Ledinsko Razpotje - Marutnik (east 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 intersection in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller intersection and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next intersection. 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 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 approximately 6 km of driving from the intersection in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller intersection and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next intersection. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
C) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Vrhnika, and 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 intersection we continue right in the direction of Horjul. The road ahead leads us for a short time through Vrhnika, later through the periphery 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 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 approximately 6 km of driving from the intersection in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller intersection and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next intersection. The parking lot is located right next to several hiking signposts and pension Kmečki hram Fortuna.
D) From the highway 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 intersection in Žiri, we arrive at Ledinsko razpotje, where there is a smaller intersection and next to it hiking signposts. We park about 50 m ahead in the direction of Idrija, on a somewhat larger parking lot by the next intersection. 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 river Idrijca towards the shop Eurospin. 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 a few hairpin turns, and then we arrive at the settlement Ledinsko razpotje, where at the first intersection we turn right and park on a somewhat 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 head onto the road in the direction of Idršek - Gore, Zagodov vrh and Idrija and continue on the Idrijsko-Cerkljanska planinska pot (ICPP). The path first leads past Kmečki hram Fortuna, where a marked footpath branches off to the right towards Idrija, but we walk along the asphalt road to the nearby intersection, where we continue along the slightly left road in the direction of the dispersed settlement Idršek (slightly right - western path).
We continue along the road, which for a short time continues without major changes in elevation, then starts to ascend moderately along an increasingly panoramic slope, from which a nice view opens up onto Gradišče and Sivka. Higher up the road leads past a few houses, then levels off somewhat. There follows a few minutes of walking alternately through the forest and partly across panoramic slopes, then it starts to descend gently, where we bypass the nearby house on the right side. When the descent ends, a narrower road joins from the left, leading to nearby houses, but a little further on, at the left bend, we leave the road and, at the spot where there is usually a woodshed, continue right onto a cart track, which a few tens of meters higher transitions along the edge of the forest. For a few minutes we ascend along the edge of the forest, then the clearing on the right ends and the well-marked path enters the forest, continuing through it along the cart track. Higher up we cross a panoramic hay meadow, behind which we arrive at a solitary house, behind which we step onto an asphalt road where the western path joins.
Immediately after stepping onto the road we go right towards the nearby house, then still before the house left into the forest on a well-followable but unmarked path. Along this path we begin to ascend through the forest, higher up crossing a panoramic hay meadow, from which a nice view opens up onto Škofjeloško hribovje. When the path returns to the forest, we walk past the NOB monument to the nearby summit.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (January).