Selo nad Polhovim Gradcem - Mlaka

Access to starting point:
a) From the direction of Polhov Gradec: From Horjul or Dobrova we drive to Polhov Gradec, from where we continue driving towards Črni Vrh. A bit above Polhov Gradec, at the intersection at the confluence of Mala and Velika Božna, we continue straight in the direction of Selo and Škofja Loka (left turns the road to Črni Vrh). For some time we drive along the stream Mala Božna, then at the intersection we turn right in the direction of the village Selo (this is the second right turn from the place where we left the road to Črni Vrh). Further on we ascend on a rather steep road, which higher up levels out, after a short descent it takes us to the village Selo. Here we continue right (straight leads the road to Sveti Ožbolt) and follow the road only for another good 100 meters to the arranged parking lot by the chapel.
b) From the direction of Škofja Loka: From Škofja Loka we head on the road that leads through Puštal towards Hrastnica and Log nad Škofjo Loko. We follow the road, which runs along the stream Hrastnica, through the valley upwards in the direction of the village Selo. When the valley closes, the road starts to ascend steeply in hairpin bends towards the ridge. When we arrive in the village Selo nad Polhovim Gradcem, soon on the left side (just before the intersection for Sveti Ožbolt) we reach the chapel and the parking lot next to it. The road from the Škofja Loka side is entirely asphalted and regularly plowed in winter.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the chapel we head onto the ascending road in the direction of Selo and Črni Vrh (if we arrived at the starting point from Polhov Gradec, this is the road by which we drove to the starting point). After a short ascent the road takes us to the first houses, then it levels out and after a few minutes of further walking takes us to the open-door farm Ogrinc, in front of which we notice a registration box. We continue a few steps further and the road takes us to a small intersection, where we continue left (right Sveti Ožbolt), but we follow the mentioned road only a few steps, as the signs for Črni Vrh direct us right onto an ascending cart track.
We continue the ascent on a well-marked cart track, which initially leads us across a scenic grassy slope, then continues partly through the forest, partly across grassy meadows. After some time the path descends slightly and takes us to a marked junction, where the path from Sveti Ožbolt joins from the right. We continue left in the direction of Črni Vrh and proceed on the cart track, which gradually begins to descend more steeply. Lower down the path splits into two parts, but we continue on the road, from which we soon turn right onto a cart track or poorer road. The cart track then soon levels out and after a few minutes of further walking takes us to a marked junction, where we continue in the direction of Črni Vrh over the summit of Mlaka (left Črni Vrh past Ostrež). The path ahead takes us back to a cart track after just a few minutes, which we then follow to the summit of Mlaka. We reach the summit at the place where the cart track begins to descend (the summit is not marked).
The entire path has quite a few cart track junctions, but is well marked everywhere.

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