Žiri - Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving in the direction of the Poljanska dolina. When we get to Žiri, we continue through the settlement on the main road, and we drive somewhere to the primary school Žiri, or the 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 the Poljanska dolina, and we follow it to the left; we drive somewhere to the primary school Žiri, or the 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 in 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) over the bridge across 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, 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 ahead also to a 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 in an appropriate place nearby.

Path description:
Some 10 strides north (direction towards Škofja Loka) from the inn Obuti Maček, we will notice blazes, which from the main road direct us southeast onto the road that leads us past a few more houses. The road soon ends, and then we continue on the marked path, which ascends above Žiri. At first, some view opens up towards Žiri, and then the path enters the forest, through which we ascend for some time, and at the junctions we follow the blazes. Higher, we arrive from the forest onto panoramic meadows; a little further, at the end of a smaller forest islet, on the right we notice a bench and next to it the inscription box on Goropeški grič.
The path ahead leads us along a gentle cart track, on which in a few minutes we arrive at the edge of the settlement Goropeke, where first along the lower right side we bypass the company Žakelj (seating sets, furniture, beds...), and then we reach the asphalt road, which we follow to the right. We continue through the village and quickly arrive at the church of sv. Janez Krstnik.
We bypass the church on the left side; above it we quickly leave the central part of the settlement. Higher the path leads us past a signpost, after which from a smaller junction we continue along the slightly left road. The path ahead leads us past the abandoned ski slope Goropeke, and then we arrive in the forest, where the Dom na Goropekah is located, which has been closed for some years.
We bypass the Dom on the left side, and then from the road we soon go slightly left onto the footpath, where a mountain signpost directs us. For a few minutes we ascend through the forest, and then the path flattens and gradually begins to descend as well. Lower we arrive at a homestead, where we also step onto the road, and we follow it to the left, along which we descend for a short time longer. A gentle ascent follows, and then we arrive at the hamlet Log, where behind the houses there is a marked junction.
We continue left in the direction of the footpath, and to the hamlet Na Krogu we continue along the gentle and panoramic macadam road. Between the houses we continue somewhat to the left, and then we continue along the cart track, which takes us through the hayfield into the forest. For some time we walk through the forest, and then we arrive at the macadam 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 step into the forest, from the road we continue left onto the marked and somewhat more overgrown passable path, which soon returns to the road. The road then leads us past a chapel, past the joinery Mizarstvo Petrač, where we go right, and then we go past the fire station as well (a little before the fire station the blaze shows left, but directs to the path towards Lavrovec or Smrečje). Behind the fire station we ascend in two hairpin turns, and then with nice views we continue to the forest, where the Planinska koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev stands.
From the koča we continue right onto the footpath in the direction of Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev. First we ascend through a belt of forest, and then along the edge of the meadow we reach the asphalt road, along which past the chapel and with ever nicer views we ascend to the church on the panoramic summit.
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, Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev - Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev 0:10.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2019 (January).

On the way: Goropeški grič (Pikrej) (672m), Sveti Janez Krstnik (Goropeke) (682m), Dom na Goropekah (742m), Leše (763m), Koča na Vrhu Svetih Treh Kraljev (823m)