Jesenica - Porezen

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to the center of Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or from Gorenje vas and Žiri over the 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 towards 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 runs along the stream Zapoška. Higher up, the road leads 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. A little 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 pass Vrh Ravni, Kojca and Porezen, which point right, while we continue left towards the central part of the village, where we park in a suitable spot next to 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, 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 small 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 in a suitable spot next to 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 place Grahovo ob Bači we turn in the direction of Zakojca and Bukovo. We then 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 traversing Kojca, then when we arrive at the village Jesenica, we park in a suitable spot next to the ecological island. At the starting point there is also a bus stop and a memorial plaque.

Route 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 after a few minutes of further walking we ascend to the pass Vrh Ravni, where there is a junction of numerous paths.
From the pass 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 on an ascending macadam road, which further leads us along the slopes of the peak Na krogu (1050 m). Higher up 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 traverse ascent through the forest, which takes us above the bed of the Otavnik stream, then we step out of the forest, where we spot a hunting hut ahead, to which we ascend in two hairpin turns.
From the hunting hut we continue on the cart track, which climbs to the southern ridge of Otavnik. We soon leave the aforementioned partly forested ridge, as the path turns slightly left, then ascends 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 observation post, straight ahead on the other side of the ridge a shepherd's hut.
From the mountain pasture we continue in the direction of Porezen, bypassing the nearby shepherd's hut on the upper right side. Behind the shepherd's hut the path enters a belt 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 then turns left a little higher and begins to ascend transversely along the steeper slope of Porezen. A wide path, which in dry conditions 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 we continue right (left Hudajužna and Podbrdo, slightly right Dom na Poreznu) and continue along the ridge. For some time we ascend moderately, then the path brings us back to the ridge, where it first levels out, then begins to ascend steeply. This is followed by a few minutes of quite steep ascent, where especially in wet and snowy conditions more caution is needed. A little below the summit the path levels out, and with nice views reaching as far as Triglav we quickly arrive at the summit of Porezen.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (December).

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

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom na Poreznu ( 5 min)

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