Vikrče - Šmarna gora (via Zatrep)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Ljubljana - Šmartno, and then we continue driving towards Tacen. In Tacen just before the road over the bridge crosses the river Sava we continue slightly right in the direction of Pirniče. Only a little after Ljubljana ends, we get to Vikrče, and we follow the road to the inn Kovač, which is located right next to the bus stop. At the starting point, there aren't any appropriate parking spots.
B) From Šentvid we drive to Tacen, there immediately after the bridge over the river Sava left towards Pirniče. Only a little after Ljubljana ends, we get to Vikrče, and we follow the road to the inn Kovač, which is located right next to the bus stop. At the starting point, there aren't any appropriate parking spots.
C) From Medvode we drive to Zgornje and then to Spodnje Pirniče, and we follow the road towards Tacen. When we get to Vikrče, we join the road which leads from Smlednik towards Tacen, and here we continue right and follow the road to the nearby inn Kovač, where there is the starting point of our path. At the starting point, there aren't any appropriate parking spots.
D) To the starting point, we can also arrive by LPP bus number 15.

Path description:
From the inn Kovač we first walk along the road which leads towards Tacen, then, when the main road makes a slight right turn, we continue slightly left on a narrower local road (at the crossroad there is a sign prohibiting driving, near the sign there is also an information board of the forest educational trail on Šmarna gora's Grmada). Along the narrower asphalt road we quickly get to a private parking lot, where the climbing path to Grmada branches off sharply to the left, and we continue straight and follow the road to the sign with the inscription "private". Here we continue slightly left on a marked footpath which starts gently ascending through the forest. After a good 10 minutes of additional walking, we get to the next crossing, where we continue right in the direction of the path over Zatrep (left Mazijeva steza to Grmada). There follow a few successive crossings, and at all of them we continue left in the direction of the path over Zatrep. When the successive crossings end, the path moves onto steep slopes, through which it starts to ascend more steeply. During the ascent we mainly cross the slopes towards the right, and we follow the mentioned path to the junction with the Romarska pot. Along the mentioned path we go past the chapel to the nearby crossing, where the path to Grmada branches off to the left.
Here we continue straight, and the path brings us out of the forest onto a saddle between Grmada and Šmarna gora.
Here we step onto a road (access from Zavrh) along which we continue the ascent, and which soon splits into two parts. We can continue the ascent along the road, in this case we ascend to the summit past the wish bell, or we continue right on the marked footpath which, past the chapel of St. Sobota, also brings us to the summit of Šmarna gora.

On the way: Sedlo (599m)