Plave - Kuk above Paljevo (via Paljevo)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Bovec and Tolmin. Further, we drive through the valley of the Soča, but we drive along the main road to the settlement of Plave, where at the crossroad, where the road to Paljevo branches off to the right, the described path begins. Because there are no organised parking spots at the starting point, we have to park somewhere else, preferably at some suitable spot along the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the Soča River near the little church or somewhere on the edge of the village.
B) We drive to the settlement of Most na Soči, and from there towards Nova Gorica. When we arrive at the settlement of Plave, or at the crossroad where the road towards the settlement of Paljevo branches off to the left, we are at the beginning of the described path. Because there are no organised parking spots at the starting point, we have to park somewhere else, preferably at some suitable spot along the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the Soča River near the little church or somewhere on the edge of the village.

Path description:
From the settlement Plave we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of Paljevo. The path first leads past a few houses, and then it quickly brings us to the left hairpin turn, where on a smaller building there is a NOB monument. We continue on the quite panoramic road, which past the bench brings us to the right hairpin turn, where straight ahead the footpath to Prižnica (elevation 383) continues, and we continue right, further on the road. Further on, we cross the slopes to the right for some time, and then, a little after crossing the torrent stream in the hairpin turn, the road turns sharply left. From the road, which we continue walking on, a nice view opens up towards Korada and Prižnica. When the road from the slopes almost transitions into more level terrain, on the right side we notice a cart track and unofficial signs next to it for Kuk.
Here the first path to Kuk branches off to the right, and we continue on the road, on which we soon arrive at a few houses in the settlement Paljevo. We continue on the asphalt road, which crosses a strip of forest, and then, when the forest ends, before the power line route we continue right onto an initially grassy cart track, which after a few metres becomes a worse forest road, which then enters the forest. Further on, we ascend for some time on the mentioned road, which all the time runs near the power line, and higher up we join a wider road that comes from the upper part of the settlement Paljevo.
Immediately after the roads join, at the information board they split again. We continue on the right road, which then mostly gently to moderately ascends the northwestern slopes of Kuk. A little higher, at the smaller crossroad we continue straight, and then on a slightly steeper road we continue all the way to the marked crossroad, which is located south of Kuk.
From the marked crossroad we continue sharply right in the direction of Kuk (straight to Vodice and Sveta Gora, right to Zagora), on the path that ascends transversely through the forest. The moderately steep path higher up completely flattens and approaches the summit of Kuk. At this point we can continue left onto pathless terrain, on which we ascend to the forested Kuk in a minute, otherwise we continue straight on the nicely traceable little path, from which soon to the right a nice view opens up. A few more minutes of easy walking follow, and then we emerge from the forest onto the grassy viewpoint and take-off site of Kuk, where there is also a small emergency shelter.
The description and pictures refer to the conditions in 2015 (March).

On the way: Paljevo (270m)

Trip can be extended to: Vodice ( 35 min) , Sveta Gora (1 h 20 min)