Cerkno - Ermanovec (via Planina pri Cerknem)

Access to starting point:
From the road Idrija - Tolmin (also possible through the mountain pass Kladje, Davča, Leskovica...) we drive to Cerkno, where we park on one of the parking lots in the center or on the periphery of the town (best near the church of St. Anne).

Path description:
From the church of St. Anne in Cerkno, past the snack bar Okrepčevalnica pr'Jušku and store Merkur we walk to the street Pot v Strano, where the marked path begins which leads towards Planina pri Cerknem, Škofje and Ermanovec. We head up the mentioned street, and after a few meters we continue on the right road which starts to ascend more steeply. The road ends at the last house, and we continue the path on a cart track which ascends diagonally. The blazes then lead us left, and the path brings us to a panoramic grassy slope, from which a nice view opens up on Cerkno and the surrounding hills.
We continue further on the cart track, and at the junctions we follow the signs of the mountain path no. 5. The moderately steep path slowly moves away from Cerkno, and with nice views of the surroundings quickly brings us to an asphalt road, which we only cross. We continue the ascent in the same direction, and further ascend on a worse cart track road, on which in a few minutes of further walking we arrive in the village Planina pri Cerknem.
Through the village, in the middle of which stands the church of St. John the Baptist, we walk on a diagonally ascending cart track which several times crosses the asphalt road, at the same time also walking through several yards. Above the lower part of the village we arrive at a macadam road, on which in a few minutes we walk to a smaller junction. Here we continue left upwards, where we quickly arrive at the "last" house in the village.
Above the house we continue on an initially wide cart track which quickly enters the forest, and we continue on it for a few minutes. Somewhat higher we leave the cart track and continue left on the marked and wide mountain path, which starts to ascend more steeply. A little higher we arrive at a macadam road, where to the left branches the path to the Franja hospital, and we continue straight and after a short steep ascent step onto an asphalt road, on which we walk to the next marked junction.
At the junction we continue right towards Ermanovec (left Škofje), where we quickly arrive at the next marked junction, where we continue straight across the asphalt road onto the footpath in the direction towards Ermanovec (left Jeram - stamp ICPP, right mountain pass Kladje). For some time we continue the ascent along the edge of a panoramic ridge, from which a nice view opens up on Škofje, then the path goes onto the slope and a little further also into the forest. Through the forest we moderately ascend on a cart track, and higher we reach an asphalt road which leads from the mountain pass Kladje towards Ermanovec.
For a short time we walk on the asphalt road, then at the smaller hamlet we continue slightly left onto the road in the direction of the footpath to Ermanovec. On the macadam road in a few dozen steps we ascend to a panoramic ridge, and there the signs for Ermanovec direct us slightly right onto a cart track, on which we quickly ascend to the forest. We continue through the forest, where at the junctions we follow the blazes, and the path brings us to the fortifications of the former Rapallo border, where the path flattens. A little further we step out of the forest, then in a gentle descent we walk to the asphalt road which we left some time ago, reaching it through the yard of the nearby house.
When we step onto the road we continue in the direction of Ermanovec, and the path first leads past the information board (Trail along the Rapallo border), a little further also past an old chapel, behind which from the left also joins a marked path from Kopačnica.
We continue straight, then in a few minutes we arrive at the Koča na Ermanovcu hut.
From the hut we continue straight (left Štor 5 minutes), at the first junction, where to the right branches the path to the Žunar farm, again straight. We walk on the road for a few more minutes, then from the junction at the chapel and bell we continue slightly right onto the cart track in the direction of the Ermanovec summit (straight on the road to Hotavlje and Slajka, right also on the road to Sovodenj), on which we begin gently ascending along the panoramic ridge. When the cart track turns somewhat to the right, we continue slightly left onto a path which ascends over a somewhat steeper grassy slope straight towards the summit. A little below the summit the path flattens and brings us into the forest, where the Ermanovec peak is located.

On the way: Planina pri Cerknem (564m), Koča na Ermanovcu (964m)

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Ermanovcu , Štor