Cerkno - Porezen (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 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 there is also a cemetery and a parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. If we haven't parked in front of 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 (to the right we come to the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), then in the second, about 300 meters ahead we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and 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 settlement 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 in an appropriate 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 over the stream Zapoška. We continue on Jerebova ulica, where we go past the hair salon Monika, and then signs for Trebenče and hospital Franja point us left onto a narrower street (Pot na Brce). When a passage to a paved path opens on the right, we continue on it, on it we ascend above Cerkno, the paved path accompanies us all the way to the larger NOB monument.
Behind the monument we continue on a cart track that ascends over a partly grassy slope, behind the transmitters we reach an asphalt road. We continue straight on the initially still asphalt road, which higher brings us to another house. Behind the house we continue on a marked hiking path, a little further we bypass 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 downhill hospital Franja), from the road we go only a little further right and diagonally ascend over 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 leads us by the yard of the nearby house. The path ahead leads us on a cart track, at a smaller junction we go slightly right, behind the fence the path enters the forest and gradually turns into a mountain path. A somewhat longer diagonal ascent follows, 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, higher up the path becomes steeper and crosses a macadam road. A little further we reach the macadam road once 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.
After the junction we immediately leave the forest and arrive at the meadows of Labinjske lehe, from where a nice view opens onto Cerkljansko, and the view reaches all the way to Krim, Snežnik and Trnovski gozd.
On the upper part of the meadows the path turns slightly left and passes onto the slopes named Počanska gora. A light to moderate diagonal ascent to the left follows, we walk on a nicely arranged path, which on a short steep section is also well protected and in dry conditions undemanding.
Behind the protected section the path splits, we continue on the lower path (right winter route), which continues to ascend diagonally. Later the slope becomes steeper, and the path with the help of log steps steeply ascends for a stretch. 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 a 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 it is slightly shorter, leading further towards Porezen), on it in 10 minutes we ascend to the panoramic summit Medrce, from where a nice view opens onto Porezen.
From the summit we descend on 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 from the left also a gentle path from Poč joins, from the right the path from Davča.
We continue in the direction of Porezen and in continuation ascend along the increasingly panoramic southeast ridge. We follow this path to the summit of Porezen, from which a nice view also opens onto the Julian Alps.
Cerkno Labinje 1:00, Labinje - Labinjske lehe 1:00, Labinjske lehe - Velbnik 1:15, Velbnik - Medrce 0:10, Medrce - Porezen 0:45.
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)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Poreznu