Šmartno - Šmarna gora (path around Šmarna gora)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Šmartno, then at the beginning of the settlement Šmartno we drive towards the nearby cemetery, by which it is possible to park.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the cemetery, we head onto a one-way road, along which, past the church, we walk to the next junction. Here we continue straight across the road (left Tacen, right inn Bizeljčan) to the nearby hiking signpost. The signs for Šmarna gora direct us onto a narrower road that starts to ascend between the houses. After a shorter gentle ascent we arrive at a smaller junction, where the signs for Šmarna gora direct us right onto a gradually quite steep road, which at the last house turns into a forest hiking path. Further on, we ascend gently through the forest for some time, then arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right (left Šmartinska pot, straight upward Partizanska pot) onto a cart track that first slightly descends, then starts to ascend transversely to the right. The cart track along which we continue the ascent gradually turns more and more to the left, most of the time running through the forest. Higher up, we miss the left fork where one of the paths to Šmarna gora branches off and continue in the same direction. A little further, the path from Povodje and Skaručna joins us almost imperceptibly from the right, and we continue on the wide path, which further runs across somewhat steeper slopes. A little further, the path steeply ascends for a short time, then brings us to Turkovo znamenje.
Here we continue straight (left steeply upward another path to Šmarna gora) and further continue on the path that ascends transversely. Higher up, the path turns a little more to the left and brings us from the forest onto grassy slopes. Here we first cross a pasture fence, then with a view on Grmada walk to the junction, where we join a poorer road that leads to the summit of Šmarna gora. We follow the mentioned road to the left and ascend to the summit in a few minutes.