Podmeja - Planinski dom Vrhe (northern way)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Celje we go to the exit Šempeter and we continue driving towards Prebold and later Trbovlje. We then follow zig zag road to mountain pass Podmeja, where on a parking lot near the hunting lodge we also park.
B) From Zasavje we at first drive to Trbovlje, and then we continue driving towards Prebold. When we come to mountain pass Podmeja, we park on a parking lot near the hunting lodge.

Path description:
From the mountain pass Podmeja, we go towards the west on a bad macadam road in the direction of Sveta planina. After few 10 strides, we leave the road and we continue on a cart track which is gently ascending through the forest. Higher, the cart track entirely flattens and from an indistinct ridge gradually passes on a shady side. Here, the marked cart track turns sharply right (badly marked) and it starts considerably descending. At the end of the descent, we step on a wide cart track, on which we in few steps walk to an asphalt road which we follow to the right. Ahead with a view on Kum and ascent past few houses, we ascend to a marked crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Sveta Planina - on the road (straight - Sveta Planina - on a footpath).
Next follows a diagonal ascent on a panoramic slope, and then the road passes into the forest. A little further on the right a view opens up towards Golava, Kamnik and Mrzlica, and the road brings us to a marked crossing.
We continue slightly left on a little wider asphalt road (right - Reška planina, Gradišče...), which leads us diagonally on northwestern slopes of the hill Šterbenkel, higher we also go past the ski slope, and then we get to the slopes of the peak Javor. On some crossroads we follow the main road, and when we reach a little bigger crossroad at NOB monument we go right (left Sveta Planina) and we quickly get to the church of St. Lenart on Vrhe.
Few 10 meters further there is also a former mountain hut Planinski dom Vrhe, which has been closed for some years and in is privately owned.
Description refers to a condition in September 2020, and pictures are from various periods.

Trip can be extended to: Sveta planina (Partizanski vrh) , Koča na Čemšeniški planini (2 h 5 min) , Javor , Črni vrh (Čemšeniška planina) (1 h 50 min)