Žiri - Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving in the direction of Poljanska dolina. When we get to Žiri, we continue through the settlement on the main road, and we drive somewhere to primary school Žiri, or inn Obuti Maček. We park somewhere nearby; the beginning of the described path is near the inn Obuti Maček.
B) We drive to Vrhnika, and then we follow the signs for Smrečje and Žiri. When we get to Žiri, we join the main road through Poljanska dolina, and we follow it to the left, we drive somewhere to primary school Žiri, or inn Obuti Maček. We park on an appropriate parking lot nearby; the beginning of the described path is near the inn Obuti Maček.
C) From Logatec we drive towards Rovte and further to Žiri. Through Žiri we drive past the parish church of St. Martin, and then we already get to the inn Obuti Maček, near which the described path begins. We park on an appropriate place nearby.
D) From the road Idrija - Spodnja Idrija, immediately after the end of Idrija we turn right (if we come from the direction of Spodnja Idrija, still before Idrija we turn left) across the bridge over the river Idrijca towards the store Eurospin. On the other side of the bridge we get to the settlement Mokraška vas, and we stick to the main road which leads towards Ledinsko Razpotje and Žiri. Higher up, the road leads through a few hairpin turns, and then we get to the settlement Ledinsko razpotje, where the road gradually flattens. After the neighbouring settlement Govejk, the road starts descending towards Žiri, after a few kilometers of descent we get to Žiri and a little further to the crossroad, where we reach the main road Žiri - Logatec. We continue left in the direction of Škofja Loka and further we drive through Žiri. Soon after the parish church of St. Martin we get to the inn Obuti Maček, near which the described path begins. We park on an appropriate place nearby.

Route description:
About 10 steps north (direction towards Škofja Loka) from the inn Obuti Maček, we will notice blazes which from the main road direct us southeast onto a road that leads past a few more houses. The road soon ends, and then we continue on the marked path, which climbs above Žiri. At first, some view opens towards Žiri, then the path enters the forest, through which we ascend for some time, and at junctions we follow the blazes. Higher up we emerge from the forest onto panoramic meadows; a little further, at the end of a smaller forest island, on the right we notice a bench and next to it the logbook box on Goropeški grič.
The path ahead leads along a gentle cart track, along which in a few minutes we reach the edge of the settlement Goropeke, where first along the lower right side we bypass the company Žakelj (seating sets, furniture, beds...), then we reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the right. We continue through the village and quickly reach the church of St. John the Baptist.
We bypass the church on the left side, and above it we quickly leave the central part of the settlement. Higher up the path leads past a wayside shrine; after it, from a smaller junction we continue along the slightly left road. The path ahead leads past the abandoned ski slope Goropeke, then we reach the forest where the Dom na Goropekah is located, which has been closed for some years.
We bypass the hut on the left side, then soon from the road we go slightly left onto the footpath indicated by the mountaineering signpost. For a few minutes we ascend through the forest, then the path levels out and gradually starts descending. Lower down we reach a farmstead, where we also step onto the road, which we follow to the left, descending briefly along it. A slight ascent follows, then we reach the hamlet Log, where behind the houses there is a marked junction.
We continue left in the direction of the footpath; to the hamlet Na Krogu we continue along a gentle and panoramic gravel road. Among the houses we continue slightly left, then along a cart track that takes us across hay meadows into the forest. We walk through the forest for some time, then reach a gravel road, which we follow to the hamlet V dolini, where we descend to the asphalt road.
We follow the road to the left; when we enter the forest, from the road we continue left onto the marked and somewhat overgrown but passable path, which soon returns to the road. The road then leads past a chapel, the joinery Mizarstvo Petrač, where we go right, then past the fire station (just before the fire station the blaze points left, but directs to the path towards Lavrovec or Smrečje). Behind the fire station we ascend in two hairpin turns, then with fine views continue to the forest, where the Planinska koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev stands.
Žiri - Goropeški grič 0:30, Goropeški grič - sv. Janez Krstnik 0:10, sv. Janez Krstnik - Dom na Goropekah 0:10, Dom na Goropekah - Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev 1:30.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (January).

Along the route: Goropeški grič (Pikrej) (672m), Sveti Janez Krstnik (Goropeke) (682m), Dom na Goropekah (742m), Leše (763m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev ( 10 min)

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