Povodje - Šmarna gora

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno and follow the road to the mentioned settlement, where we turn right onto the road which leads towards Vodice. We continue driving towards Vodice, and at the first intersection after the overpass over the highway we turn right, where after 100 meters of driving we arrive at the fish farm Povodje. At the starting point, there are no designated parking spaces, but we can find an appropriate place nearby.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the initially overgrown path in the direction of Šmarna gora, along which in a few dozen steps we ascend to the overpass over the highway. Along the sidewalk we walk to the other side of the highway, there we carefully cross the road, and then we head onto the marked footpath which continues along the wire fence. At first we walk on the overgrown path, then we join the cart track, which continues parallel to the highway for quite some time. After a short gentle descent the cart track turns left, but we continue alongside the highway. The relatively poorly marked path then turns left and brings us to a large meadow. Here we continue slightly right and walk almost along the edge of the meadow to the nearby forest, where we join the somewhat better marked path from Skaručna. Here we continue left, cross the Gračenica stream, and then begin to ascend gently. The path ahead leads us under the power line, a little further it returns to the forest and crosses the macadam road. Somewhat above the road we join the rutted cart track, along which we gradually begin to ascend steeper and steeper. Higher we leave the cart track and on a somewhat steeper path in a few minutes ascend to the path which almost encircles Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned path to the right, and it brings us over relatively steep slopes to Turkovo znamenje.
At the chapel we leave the wide path which leads towards Sedlo and continue the ascent slightly left onto the path which steeply ascends above the chapel. The path ahead steeply ascends for a few minutes along the forest-covered northwest ridge of Šmarna gora. Higher the path suddenly flattens and joins the poorer road which leads from Sedlo.
We reach the road just a little above the wish bell, and from there in a few minutes we ascend to the summit of Šmarna gora.