Žlebe - Sveti Jakob (via Turnice)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ljubljana, then continue along Celovška cesta towards Medvode. When we arrive in Medvode, at the first traffic light we turn left across the railway track in the direction of Golo Brdo, Žleb and Preska. After the railway track we continue left (right Preska) in the direction of Medno, Golo Brdo and Žleb, then a little further right (straight Medno). Just about 500 m ahead we arrive at the next crossroad, where at the beginning of the settlement Seničica we continue right (straight Golo Brdo) in the direction of the settlement Žlebe. When the residential houses of the settlement Seničica end we arrive in the forest, where at the crossroad we continue left towards the settlement Žlebe (also slightly right are signs for Žlebe - it is a circular road). Further, we drive on a slightly ascending road, which we follow to a smaller saddle. On the saddle, we continue left on a macadam road, which quickly brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue on the lower left road. From the crossroad, near which there are also hiking signposts, we drive only approximately 100 m, or to the left turn, near which there is a marked parking lot.
B) From Škofja Loka, Kranj or Vodice we drive to Medvode, from there we continue driving towards Ljubljana. At the last traffic light in Medvode, which is located about 100 m ahead from the Hofer store, we turn right across the railway track in the direction of Golo Brdo, Žleb and Preska. After the railway track we continue left (right Preska) in the direction of Medno, Golo Brdo and Žleb, then a little further right (straight Medno). Just about 500 m ahead we arrive at the next crossroad, where at the beginning of the settlement Seničica we continue right (straight Golo Brdo) in the direction of the settlement Žlebe. When the residential houses of the settlement Seničica end we arrive in the forest, where at the crossroad we continue left towards the settlement Žlebe (also slightly right are signs for Žlebe - it is a circular road). Further, we drive on a slightly ascending road, which we follow to a smaller saddle. On the saddle, we continue left on a macadam road, which quickly brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue on the lower left road. From the crossroad, near which there are also hiking signposts, we drive only approximately 100 m, or to the left turn, near which there is a marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a cart track in the direction of Katarina, Jeterbenk and sv. Marjeta (left Petelinc), which continues on the left side of the stream. After some 10 steps we leave the mentioned cart track and continue right into the forest, where first we descend to the stream and also cross it. On the other side we gently ascend for a short time, then the path turns right and ascends more steeply. A little higher we arrive at a marked junction, where we have two options for continuing.
We can continue left in the direction of Jeterbenk or right on a path about a minute longer past the church of sv. Marjeta.
If we continue on the left path we will soon arrive at the next junction, where to the right branches off another path to the mentioned church. Here too we continue left, then a little further at an unmarked junction slightly right upwards (the left lower path leads to Jeterbenk "along the ridge" (of course the path reaches the ridge only a little higher)), where after a short ascent we join the cart track that leads from the church of sv. Marjeta.
Further we ascend on a relatively wide cart track, which leads us past the information board of the archaeological site on Gradišče. A few minutes further, from our path to the right branches off the path of Roparskih vitezov, we continue straight on a somewhat steeper cart track. Just before the steepness eases the path of Roparskih vitezov rejoins us, the marked path turns somewhat more to the left and brings us over the ridge of Turnice to the western slopes of Jeterbenk. The path ahead leads us across a meadow, from which temporarily some views open up, then it returns to the forest and brings us to a junction at a chapel.
From the mentioned junction, which is located at the edge of the forest, we continue straight (sharply left Jeterbenk, left Slavkov dom on Golem Brdu) along a scenic road, along which we quickly arrive at the next junction, from where we continue straight onto a footpath that continues between two roads (left road leads towards Katarina, right towards the farm Kozomer). The path ahead quickly climbs to a bench and table, then for a short time continues at the edge of the forest, where a beautiful view opens up. Higher the path enters the forest and brings us to the forepeak, from which it descends past the hut to the cart track. On the cart track we ascend only for a short time, then at the place where the cart track turns somewhat right, we continue straight upwards on a well-trodden path that begins to ascend steeply across the hayfield. Higher the path enters the forest, where it ascends even more steeply. When a little higher we step out of the forest we are already on the top of Rog by the large wooden cross.
From the top we continue on a pleasant ridge path that leads along the scenic ridge, then the path crosses a strip of forest, after which we arrive at a junction. At the junction to the left branches off the path to the church of sv. Katarina, we continue slightly right on a somewhat less pronounced but still well-followable trail, which continues for some time across the hayfield, then enters the forest and descends to a narrower macadam road that leads from Topol towards the hamlet Brezovica. We walk along the road for a short time, following it right, then arrive at a well-marked junction located at the edge of a smaller hamlet.
The marked path bypasses the hamlet on the right side, then continues on a wide cart track, from which a nice view opens up to our goal and in fine weather also to the Kamniške and Savinjske Alpe and Posavsko hribovje. On the other side of the scenic meadow the path approaches the forest, where the path from Sora and Preska joins us. Here too we continue left, on the cart track we walk only some 10 steps, as then the markings lead us right onto a relatively steep path that continues at the edge of the forest (even if we continue on the cart track we will reach the top). During the ascent a nice view opens towards Polhograjska Grmada, from the top, which we reach after a few minutes, also towards the other peaks of Polhograjsko hribovje.

On the way: Sveta Marjeta under Jeterbenk (482m), Rog (798m)