Bukovo - Črvov vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at the settlement Reka we turn slightly right (from the direction of Most na Soči sharply left) onto the road towards the villages Bukovo and Zakojca. This is followed by driving on the ascending road, which we follow at the crossroads in the direction towards Bukovo and Zakojca. In the settlement Bukovo we drive to the parish church of St. Lenart, in front of which we park in a suitable place.
B) From the road Bača pri Modreju - Podbrdo, in the settlement Grahovo ob Bači, we turn towards the settlement Bukovo. First we descend in two hairpin turns to the bridge over the river Bača, then we begin to ascend towards Bukovo. Higher we continue slightly left (slightly right Šentviška planota), from the next crossroad we continue sharply right in the direction of Cerkno (slightly left Zakojca). This is followed by a few hundred meters of driving and we arrive at the center of the village Bukovo, where we turn right and descend to the parking lot by the church of St. Lenart.
C) First we drive to the center of Cerkno (to there from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or from Gorenje vas and Žiri over the pass Kladje, or from Zalega Log over Davča...), then we continue driving in the direction of Zakojca. Just a few meters after we have turned towards Zakojca, to the left branches the road towards the village Zakriž, through which leads a steep shortcut, and we continue on the road which continues along the stream Zapoška. Higher the road leads us through the villages Trebenče, Gorje, then after crossing the slopes, from the upper side we bypass the village Zakriž, where the previously mentioned shortcut joins. A little further ahead the road turns even more to the right, then after a few kilometers of traversing we arrive at the beginning of the village Jesenica, from where we follow the signs for the settlement Bukovo. This is followed by traversing the slopes of Kojca, when we arrive in Bukovo we drive further to the parish church of St. Lenart, in front of which we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot we return a few dozen steps back, then a little before the chapel we continue sharply left onto the road which descends towards the west and already after a few steps changes into a cart track. The cart track lower at the hamlet of a few houses widens into an asphalt road, along which we descend to the road leading to Šentviška planota or the settlement Bukovski Vrh. When we reach the mentioned road we continue left and descend for a few more minutes, along the path noticing some signs for Ponikve, which we "follow".
On a smaller saddle the descent ends, and we begin ascending towards Šentviška planota. After two hairpin turns we already arrive at the first houses in the settlement Bukovski Vrh, after a small marker we leave the asphalt road and continue slightly right onto a steeper macadam road, which soon turns right and brings us to a garage.
At the garage we go left onto the cart track, which soon turns into a pleasant footpath, which in a gentle ascent brings us back to the asphalt road. We follow the road to the right, along it walking to the marked crossroad from which we continue right in the direction of Bukov gaj. Just a little further we go left again (straight to the homestead pri Pircu and Bukovski vrh), then in a moderate ascent we continue along the macadam road to a smaller saddle, where we go right in the direction of Bukov gaj (straight Gorski Vrh).
Just a little after the crossroad we leave the macadam road, as the cairn directs us left onto a nicely beaten footpath, which after a few minutes returns to the macadam path, which we follow to the left. This is followed by some walking amid nice views reaching all the way to Trnovski gozd, after crossing the grazing fence on the right we already notice Bukov gaj, where there is a spring below Črvov vrh.
From Bukov gaj we continue along the lower cart track leading towards Črvov vrh. This is followed by a few minutes of traversing with nice views, then along the wide cart track we ascend to the panoramic summit.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2019.

On the way: Bukovski Vrh (830m)