which there is a transformer.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (August).

On the way: Pečnik (800m)