Cerkno - Porezen (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 crossroad we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (if we come 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 crossroad behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church is also a cemetery and a parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. If we have not parked already before the church we can do this 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 mountain pass Kladje (the mountain pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroad we continue straight (right we come to the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), then in the second, about 300 m ahead we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje and then we 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 we come 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 after the NOB monument we park on a suitable place.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the asphalt road which continues along the stream Zapoška and at first leads past the factory ETA E.G.O. A quite gentle road then continues also past more houses, and then it brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right over a bridge (straight Okrepčevalnica pr Padkejc). After the bridge the road starts considerably ascending, after that quite quickly takes us to the settlement Trebenče, where we stick to the main road. At the end of the settlement the road on the left side bypasses a bigger cliff, on the top of which is situated the church of St. Jošt. From here we continue on the main road for a few minutes, and then we get to some sort of picnic area, by which there is a grass sports field (volleyball, futsal, playground, trampoline...).
Right at the log cabin a narrower macadam road branches off to the right (straight Poče, Gorje, Jesenica...), on which we continue the ascent. The road soon passes into the forest, where it makes a longer left turn. At the turn a footpath towards the church of St. Jošt branches off to the right, to which is a good 5 minutes of walking, and we still continue on the asphalt road which past the transformer brings us to a smaller crossroad near two houses.
The asphalt road continues right towards the house, and we continue straight on a worse macadam road. On the first crossroad a few 10 m ahead we continue left, after that partly through the forest, and partly through meadows we get to an asphalt road which we reach at the NOB monument and the fire station.
From the fire station, where there is also a turning point for buses, we continue on an ascending road through the village Poče. In the middle of the village we notice the first blazes, and a few steps ahead also the first hiking signposts.
From the center of Poče we continue left in the direction of Porezen (right Porezen over Labinjske lehe), where we at first walk past a few houses, and then the asphalt ends, and we continue on a macadam road. The road a little ahead gets closer to another house, and still before the house (turn-off of the path is at the hayrack) we continue left on the path which ascends through the meadow to a forest road a few minutes distant. When we reach the road, we follow it to the left, and we walk along it in the direction of Porezen. Occasionally a view opens up on Cerkljansko hribovje, and then we already get to a smaller crossroad, from where we continue straight on a footpath which continues between both roads. After a short ascent, we return on the right branch of the road which is more and more similar to a cart track (expansion of cart track 2014). The path ahead leads us past a smaller waterfall, and then we get to a partly marked junction, where signs for Porezen point us sharply right.
Here we continue straight (sharply right Porezen - steep path) and we still continue on a relatively wide cart track which ascends transversely over occasionally steeper slopes. The cart track a little ahead ends, and the path after an older, partly stone cottage changes into a footpath which ascends transversely above the gully of the stream Zapoška. During the ascent, we can also notice signs that we walk on the Slovenian geological trail. A little further, the path turns slightly to the right and ascends transversely over a steep and mainly in wet slippery dangerous slope. The path further crosses some gullies, among other things it also leads us past a turn-off of the path to drinking water. Next follows a somewhat awkward crossing of a grassy gully, because erosion has swept away the grass or a short part of the path, so that at the crossing some caution is needed, otherwise the passage isn't too difficult, because it is not an exceptionally steep slope. A little further, the path turns right and once again, this time without issues, crosses the now already widened gully. Marked, but due to high grass further somewhat harder to follow path, then in a few zigzags relatively steeply ascends towards the ridge of Porezen. During the ascent the path leads us also past a smaller spring, and then we soon reach the ridge, where we join the steep path from Cerkno and Poče and also some other paths which lead to the summit.
When we reach the at first still indistinct ridge we continue left, and then already after a few 10 steps we get to a smaller junction, where the path splits into two parts. More trodden is the "steep path", which continues along the ridge, and we continue right in the direction of Davča and after a minute of further walking step on the road which leads towards Dom na Poreznu (here it is no longer an official separation of the steep and gentle path from Poče, but if we have chosen the gentle one we can also continue this part on the "gentle path" (otherwise, if we continue along the ridge we will first come to the summit of Porezen and from there to the hut)).
When we step on the road the path leads us still through a strip of forest, and then gradually we get to open slopes, from which a nice view opens towards Blegoš, Kamniško Savinjske Alpe and Karavanke. When a few minutes higher we reach the northeastern ridge of Porezen, from the right also the marked path from Petrovo Brdo joins us. Here we continue left and with a view on the Julian Alps, mainly the ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, in a few 10 steps of further walking we get to Dom na Poreznu.
Behind the hut we notice signs for the summit Porezen, which direct us on an ascending path, along which in a few minutes of transverse ascent we ascend to the 1630 m high summit, from which a nice view opens up.
Cerkno - Poče 1:15, Poče - Dom na Poreznu 2:40, Dom na Poreznu - Porezen 5 minutes.

On the way: Trebenče (453m), Poče (653m), Dom na Poreznu mountain hut (1590m)