Zaplana (Prezid) - Koča na Planini nad Vrhniko

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Ljubljana–Koper highway at the Vrhnika exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Logatec. At the end of Vrhniški klanec hill, we continue right in the direction of Zaplana, and when we already arrive at Zaplana, at the crossroads we continue left in the direction of Rovte (slightly right Zaplana church of St. Urh and Martin, Ulovka and Zavetišče na Planini nad Vrhniko). At the end of the hamlet Prezid on Zaplana, we will notice a smaller parking lot on the left side, where we park.
B) From the Ljubljana–Koper highway, we head to the Logatec exit, then continue driving to Logatec. From the roundabout, where we reach the old Vrhnika–Postojna road, we continue right (direction Vrhnika) and continue driving on the old road towards Vrhnika, but we drive on it only a few 100 m, then turn left onto the road in the direction of Rovte and Žiri. Further on, we drive on a gradually more and more winding road to the crossroads, where the road towards Zaplana branches off to the right. From the spot where we leave the main road towards Žiri, we drive a little less than 2 km, then arrive at the sign that marks the beginning of the hamlet Zaplana–Prezid. We park on the smaller parking lot before the mentioned sign.
C) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, then continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. From Žiri, we continue driving on a somewhat more winding road towards Rovte and Logatec. Still before Logatec, we come to the crossroads, where the road towards Zaplana branches off to the left. From the spot where we leave the main road towards Žiri, we drive a little less than 2 km, then arrive at the sign that marks the beginning of the hamlet Zaplana–Prezid. We park on the smaller parking lot before the mentioned sign.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto a narrower asphalt road that ascends towards three houses. Just a little after the first house, we leave the road as the blazes direct us right onto a marked path, which initially runs along an old cart track. Further on, the path has a few forks, but if we carefully follow the blazes, there are no major orientation problems. A little further, we arrive at a meadow, where the trail completely disappears. We continue in approximately the same direction and then on the other side of the meadow step onto a wide cart track. A short descent follows, then the cart track splits into two parts. We continue left and after a few meters right and then again left (follow the blazes), so that we continue in the same direction as before. Just a few dozen steps further, the forest ends, and we continue on the path that runs along the edge of the forest. Further on, the path temporarily ascends steeply, then moderately ascends with nice views of the surrounding hills and Logatec. After a few minutes, the path completely levels out and brings us to an old Italian bunker from the time of the Rapallo border. At the bunker, the path disappears again, and we continue straight uphill across the meadow. When we reach the edge of the forest, we look for a large blaze that marks the continuation of the marked path. For a short time, we ascend along the pasture fence, then move onto an indistinct ridge, where we cross a more worn trail. We continue on a somewhat more overgrown but traceable trail that ascends to the road at a solitary house. We bypass the house on the right side and past the garage descend to the asphalt road.
We follow the road to the right, and descend on it to a smaller crossroads, where we continue straight onto a footpath (path left leads towards the Majer homestead, right descends in a few steps to the road that leads from Zaplana (Jerinov grič) towards the church on Zaplana and the tower on Planina nad Vrhniko, which latter road we join higher up), which ascends to the ridge of Križev grič. The path soon levels out, then behind the summit of Križev grič descends to the asphalt road that leads towards the church on Zaplana, Ulovka and the tower on Planina nad Vrhniko. We walk along the road past a chapel to a smaller crossroads, where the road splits into two parts.
We continue on the right road (slightly left church of St. Urh and Martin (5 minutes)), which soon brings us to a marked junction, where the path from the aforementioned church joins from the left, and to the right a path branches off towards Lintvern.
We continue straight on the subsequent macadam road, which for some time continues without major elevation changes, then gradually begins to descend. After a few minutes' descent, we arrive at the spot where a marked path to Ulovka branches off sharply to the left, just a few steps further to the crossroads, where we continue on the right road in the direction of the tower on Planina nad Vrhniko. We continue on the road, which gently descends for a short time longer, then the path from Stara Vrhnika and Kuren joins from the left. Only a short ascent follows and the path brings us to Zavetišče na Planini nad Vrhniko.
If we wish, we can climb the nearby observation tower at our own risk.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in May 2013.