Hotavlje - Vrh Slajke

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas in Poljanska dolina and Žiri. After Gorenja vas, in the settlement Hotavlje, at the intersection behind inn Gostilna Lipan we leave the main road towards Žiri and we continue driving right in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Immediately after the intersection, we park at a suitable place beside 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 intersection behind inn Gostilna Lipan we continue right in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Immediately after the intersection, we park at a suitable place beside 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 on the main road only to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Immediately after the intersection, we park at a suitable place beside the road.
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 somewhat larger intersection 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. Immediately after the intersection, we park at a suitable place beside 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 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 Blegoš), where over the bridge we cross Kopačnica, immediately after the bridge at the church of St. Lovrenc we continue right and gradually start to ascend. At first we ascend past a few more houses, then signs direct us sharply left, where for some ten steps we continue on a cart track, on the hayfield the cart track changes into a footpath, which turns slightly right and leads past one more house. Higher we cross a few poorer cart tracks, the blazes through a strip of somewhat overgrown path lead us to an asphalt road, which we only cross. On the other side of the road we first ascend more steeply, then continue on a narrower footpath, which continues through a small valley, where the route of the power line also runs. From the valley we soon ascend diagonally to the right, where we reach the ridge (here from the right another footpath joins us), here the footpath turns to the left. A little further we cross another cart track, when we leave the forest we quickly ascend to an asphalt road, which we follow to the right. On the asphalt road we walk a few steps, then before the bench we continue right (straight Dom na Slajki and Ermanovec) on a cart track, which slightly descends, then on it in a moderate ascent we ascend to Vrh Slajke, where an antenna tower stands.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2020.