Poče - Porezen (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 in the direction of Cerkno (if we come from the direction of Tolmin we turn left). Further, we drive through the valley of the Cerknica River, past the Petrol gas station all the way to Cerkno, where at the crossroads behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church is also a cemetery and a parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, Cerkno ski slope, Franja hospital and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads we continue left in the direction of the settlements Zakojca and Gorje. Further, 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 turning point for buses and next to it the NOB monument. The beginning of the footpath is a little further in the center of the village. There are some parking options in the center of the village, or we can ask 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 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 start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroads we continue straight (to the right we come to the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), then in the second, about 300 m further, we turn right in the direction of Železniki, Cerkno ski slope, Franja hospital and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroads we continue left in the direction of the settlements Zakojca and Gorje. Further, 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 turning point for buses and next to it the NOB monument. The beginning of the footpath is a little further in the center of the village. There are some parking options in the center of the village, or we can ask 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 Cerkno ski slope (if we come 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, 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 turning point for buses and next to it the NOB monument. The beginning of the footpath is a little further in the center of the village. There are some parking options in the center of the village, or we can ask 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 arrive also at a smaller hamlet, where two paths branch off to the left towards Porezen, both joining the gentle or steep path.
At the newer, at the time of the description (July 2020) still unfinished house we go slightly left onto the cart track, which transversely ascends across a panoramic hayfield. When somewhat above the nearby homestead located below the path, the path leads us into the forest and at numerous junctions we follow the blazes. Higher, 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 also joins us, left in the direction of Porezen.
After the junction we immediately leave the forest and arrive at the Labinjske lehe meadows, from where a nice view opens onto Cerkljansko, the view extending all the way to Krim, Snežnik and Trnovski gozd.
On the upper part of the meadow the path turns slightly left and transitions to the slopes named Počanska gora. Follows a gentle to moderate transverse ascent to the left, we walk on a nicely groomed path, which on the short steep section is also well protected and undemanding when dry.
After the protected section the path forks, we continue slightly right on the upper path in the direction of the winter route (slightly left the usual path). The path ahead starts steeply ascending, 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 transversely ascend through a belt of sparse forest, then completely approach the road. We continue on the trail that continues along the road, somewhat further we leave the wider trail and continue in the direction of the winter route. A few more ascent steps follow, behind the hunting observatory the trail along the edge of the pasture disappears, we descend to the saddle Velbnik, where we join the usual path (here somewhat left of the path there is the hunting hut Na Šašu).
From the saddle Velbnik, where the forest road leading to Dom na Poreznu approaches us again considerably, we ascend through a narrow belt of forest, then at crossing the pasture fence the path forks.
We continue on the path that ascends (the left path bypasses the summit Medrce and is not marked, but is 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 less visible trail that descends towards the 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 us. A little further the gentle path from Poče joins us from the left, and from the right the path from Davča.
We continue in the direction of Porezen and further ascend along the increasingly panoramic southeast ridge. We then follow this path to the summit of Porezen, from which a nice view also opens onto the Julian Alps.
Poče - Labinjske lehe 1:05, Labinjske lehe - Velbnik 1:25, Velbnik - Medrce 0:10, Medrce - Porezen 0:45.
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)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Poreznu