Podbrdo - Porezen

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. When we get to Podbrdo, we park at a suitable place in the center of the settlement.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at the settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left if we come from the direction of Posočje, and we continue driving towards Podbrdo. When we get to Podbrdo, we park at a suitable place in the center of the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue along the asphalt road towards Tolmin. The path, which runs along the road along which there is initially no sidewalk, first leads us past "ženska voda", a smaller spring by the road. Further on, we go through the underpass under the railway track, which comes out here from the tunnel under Kobla. After the underpass, the road to the dispersed settlement Porezen branches off to the left (nearby is the railway station (also auto-train)), and we continue along the main road (we can also continue in the direction of the mentioned settlement and join the marked path a little higher).
At the crossroads there is also a NOB monument; behind it, first the road to Bača pri Podbrdu branches off to the right, a few steps further also to Trtnik. After the turn-off to Trtnik, a sidewalk appears along the road, along which we continue. We walk along the sidewalk for a few minutes, then at the recycling point we continue left over the bridge across the river Bača. On the other side of the bridge we continue along the torrent stream, then the cart track turns right before the railway track. A little further, through the underpass we cross to the other side of the track, where we notice the first mountain signpost for Porezen. After the signpost we quickly leave the slightly wider cart track and continue left onto the narrower cart track (the turn-off is not marked), along which we are then accompanied by initially rare blazes. Near the hunting observatory, which we notice to the left of the path, the path splits again, and we once again continue on the left one, which continues straight ahead as the other turns right at the fork. The path ahead enters the forest and leads us past a smaller boulder, which tells us that we are on the right path. From the boulder with the blaze we ascend through the forest for a short time, then we reach the macadam road, which we follow to the right (at this point we join the road from the railway station in Podbrdo).
Along the road we ascend in a few hairpin turns below the summit of Štovla, where a short road to the protected water facility branches off to the right, a few steps further also to the saddle between the summit Špičnok (1287 m) on the left and the already mentioned Štovla (749 m) on the right.
After the saddle we notice an information board that we are entering the settlement Porezen, and along the road we first begin to descend. During the descent the road leads us past a natural climbing area with overhanging walls and across the stream Špičnikova grapa. After the stream the road gradually flattens, then past the homestead Štefan it brings us to a smaller crossroads by the next, this time larger, stream.
We continue along the right road (to the left homesteads Matrek and Hejbl) in the direction of Porezen; it ascends transversely to the next crossroads, where we continue sharply left (straight to homesteads Andrejc, Gašper, Nejc, Torkar, Mlakar...) in the direction of the hut on Porezen. We continue walking along the road, beside which the forest becomes progressively thinner, or higher up is replaced by hay meadows, from which a nice view opens up onto Spodnje Bohinjske gore, the mountains above Soriška planina, and in one section also a nice view of Porezen.
At house no. Porezen 6 we leave the road and continue left across the meadow in the direction of Porezen. Above the meadow, from which a really nice view opens up onto Spodnje Bohinjske gore, the path enters the forest and begins to ascend steeply along a cart track. The cart track has some forks higher up, where we continue straight or keep to the indistinct ridge. When a little higher the cart track veers left from the ridge, we leave it and continue straight uphill onto the marked footpath (the spot where we leave the cart track is not marked). The footpath soon flattens and brings us to a small saddle, after which it crosses a shorter steep slope. After the crossing the path returns to the indistinct ridge and ascends moderately. There follows the crossing of a small clearing, then the path begins to ascend transversely to the left. When after a few minutes' ascent we reach the western ridge of Porezen, the path from Hudajužna joins us from the right.
Here we continue slightly left and after a few steps we step out of the forest onto the summit slope of Porezen, where we arrive at the next marked junction. Here, where the path from Otavnik or the settlement Jesenica also joins, the path continues to the left, bypassing the summit of Porezen and leading directly to the Dom na Poreznu hut, while we continue straight ahead and continue the ascent a little left of the ridge. The initially still fairly gentle ridge soon becomes quite steep, and the path veers slightly left from the steepest sections. There follows another few minutes of steep ascent along the path, from which nice views open up onto the peaks above Baška grapa, Cerkljansko hribovje and Trnovski gozd in the distance; of course the view towards Triglav is also not missing, rising above the chain of Spodnje Bohinjske gore. A little below the summit the path flattens, the slope especially that on the right side remaining very steep. When some 10 steps further we step onto the summit we are rewarded with a nice all-round view.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (May).

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Poreznu ( 5 min)