Poče - Dom na Poreznu (steep 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 ski slope Cerkno, the 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 short 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. There are some parking options 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, behind 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 pass Kladje (the pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we begin to descend towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroads we continue straight (right we reach the town center and the church of St. Ana), then in the second one, about 300 m further, we turn right in the direction of Železniki, the ski slope Cerkno, the 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 short 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. There are some parking options 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 place Zali Log we continue left in the direction of Davča and the ski slope Cerkno (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 short 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. There are some parking options in the center of the village, or we can ask the locals where we can leave the vehicle.

Path 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 ahead approaches another house, and still before the house (the path turn-off is at the hayrack) we continue left onto the path that 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 onto Cerkljansko hribovje, then we already arrive at a smaller crossroads, from where we continue straight on the footpath that continues between both roads. After a short ascent we return to the right branch of the road, which is increasingly similar to a cart track (expansion 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 right (straight Porezen - gentle path (turn-off not marked)).
From the junction we walk on the cart track only a few dozen steps, then the marked footpath continues left uphill. After a short ascent we approach the end of one cart track, and we continue on a relatively steep path through the forest. Higher up the forest temporarily ends, and the path splits into two parts. The officially marked one is the right path, which leads us toward the panoramic slope, then near the hunting observatory it returns to the forest and turns sharply left (turn-off marked). This is followed by a gentle traversing ascent to the left and from the left the previously mentioned path joins us, which is somewhat shorter but officially unmarked. Further on we ascend traversing through forest, scrub and overgrown meadows, and the path also leads past a memorial among other things. With occasional views of the pre-Alpine hills we arrive at the place where the path to the hunting hut on Šašu branches off to the right. Beyond the junction a nice view toward Porezen soon opens up for us, and only a little further we step onto the saddle between Porezen on the left and the less known summit Medrce on the right.
At the junction the path over Labinjske lehe, the path from the Franja hospital and paths from the Davča area join us from the right, and we continue left in the direction of Porezen. A little further the gentle path from Poče also joins us from the left, and a few steps further yet another path from Davča (if we continue here in the direction of Davča we quickly reach the road by which we can reach Dom na Poreznu).
The path ahead continues along the ridge of Porezen, which is only occasionally steeper but increasingly panoramic. With views of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, Karawanks, an ever larger part of the Julian Alps as well as Škofjeloško and Cerkljansko hribovje and Trnovski gozd, we then reach the summit without major difficulties, where there is a registration box, NOB monument and panoramic board.
From the summit we continue right and on the path which from the ridge goes over to the slope we descend to the mountain hut in less than 5 minutes.

On the way: Porezen (1630m)