Cerkno - Dom na Poreznu (via Labinjske lehe)

Access to starting point:
A) From the regional road Idrija - Tolmin, at the settlement Straža in the hamlet Želin at the traffic-light crossroads 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 crossroads behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church there is also a cemetery and parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. If we haven't parked already before 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 Žiri still before Trebija we turn left), from where we first drive to Sovodenj, and from there over the pass Kladje (the pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroads we continue straight (to the right we come to the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), then in the second, about 300 m further, we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje and then park on one of the parking lots in Cerkno.
C) From the road Škofja Loka - Podbrdo, at the place Zali Log we continue left in the direction of Davča and ski slope Cerkno (if coming from the direction 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 center of Cerkno we continue in the direction of Zakojca and Gorje, where we walk on a sidewalk; at the NOB monument we go right over the bridge across the stream Zapoška. We continue along Jerebova ulica, where we pass the hair salon Monika, then the signs for Trebenče and hospital Franja direct us left onto a narrower street (Pot na Brce). When a passage to a paved path opens on the right, we continue on it, ascending above Cerkno, and the paved path accompanies us all the way to the larger NOB monument.
Behind the monument we continue on a cart track that ascends across a partly grassy slope; after the transmitters we reach an asphalt road. We continue straight ahead on the initially still asphalt road, which higher brings us to another house. Behind the house we continue on the marked hiking path, a little further bypassing another house on the right side. We continue uphill in the direction of hospital Franja, and the path leads us through the forest for some time. When we leave the forest we continue left and ascend on a cart track to the settlement Labinje, where the path splits.
We continue left in the direction of Porezen (right downwards hospital Franja), from the road we go only a little further right and ascend diagonally across a shorter steeper slope. After two minutes of ascent the path flattens and we cross an asphalt road and continue in the direction of Porezen, the path leading us past the yard of the nearby house. The path ahead leads us on a cart track; at the smaller junction we go slightly right, behind the fence the path enters the forest and gradually turns into a mountain path. This is followed by a somewhat longer diagonal ascent; when we reach the macadam road we follow it to the right for a few steps, then the marks direct us left onto a cart track that returns to the forest. Through the forest at junctions we follow the marks, the path becoming steeper higher up and crossing a macadam road. A little further we reach the macadam road again, and at two successive junctions, where first the path from Poč joins us, a few steps further also the path from Dolenji Novaki, we follow the signs for Porezen.
Behind the junction we immediately leave the forest and arrive at the meadows of Labinjske lehe, from where a nice view opens onto Cerkljansko, the panorama reaching all the way to Krim, Snežnik and Trnovski gozd.
On the upper part of the meadows the path turns slightly left and passes onto slopes named Počanska gora. This is followed by a gentle to moderate diagonal ascent to the left; we walk on a nicely maintained path that on a short steep section is also well protected and in dry conditions undemanding.
Behind the protected section the path splits, and we continue on the lower path (right winter route), which continues to ascend diagonally. Later the slope becomes steeper, and the path steeply ascends for a while with the aid of log steps. The path quickly flattens and we reach the ridge Homa, where the path from the ski slope Cerkno joins from the right.
We continue in the direction of Porezen and quickly descend to the saddle Velbnik, where on the left we notice the hunting hut on Šaš.
From the saddle Velbnik, where the forest road leading to Dom na Poreznu approaches quite closely, we ascend through a narrow strip of forest, then at the crossing of the pasture fence the path splits.
We continue on the path that ascends (the left path bypasses the summit Medrce and is unmarked but slightly shorter and leads further towards Porezen); on it we ascend to the panoramic summit Medrce in 10 minutes, from where a nice view opens onto Porezen.
From the summit we descend along a poorly visible trail that descends towards the northwest and after 5 minutes of descent brings us to a marked junction, where from the left the previously mentioned unmarked path and the steep path from Poč join. A little further a gentle path from Poč also joins from the left, and from the right the path from Davča.
We continue in the direction of Porezen and further ascend along the increasingly panoramic southeast ridge. We then follow this path to the summit of Porezen, from which a nice view also opens onto the Julian Alps.
From the summit we continue right and along the path that from the ridge passes onto the slope, descending to the mountain hut in less than 5 minutes.
Cerkno - Labinje 1:00, Labinje - Labinjske lehe 1:00, Labinjske lehe - Velbnik 1:15, Velbnik - Medrce 0:10, Medrce - Porezen 0:45, Porezen - Dom na Poreznu 0:05.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in July 2020 and October 2018.

On the way: Labinjske lehe (962m), Labinje (628m), Velbnik (1331m), Medrce (1410m), Porezen (1630m)