Podgora - Vrh Slajke

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no designated parking spaces, the described path begins.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Lučine, from there we descend into Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue left towards Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no designated parking spaces, the described path begins.
C) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija we drive to Žiri, and from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Škofja Loka, but we drive on the main road only to the settlement Podgora, where at the intersection behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point, there are no parking spaces.
D) First, we drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving over the pass Kladje (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving along the Hobovščica stream, then at a somewhat larger intersection we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). On the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the place Podgora, where at the intersection behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point, there are no parking spaces.

Path description:
From the crossroad at the bus stop we head onto the side road which branches off from the main road towards the southwest, and from it before the chapel we go right and ascend past a few more houses. At the smaller crossroad a little higher we go right, then we go past the last houses, where the asphalt ends. The path ahead leads us along a macadam road which crosses the slopes to the right, at two road forks we go slightly right and then cross the stream. After the stream the road changes into a wider cart track, which starts to ascend more steeply. Higher up the cart track, which gradually narrows, makes a few hairpin turns, then it joins the path from Hotavlje, which leads along the ridge of Bela.
We continue left on the wider path, which soon widens into a cart track; this turns slightly left and brings us out of the forest at the hunting observatory. Here along the lower edge we cross the meadow on the cart track, and when we reach the macadam road we follow it to the right. The road soon starts descending and brings us to the crossroad in a few minutes, where we reach the asphalt road. On the asphalt road we ascend to the nearby crossroad, from which we continue right in the direction of Slajka.
Next follows the ascent on the asphalt road; when we leave the forest, the marked path from Hotavlje joins us from the right.
On the asphalt road we walk a few more steps, then before the bench we continue right (straight Dom na Slajki and Ermanovec) onto the cart track, which descends slightly, then on it in a moderate ascent we ascend to Vrh Slajke, where an antenna tower stands.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January and December 2020.