Preska - Jeterbenk (via Turnice)

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 branch on the left. We then drive through the settlement, and when on the right side we notice the sports field of the nearby primary school, we turn left onto Cesta v Žlebeh. When the residential houses on the right side of the road end, we arrive at the arranged 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 from 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 branch on the left. We then drive through the settlement, and when on the right side we notice the sports field of the nearby primary school, we turn left onto Cesta v Žlebeh. When the residential houses on the right side of the road end, we arrive at the arranged parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot 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 changes into a cart track, from which we continue left into the forest, where we first cross a stream. Further on, we ascend gently 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 the forest road, which we only cross. A little more descent follows, 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 of Andrej on the left side, then behind it we 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 ahead leads along the mentioned cart track, first past a house, then with nice views on Polhograjsko hribovje. After a short descent we reach an asphalt road, which we only cross, as the path continues on a macadam road. The road soon splits into two parts, we continue on the left lower one (also possible right, as both paths lead to the church of sv. Marjeta), along which we quickly arrive at the left bend, by which there is the marked parking lot Žlebe.
From the parking lot we continue on a 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 cross it. On the other side we still ascend gently for a short time, then the path turns right and ascends more steeply. Somewhat higher we arrive at a marked junction, where we have two options for continuing.
We can continue left in the direction of Jeterbenk or right on a one-minute longer path past the church of sv. Marjeta.
If we continue on the left path we will soon reach the next junction, where to the right branches another path to the mentioned church. Also here we continue left, then somewhat further at an unmarked junction slightly right upward (left lower path leads to Jeterbenk "along the ridge" (of course the path reaches the ridge only somewhat higher)), where after a short ascent we join the cart track that leads from the church of sv. Marjeta.
Further, we ascend on a relatively wide cart track, which leads us past the information board of the archaeological site on Gradišče. A few minutes further, the path of Roparskih vitezov branches off to the right from our path, we continue straight on the somewhat steeper cart track. Just before the steepness eases, the path of Roparskih vitezov rejoins us, the marked path turns somewhat more to the left and over the ridge Turnice brings us to the western slopes of Jeterbenk. The path ahead leads us through a meadow, from which some views open temporarily, then it returns to the forest and brings us to the junction at the chapel.
From the mentioned junction, which is located at the edge of the forest, we continue sharply left on a macadam road, along which we quickly reach a weekend cottage.
Behind the weekend cottage we continue on a steep mountain path, which ascends through the forest and to which just a few steps below the summit also join the path from Slavkov dom on Golo Brdo and the path from Žlebe "along the ridge".
From the mentioned junction we continue left and in a few steps reach the summit of Jeterbenk, from which a nice view opens up.

On the way: Sveta Marjeta under Jeterbenk (482m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveta Katarina (Topol) ( 20 min) , Rog ( 30 min) , Sveti Jakob (1 h)