Poče - Dom na Poreznu (gentle path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the regional road Idrija - Tolmin, at the settlement Straža in the hamlet Želin at the traffic-light crossroads, we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (if coming from the direction of Tolmin, we turn left). Further on, we drive through the valley of the river Cerknica, past the Petrol gas station all the way to Cerkno, where at the crossroads behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church there is also a cemetery and parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, the Cerkno ski slope, Franja hospital and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads, we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. Further on, we drive through the settlement Trebenče and past a larger picnic area, to a marked crossroads, where we turn right in the direction of the village Poče (left Gorje). After a further shorter ascent, we reach the fire station at the beginning of the village Poče, where there is a bus turning point and next to it the NOB monument. The start of the footpath is a little further ahead in the center of the village. Some parking options are in the center of the village, or we can ask the locals where we can leave the vehicle.
B) From the road Škofja Loka - Žiri, after the settlement Trebija, we turn right in the direction of Sovodenj and Cerkno (from the direction of Žiri, still before Trebija, we turn left), from where we first drive to Sovodenj, and from there over the mountain pass Kladje (the pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno, at the first larger crossroads, we continue straight ahead (right leads to the town center and to the church of St. Anne), then in the second one, about 300 m further, we turn right in the direction of Železniki, the Cerkno ski slope, Franja hospital and the center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads, we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. Further on, we drive through the settlement Trebenče and past a larger picnic area, to a marked crossroads, where we turn right in the direction of the village Poče (left Gorje). After a further shorter ascent, we reach the fire station at the beginning of the village Poče, where there is a bus turning point and next to it the NOB monument. The start of the footpath is a little further ahead in the center of the village. Some parking options are in the center of the village, or we can ask the locals where we can leave the vehicle.
C) From the road Škofja Loka - Podbrdo, at the settlement Zali Log, we continue left in the direction of Davča and the Cerkno ski slope (if coming from the direction of Podbrdo or Soriška planina, at the end of the settlement we continue right). The road ahead first ascends to Davča, and from there it starts descending towards Cerkno. In the center of Cerkno, at the post office, we turn right towards Zakojca and Gorje. Further on, we drive through the settlement Trebenče and past a larger picnic area, to a marked crossroads, where we turn right in the direction of the village Poče (left Gorje). After a further shorter ascent, we reach the fire station at the beginning of the village Poče, where there is a bus turning point and next to it the NOB monument. The start of the footpath is a little further ahead in the center of the village. Some parking options are in the center of the village, or we can ask the locals where we can leave the vehicle.

Route description:
From the center of Poče we continue left in the direction of Porezen (right Porezen over Labinjske lehe), where we first walk past a few houses, then the asphalt ends, and we continue the path on a macadam road. The road a little further ahead approaches another house, and still before the house (the path turn-off is at the hayrack) we continue left onto the path, which ascends across the meadow to a forest road a few minutes away. When we reach the road, we follow it to the left, walking along it in the direction of Porezen. Occasionally some views open up to Cerkljansko hribovje, then we already arrive at a smaller crossroads, from where we continue straight on the footpath, which continues between both roads. After a short ascent, we return to the right branch of the road, which becomes increasingly similar to a cart track (widening of cart track 2014). The path ahead leads us past a smaller waterfall, then we arrive at a partly marked junction, where the signs for Porezen direct us sharply to the right.
Here we continue straight (sharply right Porezen - steep path) and continue the path on a relatively wide cart track, which ascends transversely across occasionally steeper slopes. The cart track ends a little further ahead, and the path, behind an older partly stone cottage, turns into a footpath that ascends transversely above the gully of the Zapoška stream. During the ascent, we can also notice signs that we are walking on the Slovenian geological trail. A little further ahead, the path turns slightly to the right and ascends transversely across a steep slope that is especially dangerous for slipping when wet. The path further crosses a few more gullies, among other things it also leads us past the turn-off to the drinking water. Follows a somewhat awkward crossing of a grassy gully, as erosion has carried away the grass or a short section of the path, so some caution is needed at the crossing, otherwise the passage is not too difficult, as it is not an exceptionally steep slope. A little further, the path turns right and once again, this time without issues, crosses the now widened gully. The marked but, due to high grass further on, somewhat harder-to-follow path then ascends relatively steeply towards the ridge of Porezen in a few zigzags. During the ascent, the path leads us past a smaller spring, then we soon reach the ridge, where we join the steep path from Cerkno and Poče as well as some other paths leading to the summit.
When we reach the initially still indistinct ridge, we continue left, and after just a few dozen steps we arrive at a smaller junction, where the path splits into two parts. The more trodden is the "steep path", which continues along the ridge, but we continue right in the direction of Davča and after a minute of further walking step onto the road that leads towards the Dom na Poreznu mountain hut (here there is no longer an official separation into a steep and gentle path from Poče, but if we chose the gentle one, we can continue this section on the "gentle path" as well (otherwise, if we continue along the ridge, we will first reach the summit of Porezen and from there to the hut)).
When we step onto the road, the path leads us through a strip of forest, then gradually we arrive at open slopes from which a nice view opens towards Blegoš, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Karawanks. When, a few minutes higher, we reach the northeastern ridge of Porezen, a marked path from Petrovo Brdo joins us from the right. Here we continue left and, with a view of the Julian Alps, especially the ridge of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, after a few dozen steps of further walking we arrive at the Dom na Poreznu mountain hut.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Porezen ( 5 min)

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