Cerkno - Kopa (Cimprovka)

Access to starting point:
A) From the regional road Idrija - Tolmin, at the settlement Straža in the hamlet Želin at the traffic light crossroads we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (if coming from the direction of Tolmin we turn left). Further we drive through the valley of the river Cerknica, past the Petrol gas station all the way to Cerkno, where at the crossroads behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church there is also a cemetery and parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. If we have not parked already by the church we can do so a little further from the NOB monument on one of the parking lots in Cerkno.
B) From the road Škofja Loka - Žiri, after the settlement Trebija we turn right in the direction of Sovodenj and Cerkno (from the direction Žiri still before Trebija we turn left), from where we first drive to Sovodenj, and from there over the pass Kladje (the pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroads we continue straight (right we come to the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), then in the second, about 300 m further, we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje and then park on one of the parking lots in Cerkno.
C) From the road Škofja Loka - Podbrdo, at the settlement Zali Log we continue left in the direction of Davča and ski slope Cerkno (if coming from the direction Podbrdo or Soriška planina, at the end of the settlement we continue right). The road ahead first ascends to Davča, and from there it starts descending towards Cerkno. In the center of Cerkno, at the post office we turn right, and then a little after the NOB monument we park at an appropriate place.

Path description:
From the center of Cerkno we continue in the direction of Zakojca and Gorje, where we walk on the sidewalk, at the NOB monument we go right over the bridge across the stream Zapoška. We continue on Jerebova ulica, where we go past the hair salon Monika, and then the signs for Trebenče and hospital Franja direct us left onto a narrower street (Pot na Brce). When a passage to a paved path opens on the right, we continue on it, on it we ascend above Cerkno, the paved path accompanies us all the way to the larger NOB monument.
Behind the monument we continue on the cart track, which ascends across a partly grassy slope, behind the transmitters we reach an asphalt road. We continue straight on the initially still asphalt road, which higher brings us to another house. Behind the house we continue on the marked mountain path, a little further we bypass another house on the right side. We continue uphill in the direction of hospital Franja, the path leads us through the forest for some time. When we leave the forest we continue left and ascend on the cart track to the settlement Labinje, where the path splits.
We continue left in the direction of Porezen (right downhill hospital Franja), from the road we go only a little further right and transversely ascend across a shorter steeper slope. After two minutes of ascent the path levels out and we cross an asphalt road and continue in the direction of Porezen, the path leads us by the yard of the nearby house. The path ahead leads on the cart track, at the smaller junction we go slightly right, behind the fence the path enters the forest and gradually turns into a mountain path. A somewhat longer transverse ascent follows, when we reach the macadam road we follow it for a few steps to the right, then the marks direct us left onto the cart track, which returns to the forest. Through the forest at the junctions we follow the marks, higher the path becomes steeper and crosses the macadam road. A little further we reach the macadam road once again, and at two consecutive junctions, where first the path from Poč joins us, a few steps further also the path from Dolenjih Novakov, we follow the signs for Porezen.
Behind the junction we immediately leave the forest and arrive at the hay meadows Labinjske lehe, from where a nice view opens onto Cerkljansko, the view extends all the way to Krim, Snežnik and Trnovski gozd.
On the upper part of the hay meadows the path turns slightly left and passes onto the slopes named Počanska gora. A light to moderate transverse ascent to the left follows, we walk on a nicely maintained path, which on the short steep section is also well protected and in dry conditions undemanding.
Behind the protected section the path splits, we continue slightly right on the upper path in the direction of the winter route (slightly left the usual path). The path ahead starts to ascend steeply, after 15 minutes the steepness eases and we step out of the forest onto a pleasant meadow and the pass Vrše, where we continue right (left Porezen).
A little further we arrive at a rest area, where there are two benches and a table, from here the path ahead starts to ascend gradually and gently. Higher a shorter steep ascent follows on the panoramic grassy slope, when the path levels out we arrive at a junction, where we continue right downhill in the direction of Kopa (straight or slightly left Davča (Raspet) and Črni vrh).
A short quite steep descent follows on some sort of steps to the foot of the panoramic promontory of Kopa. Here the ridge narrows, the slope also becomes steeper. From here only a short ascent follows and the path brings us to the panoramic promontory of Kopa.
Cerkno - Labinje 1:00, Labinje - Labinjske lehe 1:00, Labinjske lehe - Vrše 0:55, Vrše - Kopa 0:25.

On the way: Labinje (628m), Labinjske lehe (962m)