Polhov Gradec - Kucelj above Polhov Gradec (via Ravnek)
Starting point: Polhov Gradec (365 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.065°N 14.3167°E 
Path name: via Ravnek
Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 340 m
Altitude difference (by path): 340 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Dobrova, Horjul, Gorenja vas or Črni Vrh we drive to Polhov Gradec, more precisely to a crossroad next to the main bus station in Polhov Gradec. We park on an appropriate place near the station, best on a parking lot by the bridge over the river Božna.
Path description:
From the starting point short time we continue by the main road in the direction of Ljubljana, after that behind the inn Gostilna pri Pratkarju we notice mountain signposts for Grmada, Belica, Katarina and Tošč, which point us to the left, on the path which continues by the brick fence. After a short ascent, we step on an asphalt road and we follow it to the right, but we walk there only few steps, because then blazes lead left, on at first still quite wide path. The path, from which a nice view opens up on Polhov Gradec and St. Lovrenc, then passes into the forest and is for some time mostly ascending diagonally. Higher, we stride across a riverbed of ditch Frjetov graben, and then in few steps we ascend to a meadow, where the path leads by a wooden fence. The path through a meadow quickly brings us to a macadam road which we follow to the right, and there in a minute or two of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut Planinski dom na Ravneku.
For a short time, we still continue on the road, after that marked path few times crosses it. Higher, we return on the road, and it brings us to a hamlet Ravnek, where behind the last house we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue slightly right (slightly left St. Uršula).
Only few 10 strides ahead the road again splits, and we again continue slightly right (slightly left marked path on Grmada). We continue the ascent on an unmarked cart track, and from there already after few meters two cart tracks branch off to the right. First cart track is more grassy, and the second on which we continue is more rocky. Stones below the legs are soon replaced by dirt, and the cart track in few minutes brings us to some sort of the ridge, where we reach a marked path Dvor - Grmada and we follow it to the right in the direction of Dvor.
A gently sloping path then leads us past the hunting observatory, and then before it passes into the forest and starts descending, we leave it and we continue slightly right, to the spot, where a beautiful view opens up.
Still before we step into the forest, it is worth to stop a little and look around a little, because the view reaches from Blegoš to Julian Alps and of course to the near Grmada. When we step into the forest (here on the left side we notice another cart track - in the description unmarked path from Dvor), the path moderately ascends through a partly pine forest, after that forest gets thinner and we already step on the summit of Kucelj, from where a nice view opens up on part of Kamnik Savinja Alps.
If we want some more view towards the south and west, from the peak we continue on a small footpath which starts lightly descending towards the south, and there in a minute or two, we get to a nice vantage point, where also a smaller bench is situated.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (March).
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