Cerkno - Dom na Poreznu (gentle path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the regional road Idrija - Tolmin, at the settlement Straža in the hamlet Želin at the traffic-light intersection 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 intersection behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church there is also a cemetery and a parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, the ski slope Cerkno, Franja hospital and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked intersection we continue left in the direction of the settlements Zakojca and Gorje. If we haven't 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 of Žiri still before Trebija we turn left), from where we first drive to Sovodenj, and from there over the mountain pass Kladje (the mountain pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger intersection we continue straight (to the right we come to the center of the town and to the church of St. Anne), then in the second, about 300 m ahead, we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, Franja hospital and center of Cerkno. At the next marked intersection we continue left in the direction of the settlements 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 of 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 behind the NOB monument we park at a suitable place.

Path description:
From the starting point we continue on an asphalt road that runs along the Zapoška stream and initially leads us past the ETA E.G.O. factory. The fairly gentle road then continues past several more houses and brings us to a smaller intersection, where we continue right over the bridge (straight to Okrepčevalnica pr Padkejc). After the bridge the road starts to ascend noticeably and quickly takes us to the settlement Trebenče, where we keep to the main road. At the end of the settlement the road bypasses a larger cliff on the left side, on top of which stands the church of St. Jošt. From here we continue a few more minutes on the main road, then arrive at a kind of picnic area next to which there is a grassy sports field (volleyball, small football, playgrounds, trampoline...).
Right at the log cabin a narrower macadam road branches off to the right (straight to Poče, Gorje, Jesenica...), along which we continue the ascent. The road soon enters the forest, where it makes a longer left bend. At the bend a path branches off to the right towards the church of St. Jošt, which is a good 5 minutes' walk away, while we continue further on the asphalt road, which past the transformer brings us to a smaller intersection near two houses.
The asphalt road continues right towards the house, while we continue straight on the poorer macadam road. At the first intersection a few tens of meters ahead we continue left, then partly through the forest and partly across meadows we arrive at an asphalt road, which we reach at the NOB monument and the fire station.
From the fire station, where there is also a bus turning area, we continue on the ascending road through the village Poče. In the middle of the village we notice the first markers, a few steps further the first hiking signposts.
From the center of Poče we continue left in the direction of Porezen (right Porezen over Labinjske lehe), where we first walk past a few houses, then the asphalt ends and we continue the path on a macadam road. The road a little further approaches yet another house, and still before the house (the path turn-off is at the hayrack) we continue left onto the path that ascends across the hay meadow to a forest road a few minutes away. When we reach the road we follow it to the left, walking along it in the direction of Porezen. Occasionally some views open up onto Cerkljansko hribovje, then we soon arrive at a smaller intersection, from where we continue straight on the footpath that runs between both roads. After a short ascent we return to the right branch of the road, which is increasingly similar to a cart track (widening of the cart track 2014). The path ahead leads us past a smaller waterfall, then we arrive at a partly marked junction, where the markers for Porezen direct us sharply right.
Here we continue straight (sharply right Porezen - steep path) and further continue on a relatively wide cart track that ascends transversely across occasionally steeper slopes. The cart track ends a little further on, and the path behind an older, partly stone hay barn turns into a footpath that ascends transversely above the gully of the Zapoška stream. During the ascent we can also notice markers indicating that we are on the Slovenian Geological Trail. A little further the path turns gently right and ascends transversely across a steep slope that is especially slippery when wet and dangerous. The path further crosses a few more gullies, including leading us past the turn-off to the drinking water. There follows a somewhat awkward crossing of a grassy gully, as erosion has washed away the grass or a short section of the path, so some caution is needed at the crossing, but otherwise the passage is not too difficult, as it is not an exceptionally steep slope. A little further the path turns right and once again, this time without issues, crosses the now widened gully. The marked but due to high grass somewhat harder to follow path ahead then ascends relatively steeply in a few zigzags towards the ridge of Porezen. During the ascent the path also leads past a smaller spring, then soon we reach the ridge, where we join the steep path from Cerkno and Poče as well as some other paths leading to the summit.
When we reach the initially still indistinct ridge we continue left, then after a few tens of steps we arrive at a smaller junction, where the path splits into two parts. The more trodden is the "steep path", which continues along the ridge, while we continue right in the direction of Davča and after one more minute of walking step onto the road leading towards Dom na Poreznu (here there is no longer an official separation into steep and gentle paths from Poče, but if we chose the gentle one we can also continue this section on the "gentle path" (otherwise, if continuing along the ridge we will first reach the summit of Porezen and from there to the hut)).
When we step onto the road the path leads us still through a strip of forest, then gradually we arrive at open slopes from which a nice view opens towards Blegoš, Kamniško-Savinja Alps and Karawanks. When a few minutes higher we reach the northeastern ridge of Porezen, a marked path from Petrovo Brdo also joins from the right. Here we continue left and with a view of the Julian Alps, especially the ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, in a few tens of steps of further walking we arrive at Dom na Poreznu.
Cerkno - Poče 1:15, Poče - Dom na Poreznu 2:40.

On the way: Trebenče (453m), Poče (653m)

Trip can be extended to: Porezen ( 5 min)