Hotavlje - Vrhovski grič (via Slajka)

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 intersection behind the inn Gostilna Lipan we leave the main road towards Žiri and continue driving right in the direction of the ski resort 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 the inn Gostilna Lipan we continue right in the direction of the ski resort 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 resort 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 resort 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 the hiking paths to Blegoš, Ermanovec and Slajko. For a few minutes we walk along the edge of the road, partly also on the sidewalk, then the signs for Ermanovec and Slajko direct us left (straight ahead 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 the signs direct us sharply left, where for some 10 steps we continue on the cart track, on the hay meadow the cart track turns into a path, which turns slightly right and leads us past one more house. Higher up we cross a few poorer cart tracks, the blazes through a strip of somewhat overgrown path bring us to the asphalt road, which we just cross. On the other side of the road we first ascend more steeply, then continue on the narrower path, which continues along a small valley where the power line route also runs. From the valley we soon ascend transversely to the right, where we reach the ridge (here another path joins us from the right), here the path turns left. A little further we cross another cart track, when we leave the forest we quickly ascend to the asphalt road, which we follow to the right. The asphalt road then leads us past a bench, where the path to Vrh Slajke branches off to the right, we follow the road, which turns semicircularly left, to the nearby farm, from which the Dom na Slajki is only a minute's walk away.
From the hut we return to the nearby farm, where we bypass the main buildings on the upper side and continue with the path on the macadam road, which on the nearby meadow turns into a cart track. There follows walking through a strip of forest, then we arrive at the grassy slopes of Špik or Vranškov grič (both names appear on maps), which we cross with nice views. When we reach the poorer macadam road we descend along it (right private land), when the road levels out we join the wider macadam road, which we reach above the farm Hom.
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 more descent with nice views, then from the smaller intersection we continue slightly right (slightly left we can descend to the church of St. Pavel in Stara Oselica), from the next intersection we go slightly left (slightly right farm Rotovž).
There follows a gentle ascent and the path takes us to the place where the marked path forks.
We continue on the left path, which leaves the road (right Dom na Ermanovcu, path that bypasses the summit of Ermanovec) and continues on the cart track. At first we walk along the edge of the hay meadow, the path slowly turns slightly to the left. At junctions we follow the blazes, the path soon enters the forest and ascends to a small saddle, where there is a marked junction.
We continue left in the direction of the settlement Trebija (slightly right Dom na Ermanovcu, right Ermanovec) and continue walking on the gentle cart track, which soon takes us out of the forest onto the summit slope of Vršnikov grič. Here we leave the marked path, which bypasses the summit somewhat to the right, and walk to the indistinct summit. At the northernmost part of the summit there are several antennas.
Hotavlje - Dom na Slajki 1:15, Dom na Slajki - Vrhovski grič 1:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2020.

On the way: Dom na Slajki (789m)

Trip can be extended to: Štor