Rovte - Medvedje Brdo (via Trtovška grapa)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. From Žiri we continue driving on a somewhat more winding road towards Rovte and Logatec, which we follow to the road sign between 12 and 11.5 km, or to the spot where a macadam road towards Medvedje Brdo and Lanevše branches off to the right. We park in an appropriate place by the road.
From Žiri (from the crossroad where a road towards Idrija branches off to the right) to the starting point, there is approximately 9.5 km.
B) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Logatec and then we continue driving to Logatec. From the roundabout where we reach the old road Vrhnika - Postojna we continue right (direction Vrhnika) and we continue driving on the old road towards Vrhnika, but we drive on it only a few hundred meters, then we turn left onto the road in the direction of Rovte and Žiri. Further on, we drive on a gradually more and more winding road until we reach the road sign between 11.5 and 12 km. Here we will arrive at a crossroad where a macadam road towards Medvedje Brdo and Lanevše branches off to the left. We park in an appropriate place by the road.
C) We drive to Idrija, and then we continue driving towards Logatec. Still before the end of Idrija we turn left onto a steep road which starts to ascend towards the village Gore. Higher up we reach the plateau, and the road flattens. At the crossroads we then follow the signs towards the neighbouring settlement Dole and later the settlement Zavrate. After the end of the mentioned place we start descending towards the valley of Sovre, where we also reach the main road Žiri - Logatec. We follow the mentioned road to the right until the road sign between 12 and 11.5 km, or to the spot where a macadam road towards Medvedje Brdo and Lanevše branches off to the right. We park in an appropriate place by the road.
From the spot where we reached the road Žiri - Logatec to the starting point, there is approximately 1.5 km.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the macadam road in the direction of Medvedje Brdo and we start ascending along the stream Trtovška grapa. Further on, we gently ascend for quite some time, then the road past a few educational boards brings us to a meadow, after which the road becomes somewhat steeper. On the section where the road becomes steeper, we also climb out of Trtovška grapa. A few minutes of diagonal ascent to the left follows and we join the asphalt road, which we follow to the right, walking along it to a sort of triangular intersection, near which there is a chapel.
Here, where we join the marked path over Kamnikov Grič, we continue left and after a short ascent we arrive at the next intersection, where we continue left in the direction of the open-door farm Šinkovc (slightly right Dom Medved). A short ascent follows and we already step onto the summit of Medvedje Brdo, where on the left we notice military facilities of the former JLA, and on the right side the panorama board at Medvedje Brdo.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveti Urh (Zavratec)

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