Hotavlje - Kucelj (above Kopačnica) (via Srednje Brdo)

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 crossroad behind inn Gostilna Lipan we leave the main road towards Žiri and continue driving right in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path to Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we arrive at Loška zadruga, where we park.
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 crossroad behind inn Gostilna Lipan we continue right in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path to Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we arrive at Loška zadruga, where we park.
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 on the main road only to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path to Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we arrive at Loška zadruga, where we park.
D) First, we drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving through the saddle Kladje (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving along the stream Hobovščica, then at a slightly larger crossroad we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). On the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path to Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we arrive at Loška zadruga, where we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we return a good 100 meters back to the crossroad, and from there we continue right in the direction towards the ski slope Cerkno. For a short time, we walk along the main road, and then we go slightly right on the ascending road in the direction of the vantage point Makovce and Srednje Brdo. After approximately 15 minutes of ascent we arrive at the first houses of the village Srednje Brdo, and with occasional views we continue the ascent through the village. At the smaller crossroad in the upper part of the village we go slightly left, and behind the last house the asphalt ends and we continue on the macadam road, which quickly leads us into a smaller valley. In the valley the road splits, and we choose the slightly left road, which ascends along the edge of the forest and soon enters the forest through which it ascends diagonally. The narrower road splits higher up, and we continue right and on the wider cart track, which gradually brings us to Makovc (Makovc are meadows on a smaller plateau), where we cross the road that comes from the village Studor. There follows a walk across panoramic meadows, and we join the cart track from the direction of Studor.
We continue straight, initially still with a view of Blegoš, and then on the slightly different side of the hill to a small saddle, where we go right and then immediately left, where we ascend diagonally towards the left.
A little further ahead, we again leave the forest that we entered at the small saddle, and then ascend with nice views on the sunny-side slopes of Kucelj. After the panoramic section, we return to the forest, and after a few minutes we join the marked path from Kopačnica.
Here we go right, and in a few dozen steps of further walking we reach the 920-meter-high peak.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2021.

On the way: Srednje Brdo (520m)