Skaručna - Šmarna gora (Partizanska steza)

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

Path description:
From the cemetery we walk to the main road, and from there we continue right towards Ljubljana. After approximately 100 meters of walking, we will get to a kindergarten, near which there is the church of St. Lucija. Only 10 meters behind the kindergarten, we leave the main road and continue right on a macadam road, on which we quickly arrive at the overpass over the highway. From the overpass or already a little before, a nice view opens up on Šmarna gora on the left and Kamnik Savinja Alps on the right side. Immediately after the bridge we go left and continue on a macadam road which leads us parallel with the highway. When we get very close to highway rest area Povodje, the road turns slightly right into the forest. On the road, along which we already notice first blazes, we walk only a short time because then initially rare blazes direct us slightly to the left onto a gentle footpath which continues through the forest. For some time we walk on an entirely gentle footpath, and then the path from Rašica or Povodje joins from the left.
Here we continue straight, we cross the stream Gračenica, and then we start gently ascending. The path ahead leads us below the power line, a little further ahead it returns into the forest and crosses the macadam road. A little above the road we join a rough cart track, on which we gradually start ascending steeper and steeper. Higher, we leave the cart track and on a somewhat steeper path in a few minutes we ascend to the path which almost circles Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned path to the left (right Turkovo znamenje, Šmarna gora and Grmada) and start gently descending. After approximately 50 meters, on a tree we notice a sign P, which directs us right onto the path which ascends steeper for a short time, then flattens and joins a narrower cart track. The cart track then starts gently descending and slowly turns more and more to the right. After a few minutes of easy descent, we arrive at a marked junction, where we reach the path from Šmartno and Tacna. Here we continue sharply right onto the Partizanska steza.
From the junction onward, the path becomes steeper and leads onto much steeper slopes, which are mainly dangerous for slipping in snow and ice. Further we ascend in zigzags up the steep slope; the well-made and maintained path after some time brings us to a bench, from which a nice view opens up towards the valley. Above the bench, the path goes onto a ridge, along which we ascend right below the summit of Šmarna gora. Here the path from the ridge goes onto a slope, over which in a few dozen steps of additional walking we ascend to the summit of Šmarna gora.