Preska - Jeterbenk (on ridge)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ljubljana, then continue driving along Celovška cesta towards Medvode. When we arrive in Medvode, at the first traffic light we turn left across the railway track in the direction of Golo Brdo, Žleb and Preska. After the railway track we continue right on the main road towards Preska; we drive along the main road to the first road turn-off on the left. Further on, we drive through the settlement, then, when we spot the sports field of the nearby primary school on the right side, we turn left onto Cesta v Žlebeh. When the residential houses on the right side of the road end, we arrive at the well-maintained parking lot, where we park.
B) From Škofja Loka, Kranj or Vodice we drive to Medvode, from there we continue driving towards Ljubljana. At the last traffic light in Medvode, which is located about 100 m ahead of the Hofer store, we turn right across the railway track in the direction of Golo Brdo, Žleb and Preska. After the railway track we continue right on the main road towards Preska; we drive along the main road to the first road turn-off on the left. Further on, we drive through the settlement, then, when we spot the sports field of the nearby primary school on the right side, we turn left onto Cesta v Žlebeh. When the residential houses on the right side of the road end, we arrive at the well-maintained parking lot, where we park.

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot there is a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Jeterbenk and Katarina (left Slavkov dom on Golo Brdo). The path first leads along a macadam road, which after a smaller house turns into a cart track, from which we continue left into the forest, where we first cross a stream. Further on, we gently ascend along an occasionally overgrown path, which leads us past several smaller junctions, where we follow the blazes. After a few minutes of gentle ascent, the path turns slightly to the left and gradually descends to a forest road, which we only cross. There follows a little more descent, then we reach an asphalt road and follow it to the right, but we walk on it only a short time, as the red mountaineering signposts direct us left to the nearby fruit press.
We bypass the fruit press pr Andrej on the left side, then behind it continue over a small bridge into the forest. In the forest we first continue right and in a few minutes ascend to a cart track, on which we step out of the forest. The path further leads along the mentioned cart track, first past a house, then with nice views of Polhograjsko hribovje. After a short descent we reach an asphalt road, which we only cross, as we continue the path along a macadam road. The road soon splits into two parts, we continue along the lower left one, along which we quickly arrive at a left bend, by which there is the marked parking lot Žlebe.
From the parking lot we continue along the cart track in the direction of Katarina, Jeterbenk and sv. Marjeta (left Petelinc), which continues on the left side of the stream. After some 10 steps we leave the mentioned cart track and continue right into the forest, where we first descend to the stream and also cross it. On the other side we gently ascend for a short time more, then the path turns right and ascends more steeply. A little higher we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left (right church of sv. Marjete 3 minutes) and at the nearby next one again left. A little further the path splits into two parts, we continue along the lower left (right Jeterbenk over Turnice), which further on is unmarked for some time, but is marked at most junctions.
From the unmarked junction we first gently descend to a smaller gully, then gently ascend to a cart track, which we follow to the left, along which we walk to the place where the "Petelinc" signs direct us right onto a steeper path, along which in a few minutes we arrive at a hay meadow (by the edge of the hay meadow there is a bench), over which we steeply ascend. The path further returns to the forest and takes us past ruins to a marked junction, where we join the marked path from Slavkov dom on Golo Brdo.
Here we continue right and begin to ascend along the ridge of Jeterbenk, from which we occasionally get a little view towards the south. Higher we reach a kind of subpeak, from which we descend to a smaller saddle, where we join the path from Katarina. Here we continue straight and in a few steps reach the summit, in the middle of which stands a large cross.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveta Katarina (Topol) ( 20 min), Rog ( 30 min), Sveti Jakob (1 h)

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