Spodnje Pirniče - Grmada (on Kovačeva steza and over Sedlo)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno, and then we continue driving towards Tacen. In Tacen just before the road over a bridge crosses the river Sava we continue slightly right in the direction of Pirniče. Only a little after that, when Ljubljana ends, we get to the inn Kovač in Vikrče and only few meters ahead to a crossroad, where the road towards Medvode and center of the settlement Spodnje Pirniče branches off to the left. Here we continue straight and after few 10 meters of additional driving, we get to a smaller crossroad, where narrower asphalt road towards the house number Spodnje Pirniče 48 branches off to the right. At the mentioned crossroad starts our path, but because there aren't any appropriate parking spots, we have to park somewhere else (most appropriate place is by the church in Spodnje Pirniče or on a payable parking lot at club Lipa).
B) From Šentvid we drive to Tacen, there immediately after the bridge through the river Sava left towards Pirniče. Only a little after that, when Ljubljana ends, we get to the inn Kovač in Vikrče and only few meters ahead to a crossroad, where the road towards Medvode and center of the settlement Spodnje Pirniče branches off to the left. Here we continue straight and after few 10 meters of additional driving, we get to a smaller crossroad, where narrower asphalt road towards the house number Spodnje Pirniče 48 branches off to the right. At the mentioned crossroad starts our path, but because there aren't any appropriate parking spots, we have to park somewhere else (most appropriate place is by the church in Spodnje Pirniče or on a payable parking lot at club Lipa).
C) From Medvode we drive to Zgornje and forward in Spodnje Pirniče, and at the crossroad before the beginning of Vikrče we turn towards club Lipa. After only few 10 meters of additional driving, we get to a smaller crossroad, where narrower asphalt road towards the house number Spodnje Pirniče 48 branches off to the right. At the mentioned crossroad starts our path, but because there aren't any appropriate parking spots, we have to park somewhere else (most appropriate place is by the church in Spodnje Pirniče or on a payable parking lot at club Lipa).

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the mentioned street, after that behind the last house on the right side we turn right on the road which few meters ahead loses an asphalt covering and it brings us to an unmarked crossing at the water storage.
The water storage we bypass on the right side (left learning path) and for a short time, we continue on an overgrown cart track. From the cart track soon a footpath on which we continue branches off to the left, and few steps higher it joins the marked path from Vikrče. Higher, the path flattens and turns a little to the left and then back right, where gradually passes into a smaller erosion ditch. Next follows a short steeper ascent, and then we step on a cart track, where we continue left (right Grmada - path, which joins to path Westrova pot).
Next follows a short crossing and the path brings us to rough road which leads towards the saddle Sedlo below Šmarna gora. Higher, the road brings us out of the forest on panoramic slopes. With a view on the summit of Šmarna gora and Kamnik Savinja Alps we quickly get to the homestead Gorjanc, from which follows a short walk to a marked crossing on the saddle Na Sedlu.
From the saddle, we continue right downwards in the direction of Tacen (left Šmarna gora), when the path passes into the forest we continue right in the direction of Grmada. We continue the ascent on a little steeper path, which is at first ascending through the forest and then passes on a partly panoramic ridge, on which in few 10 strides of additional walking, we ascend to the summit of Grmada.

On the way: Na Sedlu (580m)

Trip can be extended to: Šmarna gora