Preska - Rog (via Turnice)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ljubljana, then continue driving on 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 Golega Brda, 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. Further, we drive through the settlement, then when on the right side we notice the sports ground of the nearby primary school, we turn left on the road 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 Golega Brda, 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. Further, we drive through the settlement, then when on the right side we notice the sports ground of the nearby primary school, we turn left on the road 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 Jeterbenka and Katarina (left Slavkov dom on Golem Brdu). The path first leads along a macadam road, which after a small 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 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 left and gradually descends to a forest road, which we only cross. A little descent follows, then we reach an asphalt road and follow it right, but walk on it only briefly, as the red mountain trail signs direct us left to the nearby fruit press.
We bypass the fruit press pr Andrej on the left side, then behind it continue across 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 exit the forest. The path further 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 we continue 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 a left bend, next to which is the marked parking lot Žlebe.
From the parking lot we continue on the cart track in the direction of Katarina, Jeterbenka and sv. Marjeta (left Petelinc), which runs along the left side of the stream. After a few dozen 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 gently ascend briefly, 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 Jeterbenka 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 upwards (the 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 a relatively wide cart track, which leads us past the information board of the archaeological site on Gradišču. A few minutes further, from our path to the right branches the path of Roparskih vitezov, 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 leads us over the ridge of Turnice to the western slopes of Jeterbenka. The path further leads across a meadow, from which some views open up temporarily, then it returns to the forest and brings us to the junction at the chapel.
From the mentioned junction, which is at the edge of the forest, we continue straight (sharply left Jeterbenk, left Slavkov dom on Golem Brdu) along a scenic road, along which we soon reach the next junction, from which we continue straight onto a footpath that runs between two roads (left road towards Katarina, right towards the farm Kozomer). The path further quickly ascends to a bench and table, then briefly continues along the edge of the forest, where a nice view opens up. Higher the path enters the forest and brings us to the fore-summit, from which it descends past the hut to the cart track. Along the cart track we ascend only briefly, then at the place where the cart track turns somewhat right, we continue straight upwards on a well-trodden trail, which begins to ascend steeply across the hayfield. Higher the path enters the forest, where it ascends even steeper. When somewhat higher we step out of the forest we are already at the summit of Rog next to the large wooden cross.

Along the route: Sveta Marjeta under Jeterbenk (482m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Jeterbenk, Sveti Jakob

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