At first, to Šentvid Hill
The starting point is in Šentvid above Ljubljana at the crossroads of Celovška and Cesta v hrib roads, opposite the bank, and in the vicinity of the Franc Rozman - Stane Primary School and St. Vitus Church in Šentvid. At the crossroads, you'll notice a sign with the map of the route . In the vicinity, there are limited possibilities of parking your car, but nearby, there are starting points of city (nos. 1, 8, 25), commuter and long-distance buses towards Gorenjska.
Turn right onto the asphalt road up the hill and after several tens of metres, turn sharply left and you'll come to a macadam road on the right ascending steeply up the hill. Go along this road to the forest to the marked path. Steeply ascend through this forest. If you want to avoid the steep ascent along the cart track , go left or right to one of the forest paths intertwining the Šentvid Hill, and make your ascent there, parallel to the cart track. When the first ascent finishes, the path narrows and you reach a cross , where several forest paths branch off. Continue straight on towards west, towards Toško čelo. At numerous intersections, follow the signs as not to lose your way, which mostly runs along the ridge, except for the path past the Velika Trata summit which runs on the left.
Toško čelo
After less than an hour of walking along a flat forest path with minor ascents, you get to Toško čelo, where signs direct you to your left to the forest path up the hill. After a short ascent, you'll exit the forest and reach a few houses at a clearing and come to an asphalt road. A beautiful view of Ljubljana and the surrounding hills opens up. Go along the road to the hunting lodge . If you don't wish to refresh at the lodge, you can turn right onto the asphalt road down the hill and then right again in the village onto the road which takes you towards Katarina. The roadside sign informs you that you're entering the Polhov Gradec Dolomites Landscape Park . Continue along the macadam road towards Topol or Katarina, as Topol is often colloquially called. The path to Katarina runs mostly through the forest and along macadam road, but here and there you can shorten the route between long turns with a shortcut along a forest path.
Along the route, you can admire the lush flora. Trees are bushy and diverse. Spruce, fir and pine prevail among coniferous trees, as for deciduous trees – the higher you go, the more beech you see, but it is always accompanied by other deciduous trees, for example maple, chestnut and oak. Cross some meadows and clearings, where you are greeted by a variety of flowers during the warmer seasons.
Topol and Katarina
After an hour and a half walk, you exit the forest and catch sight of Topol and the valley. At the crossroads , you arrive at an asphalt road below the village. Turn right and go slightly up the hill past the bee house to the village . In Topol, there are many inns , where you can quench your thirst and hunger: Dobnikar, Vaška krčma, Pr' Jur, Na Vihri and perhaps some more. In the centre of the village [14], turn right to a steep slope. Continue past the Pr' Jur Inn towards the Church of St. Catherine with a memorial sign, cemetery and a cemetery chapel near it. You've reached the highest point of the route . Drive on towards Jeterbenk with a nice view of the Julian Alps from one side of its saddle, and of Ljubljana, Krim and other hills on the outskirt of the Ljubljana Marshes from the other side. If you want to make the trip more interesting by visiting one of the nearby summits, you should follow the signs for Rog or Jeterbenk. The ascent to Jeterbenk and similarly the ascent to Rog above Katarina should take about 15 minutes. Both summits are marked with a big wooden cross. There used to be a castle on the summit of Jeterbenk, whose remnants may only be anticipated today.
Downhill towards the Slavko's Hut
Stick to your right past Jeterbenk and follow the well marked path, which leads you to the Slavko's Hut or Golo Brdo. The slightly and steeply sloping path runs along a grass path , and then partly on cart tracks and forest paths . Along the path, there are some well marked intersections. And, of course, you're still interested in signs for the Slavko's Hut and a curved forest mountain path , which will lead you to the edge of the village of Golo Brdo past a quarry. Here, the forest path widens and joins an asphalt road in front of the Slavko's Hut.
You can quench your thirst, have a snack and get some rest in the Slavko's Hut before moving on. Or you can do this at the Bormes Inn located a bit further on along the path. There's a ten-minute walk on a asphalt road between the two inns. You should only be careful not to continue towards Medvode but, instead, turn right at the signpost towards Bormes under the Stanežiče Hill.
Over the hill yet again
From Bormes, the path is marked and leads you over the hill towards Stanežiče and Dvor respectively. Somewhere in the middle of the hill, turn right from the cart track and follow the blazes through the forest. The path slightly ascends towards the Dvor Hill. At this point, leave the marked path leading to Dvor and continue over the Dvor Hill along the ridge towards the Šentvid Hill. The path is marked by red blazes on the ground, roots and trees as this is a section of the trail of the traditional run along the edges of Šentvid. The path is diverse. For the main part, it slightly ascends through the forest and, occasionally, a view of the villages between Šentvid and Medvode , and of Kamnik-Savinja Alps and Šmarna gora, opens up from a clearing. There are a lot of intersections here since the Šentvid Hill is very popular with hikers from the city and, accordingly, there are numerous paths which may mislead you. You need to pay attention as your right route runs mostly along the ridge , so don't turn anywhere, neither down the hill nor left nor right, but follow the red blazes if you want to reach the starting point in Šentvid across the hillside.
At the end of summer or autumn, you can pick a blueberry or two along the way, or perhaps chestnuts, mushrooms and other fruits of the forest.
Continue slightly downhill on the left, past the summit of Velika Trata until, at a wooden cross, you return to the path which you ascended from Šentvid at the beginning. Here you can leave the hillside and, pleasantly tired, descend along a wider path to the starting point of today's trip.