Dolenji Novaki (Pod Kovkom) - Koča na Ermanovcu

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or over the mountain pass Kladje), and then we continue driving in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno. Further, we drive past the inn Gostišče Gačnik (inn in Logu) and past the turn-off of the road towards the Franja Hospital. A few hundred meters ahead, we will notice red mountain signposts for Franja Hospital and Ermanovec on the right side of the road. We park on an appropriate place near the mountain signposts.
B) From Poljanska Valley we drive to Hotavlje, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Cerkno. We follow the signs for ski slope Cerkno only to Kopačnica, where from the crossroad, where to the right the road continues towards the ski slope and Leskovica, we continue straight on the road which continues along the stream Podplečica. At the homestead Joškovec, where there is the next confluence, we continue right, after that on the partly macadam road we start ascending steeper. At the homestead Mrovlje the road turns to the Primorska side, and after some descent we join the main road which leads from Cerkno towards the ski slope Cerkno. We follow the road left downwards, when we notice red mountain signposts for Franja Hospital and Ermanovec on the left side of the road. We park on an appropriate place near the mountain signposts.
C) From Selška Valley we ascend to Davča, and then we follow the signs for ski slope Cerkno and later signs for Cerkno. When we already descend to the Primorska side, at the end of the settlement Dolenji Novaki on the left we notice red mountain signposts for Franja Hospital and Ermanovec, where we park at the appropriate place.

Path description:
From the main road, we descend in the direction of the stream Cerknica, and at the crossing, we choose the right road which behind the bridge ends on a meadow. On the other side of the bridge we continue left towards Ermanovec and at first walk along Cerknica, and when the walk along the mentioned stream is prevented by a side stream, we continue right and ascend along the mentioned stream. Before the path passes into the forest, a cart track appears, on which we steeply ascend for some time. Higher, the path leads us past a few smaller crossings, where we follow the rare blazes; otherwise, the direction is quite clear, as it all the time runs along the torrent stream. Higher, the cart track turns right and in parts becomes more overgrown. A few minutes of ascent through the forest follow, and then we reach the macadam road, which we follow to the right. The path ahead for quite some time leads on a macadam road which mostly gently to moderately ascends, mainly through the forest crossing the northwestern slopes of Škofje. After a short descent, the road brings us to the western ridge of Škofje, where it turns markedly to the left.
Here an unmarked steep path branches off to the left, and we continue on the road which passes to the southwestern slopes. Some more slight descent follows and then an easy ascent to a marked crossing, where we join the marked path from Cerkno.
We continue left on a footpath and after a short steep ascent step on an asphalt road, on which we walk to the next marked crossing.
At the crossing, we continue right towards Ermanovec (left Škofje), where we quickly arrive at the next marked crossing, where we continue straight across the asphalt road on a footpath in the direction towards Ermanovec (left Jeram - stamp ICPP, right mountain pass Kladje). We continue the ascent for some time along the edge of a panoramic ridge, from which a nice view of Škofje opens up, and then the path passes to 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, and then at the smaller hamlet we continue slightly left on the road in the direction of the footpath to Ermanovec. On the macadam road in a few dozen strides we ascend to a panoramic ridge, where 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 crossings 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, and 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 on the road, we continue in the direction of Ermanovec, and the path first leads past the information board (Rapallo border trail), a little further also past an old chapel, behind which a marked path from Kopačnica joins from the left.
We continue straight, and then in a few minutes we arrive at the mountain hut Koča na Ermanovcu.

Trip can be extended to: Škofje , Štor ( 5 min) , Ermanovec ( 20 min)