Hotavlje - Koča na Ermanovcu (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Gorenja vas in Poljanska dolina and Žiri. After Gorenja vas, in the settlement Hotavlje, at the crossroads behind Gostilna Lipan we leave the main road towards Žiri and continue driving right in the direction of the Cerkno ski slope and village Leskovica. Immediately after the crossroads, we park at a suitable place by the road.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Lučine, from there we descend into Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue left towards Žiri, then in Hotavlje at the crossroads behind Gostilna Lipan we continue right in the direction of the Cerkno ski slope and village Leskovica. Immediately after the crossroads, we park at a suitable place by the road.
C) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija we drive to Žiri, and from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Škofja Loka, but we drive along the main road only to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the Cerkno ski slope and village Leskovica. Immediately after the crossroads, we park at a suitable place by the road.
D) First, we drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving over the Kladje pass (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving along the Hobovščica stream, then at a somewhat larger crossroads we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). Along the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the Cerkno ski slope and village Leskovica. Immediately after the crossroads, we park at a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, where nearby there is a vending machine of the farm Pr Šupc, we continue on the road towards the village Leskovica and in the direction of the hiking paths to Blegoš, Ermanovec and Slajko. We walk for a few minutes along the edge of the road, partly also on the sidewalk, then the signs for Ermanovec and Slajko direct us left (straight to Blegoš), where over the bridge we cross Kopačnica, immediately after the bridge at the church of St. Lovrenc we continue right and gradually begin to ascend. Initially we ascend past a few more houses, then a marked footpath branches off to the left, we continue on the road, which leads us past a trough with water. Higher up the settlement ends, the road, which offers nice views, soon turns sharply left and gradually enters the forest. Higher we cross the route of a marked path, we follow the steep road to a marked crossroads, where a road to Slajka branches off to the right, we continue straight in the direction of Stara Oselica. Further on the asphalt temporarily ends, then we continue through a grassy dell, where we arrive at the farm Hom. At the mentioned farm the road turns left, then makes a right serpentine and ascends transversely to a crossroads, where we join the marked path that leads past Dom na Slajki.
We continue in the direction of Ermanovec and then walk for quite some time on the macadam road, which later becomes asphalt. There follows some descent with nice views, then from a smaller crossroads we continue slightly right (slightly left we can descend to the church of St. Pavel in Stara Oselica), from the next crossroads we go slightly left (slightly right farm Rotovž).
There follows a gentle ascent and the path brings us to the place where the marked path forks.
We continue on the slightly right path, which continues along the road (left to the peak of Ermanovec, it is also possible to reach Dom na Ermanovcu, but the path is somewhat longer) and further ascend transversely. Higher we continue slightly left, at the hamlet of a few houses the road turns sharply right, then brings us with nice views to a marked junction by the chapel and bell.
We continue straight in the direction of Dom na Ermanovcu (sharply left to the peak of Ermanovec, left the road that descends to Sovodenj) and continue walking on the gentle asphalt road, to which a little further on also the marked path from Sovodenj joins.
From the mentioned junction there follow only a few dozen steps of easy walking and we arrive at Dom na Ermanovcu.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2020.

Trip can be extended to: Škofje , Štor , Ermanovec