Poče - Dom na Poreznu (winter way)

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 towards Cerkno (if coming from the direction of Tolmin, we turn left). We then 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 towards Železniki, Cerkno ski slope, Franja hospital and Cerkno center. At the next marked crossroads, we continue left towards the settlements Zakojca and Gorje. We then drive through the settlement Trebenče and past a larger picnic area to a marked crossroads, where we turn right towards the village Poče (left Gorje). After a further short ascent, we reach the fire station at the start 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 village center. There are some parking options in the village center, 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 towards 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 Kladje pass (the pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we begin descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroads we continue straight (right leads to the town center and the church of St. Ane), then at the second one, about 300 m further, we turn right towards Železniki, Cerkno ski slope, Franja hospital and Cerkno center. At the next marked crossroads, we continue left towards the settlements Zakojca and Gorje. We then drive through the settlement Trebenče and past a larger picnic area to a marked crossroads, where we turn right towards the village Poče (left Gorje). After a further short ascent, we reach the fire station at the start 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 village center. There are some parking options in the village center, 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 towards Davča and 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, from where it begins descending towards Cerkno. In the center of Cerkno, at the post office we turn right towards Zakojca and Gorje. We then drive through the settlement Trebenče and past a larger picnic area to a marked crossroads, where we turn right towards the village Poče (left Gorje). After a further short ascent, we reach the fire station at the start 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 village center. There are some parking options in the village center, or we can ask the locals where we can leave the vehicle.

Path description:
From the center of Poče we continue right in the direction of Labinjske lehe (left gentle and steep path to Porezen), through the village we follow the blazes. When we reach a wider cart track we ascend along it above the village, where we also arrive at a smaller hamlet, from where two paths branch off to the left towards Porezen, both joining the gentle or steep path.
At the newer house, still unfinished at the time of the description (July 2020), we go slightly left onto the cart track, which then ascends diagonally across a panoramic hayfield. Slightly above the nearby homestead located below the path, the path leads us into the forest and at numerous junctions we follow the blazes. Higher up, where the path from Cerkno joins us, we briefly step onto the road, from it we go just a few steps further, at the junction where the path from Dolenji Novaki joins us, left towards Porezen.
After the junction we immediately leave the forest and arrive at the Labinjske lehe hayfields, from where a nice view opens onto Cerkljansko, extending all the way to Krim, Snežnik and Trnovski gozd.
On the upper part of the hayfield the path turns slightly left and transitions to the slopes named Počanska gora. A gentle to moderate traverse ascent to the left follows, and we walk along a well-maintained path, which on a short steep section is also well secured and undemanding when dry.
After the secured section the path forks, and we continue slightly right along the upper path in the direction of the winter route (zimska smer) (slightly left the usual path). The path ahead begins to ascend steeply, after 15 minutes the steepness eases and we step out of the forest onto the pleasant meadow Vrše, where we join the path from Raspet. We continue left (right Kopa and Črni vrh), where we first ascend diagonally through a belt of sparse forest, then approach the road completely. We continue along the trail that runs beside the road, a little further we leave the wider trail and continue in the direction of the winter route (zimska smer). A few more steps of ascent follow, behind the hunting observatory the trail along the edge of the pasture disappears, and we descend to the saddle Velbnik, where we join the usual path (here slightly left of the path there is the hunting hut on Šašu).
From the saddle Velbnik, where the forest road leading to Dom na Poreznu approaches us once again quite closely, we ascend through a narrow belt of forest, then at the crossing of the pasture fence the path forks.
We continue along the ascending path (the left path bypasses the summit Medrce and is unmarked, but slightly shorter), along it in 10 minutes we ascend to the panoramic summit Medrce, from where a nice view opens onto Porezen.
From the summit we descend along a poorly visible trail that descends northwest and after 5 minutes of descent brings us to a marked junction, where from the left the previously mentioned unmarked path and the steep path from Poče join. A little further the gentle path from Poče joins from the left, and from the right the path from Davča.
We continue in the direction of Porezen and then ascend along the increasingly panoramic southeast ridge. We follow this path to the summit of Porezen, from which an even nicer view opens onto the Julian Alps.
From the summit we continue right and along the path which from the ridge transitions to the slope, in less than 5 minutes we descend to the mountain hut.
Poče - Labinjske lehe 1:05, Labinjske lehe - Velbnik 1:25, Velbnik - Medrce 0:10, Medrce - Porezen 0:45, Porezen - Dom na Poreznu 0:05.
Description refers to the condition in July 2020, pictures are from July 2020 and October 2018.

On the way: Labinjske lehe (962m), Velbnik (1331m), Medrce (1410m), Porezen (1630m)