Jesenica - Hunting cottage LD Otavnik

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 Zakojce. Just a few meters after we have turned towards Zakojce, the road towards the village Zakriž branches off to the left, through which a steep shortcut leads, but we continue on the road which continues along the stream Zapoška. Higher up, the road leads us through the villages Trebenče, Gorje, then after crossing the slopes, on the upper side we bypass the village Zakriž, where the aforementioned shortcut joins us. A little further, 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 right, but we continue left towards the central part of the village, where we park at an appropriate place by the ecological island. At the starting point, there is also a bus stop and a memorial plaque.
B) From Most na Soči or Bača pri Modreju we drive towards Idrija, then after the settlement Reka, right before we cross the stream Jesenica, we continue sharply left, at the next crossroad sharply right in the direction of Orehovška grapa. After a few kilometers of 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 place by the ecological island. At the starting point, there is also a bus stop and a memorial plaque.
C) From Bača pri Modreju we drive towards Podbrdo or vice versa, then in the settlement Grahovo ob Bači we turn in the direction of Zakojce and Bukovo. In the continuation we drive for quite some time on a winding and ascending road, then at the marked crossroad we continue right in the direction of Cerkno (left Zakojca). This is followed by the crossing of Kojca, then when we arrive at the village Jesenica, we park at an appropriate place by the ecological island. At the starting point, there is also a bus stop and a memorial plaque.

Route description:
A few steps southeast from 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 still past individual houses. Behind the last house the road changes 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 driving road towards Jesenica) and continue along the ascending macadam road, which further leads us along the slopes of the peak Na krogu (1050 m). Higher the road passes to the northern slopes of Ritovščica (1156 m), where at a smaller 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 the hunting cottage, to which we ascend in two hairpin turns.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (December).

Along the route: Preval Vrh Ravni (826m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Otavnik ( 20 min), Otavnik ( 25 min), Dom na Poreznu, Porezen

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips