Vrzdenec - Gradišče above Žažar (via Plesa)
Starting point: Vrzdenec (341 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.0187°N 14.276°E 
Path name: via Plesa
Time of walking: 45 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 206 m
Altitude difference (by path): 210 m
Map: Ljubljana - okolica 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Horjul, and then we continue driving towards Vrzdenec. The described path starts at the turn-off of the road towards ZOO park Rožman, which is situated at the beginning of the settlement Vrzdenec, and we park on an appropriate place nearby, or ahead by described path.
B) From Gorenja vas or Žiri we drive towards Horjul, and when we get to Vrzdenec we need to pay attention, because at the turn-off of the road to the right for ZOO park Rožman, which is situated at the beginning of the settlement Vrzdenec, and we park on an appropriate place nearby, or ahead by described path.
Path description:
From the main road, we continue in the direction of ZOO park Rožman. At first, we walk parallel with the main road, after that a little before the nearby house we continue right, also this time in the direction of ZOO park. A little further, from the crossroad at the hayrack we continue straight (left ZOO park Rožman), and after the crossing of Horjulka we continue on the upper right road. From the crossroad ahead, the road starts ascending, and higher with nice views on surrounding hills, on the left side we bypass smaller hamlet. A little further from the hamlet asphalt road turns right towards last homestead, and here we continue straight on a macadam road which to the edge of the forest continues without large changes in altitude. By the edge of the forest worse road turns right, and we continue straight on a cart track, on few steps distant crossing we go left. Next follows a short ascent through the forest and then through meadow we reach another cart track which we follow right in the forest. A little further, we get to a crossing of several cart tracks, and we continue straight. Next follows few minutes of ascent on a cart track, and when the forest ends, also cart track ends. We continue through a meadow, where we follow the footpath which with increasingly beautiful views brings us to the summit of Gradišče.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (December).
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