Jesenica - Dom na Poreznu

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to the center of Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or from Gorenja vas and Žiri over the mountain pass Kladje, or from Zali Log through Davča...), then we continue driving in the direction of Zakojca. Just a few meters after we have turned in the direction of Zakojca, a road branches off to the left towards the village Zakriž, through which a steep shortcut leads, while we continue on the road that continues along the stream Zapoška. Higher up, the road leads us through the villages Trebenče and Gorje, then after crossing the slopes, we bypass the village Zakriž on the upper side, where the aforementioned shortcut joins us. Somewhat further ahead, the road turns even more to the right, then after a few kilometers of traversing we arrive at the beginning of the village Jesenica, where we notice the first signs for the saddle Vrh Ravni, Kojca and Porezen, which point to the right, while we continue left towards the central part of the village, where we park at an appropriate spot by the recycling center. At the starting point there is also a bus stop and a memorial.
B) From Most na Soči or Bača pri Modreju we drive towards Idrija, then past the place Reka, just before crossing the stream Jesenica we continue sharply left, at the next intersection sharply right in the direction of Orehovska grapa. After a few kilometers of a relatively steep road we arrive at the village Orehek, a little above the village we join the transverse road below Kojca, which we follow to the right. When we arrive at the village Jesenica, we park at an appropriate spot by the recycling center. At the starting point there is also a bus stop and a memorial.
C) From Bača pri Modreju we drive towards Podbrdo or vice versa, then in the place Grahovo ob Bači we turn in the direction of Zakojca and Bukovo. In the continuation we drive for quite some time on a winding and ascending road, then at the marked intersection we continue right in the direction of Cerkno (left Zakojca). This is followed by crossing Kojca, then when we arrive in the village Jesenica, we park at an appropriate spot by the recycling center. At the starting point there is also a bus stop and a memorial.

Path description:
A few steps southeast of the starting point we notice signs for Kojca and Porezen, which direct us left onto an asphalt road that begins to ascend steeply through the village. With views of Kojca we ascend past a few houses, then the asphalt ends and the path leads us past individual houses. Behind the last house the road turns into a cart track, along which in a few minutes of further walking we ascend to the saddle Vrh Ravni, where there is a junction of numerous paths.
From the saddle Vrh Ravni we continue right in the direction of Porezen and mountain pasture Otavnik (sharply left Košena, left Kojca, slightly left Čemažar, straight Zakojca, slightly right Podčrnovrhar and sharply right the driving road towards Jesenica) and continue along the ascending macadam road, which further leads along the slopes of the peak Na Krogu (1050 m). Higher the road passes onto the northern slopes of Ritovščica (1156 m), where at a small quarry it changes into a wide cart track. This is followed by a transverse ascent through the forest, which leads us above the bed of Otavnik, then we step out of the forest, where ahead of us we see a hunting hut, to which we ascend in two hairpins.
From the hunting hut we continue along the cart track, which ascends to the southern ridge of Otavnik. We soon leave the mentioned ridge, which is partly forested, as the path turns slightly left, then ascending transversely across an increasingly panoramic pasture. After a few minutes of transverse ascent we arrive at the upper part of the mountain pasture Otavnik, where on the left we notice a hunting observatory, straight across to the other side of the ridge a shepherd's hut.
From the mountain pasture we continue in the direction of Porezen, thus bypassing the nearby shepherd's hut on the upper right side. Behind the shepherd's hut the path enters a strip of forest and continues in a gentle descent along the northwestern slopes of Otavnik. When the descent ends we arrive at the saddle between Porezen and Otavnik, the path a little higher turns left and begins to ascend transversely along the steeper slope of Porezen. The wide path, which when dry does not present a major danger, with nice views of Zakojška grapa and the surrounding mountains, brings us in a few minutes to the junction on the western ridge of Porezen.
From the junction, where paths from Hudajužna and Podbrdo join us, we continue slightly right in the direction of Dom na Poreznu and Petrovo Brdo (the sign otherwise points in the same direction as the peak Porezen, but we continue slightly more to the left). The path ahead leads past a solitary spruce, behind which we continue the gentle transverse ascent below the summit part of Porezen. Somewhat further we cross a pasture fence, then with nice views of the Julian Alps in a few minutes of traversing we arrive at the bivouac and a few steps further to the Planinski dom na Poreznu (the last part of the path to Dom na Poreznu is dangerous for slipping in snow).
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (May and December).

On the way: Preval Vrh Ravni (826m), Lovska koča LD Otavnik (1090m), Planina Otavnik (1268m)

Trip can be extended to: Porezen ( 5 min)