Trebnje Castle - Hunting lodge Vrhtrebnje (steep path)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Ljubljana - Novo mesto highway at the Trebnje - west exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Trebnje. We will soon get to the gas station, and we turn right just a few 10 meters behind it towards the nearby Trebanje Castle, where we already notice the first hiking signposts. The marked parking lot is located a little above the castle, and we get there by continuing right at the crossroad at the castle, then immediately left. A short drive by the castle follows, and then we already get to the next hiking signposts, where the signs for the parking lot direct us to the left.
B) From the Novo mesto - Ljubljana highway we head to the Trebnje - east exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Trebnje. Further on, we drive south of Trebnje, and when we are already on the west side of the town we turn right towards Trebnje. A few 10 meters further at the crossroad we turn left and drive over the overpass to the Trebanje Castle, where we already notice the first hiking signposts. The marked parking lot is located a little above the castle, and we get there by continuing right at the crossroad at the castle, then immediately twice left. A short drive by the castle follows, and then we already get to the next hiking signposts, where the signs for the parking lot direct us to the left.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we descend a few meters to the hiking signposts mentioned in the description at the starting point, from where we continue in the direction of Vrhtrebnje. The path first bypasses a residential house on the left side, then passes into the forest, through which it first runs on a cart track. The marked path quickly leaves the cart track and turns a little more to the left, where it ascends to the overpass over the highway. On the other side of the highway we ascend steep stairs (from here a nice view opens up on Trebnje and the surroundings), above them we cross a poor macadam road. Above the road, the path returns to the forest and brings us to a marked junction.
From the junction we continue slightly right in the direction of the steep path (slightly left path past Mala and Velika jama), which then ascends moderately to steeply. Higher up the well-trodden path levels out and brings us out of the forest at the edge of the village Vrhtrebnje, where the already mentioned path past the caves joins us from the left.
Immediately when we reach the asphalt road, the path to Trebni vrh branches off to the left, and we continue straight on the road, which leads us past a few houses, then joins a second asphalt road, which we follow to the right. A short descent follows, then the path brings us to a larger chapel, where we continue left towards the nearby church of St. Jakob.
From the church we continue on the road for a short time, then quickly arrive at the landmark of the 15th meridian and the hunting lodge.
From the hunting lodge we can also ascend to Trebni vrh in 5 minutes.

Trip can be extended to: Trebni vrh