Bukovo - Kojca (south path)

Access to starting point:
A) 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, and then we start ascending towards Bukovo. Higher up, we continue slightly left (slightly right Šentviška planota), and from the next crossroad we continue sharply right in the direction of Cerkno (slightly left Zakojca). There follows another few hundred meters of driving and we arrive at the center of the village Bukovo, where by the former inn pri Urški, the described path begins.
B) From the road Most na Soči - Idrija, near the settlement Reka we turn towards the settlement Bukovo and then ascend above Bukovška grapa. Higher up, slightly to the left the road branches off towards the settlement Police, but we continue towards Bukovo. The winding road brings us at an altitude of 653 meters to a crossroad, where we join the road from Cerkno, and we continue left and drive to the center of the village Bukovo, where by the former inn pri Urški, the described path begins.
C) First, we drive to the center of Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or from Gorenja vas and Žiri over the mountain pass Kladje, or from Zalega Log through Davča...), then we continue driving in the direction of Zakojca. Just a few meters after we have turned towards Zakojca, to the left branches off the road towards the village Zakriž, through which a steep shortcut leads, but we continue on the road that continues along the stream Zapoška. Higher up, the road leads us through the villages Trebenče, Gorje, then after crossing the slopes, on the upper side we bypass the village Zakriž, where the already mentioned shortcut joins us. A little further ahead, the road turns even more to the right, and 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. There follows traversing the slopes of Kojca, and when we arrive in Bukovo, we drive to the former inn pri Urški, where the described path begins.

Route description:
From the former inn pri Urški (Bukovo 9) we head onto the road leading towards Cerkno, from it after a few 10 steps we go left onto the side road that ascends towards the houses of the upper part of the settlement. After a short ascent we reach the junction at the hydrant, where we go right, bypassing the house with number Bukovo 23 on the left side. Above the mentioned house we go sharply left, then also across the yard of the last house in the village. There follows a short ascent to a smaller structure, on the top of which there is a siren, on the structure we notice a blaze directing us right. The path ahead leads us traversely under the route of the high-voltage power line, then at the junction we choose the left cart track, which further ascends traversely to the left. The old cart track, which due to steep slopes is in places already quite damaged and alongside which we notice some blazes, higher up turns into initially still quite wide forest path, which is especially when wet dangerous for slipping in some places. The path also higher up ascends traversely in the same direction, gradually transitioning to the northern slopes of Kojca, where we arrive at an unmarked junction.
From the junction we continue sharply right (straight northern path, which a bit further joins the marked path from Zakojca) and gradually stop ascending. Further on, the path continues traversing occasionally steeper and especially when wet slippery slopes to the right. There follows a somewhat longer traverse descent, so from the northern we move to the southwest slopes, where the descent gradually ends and we again start gently to moderately ascending. After another few minutes of traversing we reach the marked path from Orehka, and we also continue along it traversing. The path ahead leads past the hunting observatory, behind it we cross another grassy slope, on the other side of the mentioned slope from the marked path a new, recently built but unmarked path towards Kojca branches left, which is about 15 minutes shorter than the old marked path (the branch-off is marked).
Further we ascend the newly built path, which is easy to follow but unmarked. The steep path, continuing mostly over grassy slopes, makes a few hairpins, higher up it ascends traversely to the right and levels out a little below the summit. There follows a shorter easy ascent and the path brings us to the famous kopa on the top of Kojca, beside which there is also a newer bivouac and summit log box.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (October).

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