Vrčice - Mirna gora (via Planina)
Starting point: Vrčice (481 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.6479°N 15.1415°E 
Path name: via Planina
Time of walking: 2 h 10 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 566 m
Altitude difference (by path): 600 m
Map: Dolenjska - Gorjanci, Kočevski Rog 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Brežice highway, take the Ivančna Gorica exit, then continue driving towards Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road ascends for a short time, then starts to descend more steeply and brings us to the village of Vrčice, where the described path begins. There are no designated parking spots for hikers in the settlement. The designated parking lot is in the settlement of Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
B) From the Brežice - Ljubljana highway, take the Novo mesto exit, then continue driving towards Dolenjske Toplice and Podturn pri Dolenjskih Toplicah. In Podturn, join the main road Ivančna Gorica - Črnomelj and follow it to the left towards Črnomelj. After Črmošnjice, the road ascends for a short time, then starts to descend more steeply and brings us to the village of Vrčice, where the described path begins. There are no designated parking spots for hikers in the settlement. The designated parking lot is in the settlement of Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
C) From Bela krajina, first drive to Semič, then continue towards Črmošnjice and Soteska. Before the road starts descending, we arrive in Vrčice, where the described path begins. There are no designated parking spots for hikers in the settlement. The designated parking lot is in the settlement of Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah.
Path description:
From Vrčice we head onto the macadam road in the direction of Kleč, Planina and Mirna gora. The macadam road quickly descends to the church of St. Martin, before which we step onto the asphalt road leading to Mirna gora, which we follow to the right. The road first leads past a few houses, then enters the forest, where it starts to ascend more steeply. Just a little after the asphalt ends, we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue on the right road (left is access to Mirna gora by car), and the hiking signposts also direct us there. Further on, we ascend for some time on the macadam road, then the marked path leaves it for a while and returns to it at the memorial plaque or stone. We continue the ascent on the road, which gradually flattens and brings us out of the forest to a less vegetated area named Kleč.
Here the path leads past the nearby hunting lodge Kleč and the ruins of the former chapel, to the next junction.
At the junction, where there are numerous signposts, we choose the left path (right is Mirna gora via Škrilj), which continues on a slightly ascending macadam road. The road then completely flattens and brings us to the church of St. Ilija in a few minutes of further walking.
From the church we continue briefly on the road, then arrive at numerous signs and markers. We continue towards Mirna gora on the forest educational trail, which leads past a few houses. Above the houses, the path also leads past an abandoned water trough, then gradually enters the forest, through which it ascends moderately to occasionally steeply. The well-marked path, along which there are numerous educational boards, turns slightly right higher up and brings us to the mountain hut Dom na Mirni gori.
From the Dom na Mirni gori we continue right towards the eponymous summit; the path leads past the lookout tower into the forest, through which we then climb to the nearby transmitters. At the transmitters the path turns slightly left, descends gently for a short while, then ascends to one of the highest peaks of Bela krajina, which we reach after two minutes of further walking.
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