Podgora - Ermanovec (via Slajka)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no arranged parking spaces, the described path begins.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Lučine, from there we descend into Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue left towards Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no arranged parking spaces, the described path begins.
C) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija we drive to Žiri, from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Škofja Loka, but we drive on the main road only to the settlement Podgora, where at the crossroad behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.
D) First we drive to Cerkno, from there we continue driving over the pass Kladje (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving along the stream Hobovščica, then at a somewhat larger crossroad we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). On the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the place Podgora, where at the crossroad behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.

Path description:
From the crossroad at the bus stop we head onto the side road which branches off from the main road towards the southwest, from it before the chapel we go right and ascend past a few more houses. At the smaller crossroad a little higher we go right, then we go past the last houses, where the asphalt ends. The path ahead leads us along a macadam road which crosses the slopes to the right, at two road forks we go slightly right and then cross the stream. After the stream the road changes into a wider cart track which begins to ascend more steeply. Higher the cart track, which gradually narrows, makes a few hairpin turns, then it joins the path from Hotavlje, which leads along the ridge of Bela.
We continue left along the wider path, which soon widens into a cart track; this turns slightly left and brings us out of the forest at the hunting observatory. Here along the lower edge we cross the meadow on the cart track, when we reach the macadam road we follow it to the right. The road soon begins to descend and brings us to a crossroad in a few minutes, where we reach an asphalt road. Along the asphalt road we ascend to the nearby crossroad from which we continue right in the direction of Slajka.
This is followed by an ascent along the asphalt road; when we leave the forest, a marked path from Hotavlje joins us from the right.
The asphalt road then leads us past a bench, where a path branches off to the right towards Vrh Slajke; we follow the road, which turns semicircularly to the left, to the nearby farm, from which the Dom na Slajki is only a minute's walk away.
From the hut we return to the nearby farm, where we bypass the main buildings along the upper side and continue along the macadam road with the path, which on the nearby meadow changes into a cart track. This is followed by walking through a strip of forest, then we arrive at the grassy slopes of Špik or Vranškov grič (both names appear on maps), which we cross with nice views. When we reach the poorer macadam road we descend along it (right private land), when the road levels out we join a wider macadam road, which we reach above the farm Hom.
We continue in the direction of Ermanovec and then walk along the macadam road for quite some time, which later becomes asphalt. This is followed by some descent with nice views, then from the smaller crossroad we continue slightly right (slightly left we can descend to the church of St. Pavel in Stara Oselica), from the next crossroad we go slightly left (slightly right farm Rotovž).
This is followed by a gentle ascent and the path brings us to the place where the marked path forks.
We continue along the left path, which leaves the road (right Dom na Ermanovcu, path that bypasses the summit of Ermanovec) and continues along the cart track. At first we walk along the edge of the hay meadow, the path slowly turns slightly to the left. At the junctions we follow the markers, the path soon enters the forest and ascends to a small pass, where the path from Trebija joins from the left.
We continue right in the direction of Ermanovec (slightly right Dom na Ermanovcu) and ascend along and beside an indistinct ridge. During the ascent some views occasionally open up, otherwise the partly forested path brings us to the summit of Ermanovec in a few minutes of further walking, from where a nice view also opens onto the Julian Alps.
Podgora - Dom na Slajki 1:25, Dom na Slajki - Ermanovec 1:25.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January and December 2020.

On the way: Dom na Slajki (789m)

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Ermanovcu , Štor