Skaručna - Grmada

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno and follow the road to the mentioned settlement, where you turn right onto the road leading towards Vodice. Along the mentioned road, drive to the place Skaručna, where our path begins. We can park on a smaller parking lot by the cemetery or somewhere near the church.
B) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Vodice and continue driving towards Vodice. At the traffic-light intersection in Vodice, continue right towards Skaručna. When you arrive in Skaručna, pay attention to the right turnoff that leads to the nearby cemetery. By the cemetery is also the most suitable place for parking.

Route description:
From the cemetery we walk to the main road, from there continue right towards Ljubljana. After approximately 100 m of walking we will come to a kindergarten, near which is the church of St. Lucija. Only 10 m behind the kindergarten we leave the main road and continue the path right onto the macadam road, along which we quickly arrive at the overpass over the highway. From the overpass or already somewhat before, a nice view opens up on Šmarna gora on the left and Kamnik-Savinja Alps on the right side. Immediately after the bridge continue left and continue the path along the macadam road that leads us parallel to the highway. When we get completely close to the highway rest area Povodje, the road turns slightly right into the forest. Along the road, beside which we notice the first blazes, we walk only a short time, as then initially rare blazes direct us slightly left onto a gentle path that continues through the forest. For some time we walk along a completely gentle path, then from the left a path from Rašica or Povodje joins us.
Here we continue straight, cross the stream Gračenica, then we begin to ascend gently. The path ahead leads us under the power line, a little further it returns to the forest and crosses the macadam road. Somewhat above the road we join a rough cart track, along which we gradually begin to ascend ever steeper. Higher we leave the cart track and along a somewhat steeper path in a few minutes ascend to the path that almost encircles Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned path to the right, which brings us over relatively steep slopes to Turkovo znamenje.
Here we continue straight (left steeply upwards Šmarna gora - steep path) and further continue along the path that ascends transversely. Higher the path turns even somewhat more to the left and brings us from the forest onto grassy slopes. Here we first cross a pasture fence, then with a view of Grmada we walk to the junction where we join a poorer road that leads from Zavrha towards Šmarna gora.
When we reach the mentioned road we continue right downwards (left summit of Šmarna gora 5 minutes) and descend to the nearby Sedlo. Here we continue left downwards in the direction of Tacen, when the path enters the forest we continue right in the direction of Grmada. We continue the ascent along a somewhat steeper path that first ascends through the forest, then transitions to a partly panoramic ridge, along which in a few dozen steps of further walking we ascend to the summit of Grmada.

Along the route: Sedlo (599m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Šmarna gora

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