Podgora - Koča na Ermanovcu (via Slajka)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no arranged parking spaces, the described path begins.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Lučine, from there we descend into Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue left towards Žiri. After the settlement Hotavlje we arrive at the settlement Podgora, where before the bus stop the road which leads towards the part of the settlement branches off to the right. At the mentioned bus stop, where there are no arranged parking spaces, the described path begins.
C) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija we drive to Žiri, and from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Škofja Loka, but we drive on the main road only to the settlement Podgora, where at the crossroads behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.
D) First, we drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving through the pass Kladje (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving along the stream Hobovščica, and then at a somewhat larger crossroads we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). On the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the settlement Podgora, where at the crossroads behind the bus stop the described path begins. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.

Route description:
From the crossroad at the bus stop we head onto the side road which branches off from the main road towards the southwest, from it before the chapel we go right and ascend past a few more houses. At the smaller crossroad a little higher we go right, then we go past the last houses, where the asphalt ends. The path ahead leads us along a macadam road which crosses the slopes to the right, at two road forks we go slightly right and then cross the stream. After the stream the road turns into a wider cart track which starts to ascend more steeply. Higher up the cart track, which gradually narrows, makes a few hairpin turns, then it joins the path from Hotavlje, which leads along the ridge of Bela.
We continue left along the wider track, which soon widens into a cart track; this one turns slightly left and brings us out of the forest at the hunting observatory. Here along the lower edge we cross the meadow on the cart track, and when we reach the macadam road we follow it to the right. The road soon starts to descend and brings us to a crossroad in a few minutes, where we reach an asphalt road. Along the asphalt road we ascend to the nearby crossroad from which we continue right in the direction of Slajka.
Next follows an ascent along the asphalt road, and when we leave the forest a marked path from Hotavlje joins us from the right.
The asphalt road then leads us past a bench, where a path branches off to the right towards Vrh Slajke; we follow the road, which turns semicircularly to the left, to the nearby farm, from which only a minute's walk separates us to Dom na Slajki.
From the hut we return to the nearby farm, where we bypass the main buildings along the upper side and continue along the macadam road with the path, which on the nearby meadow turns into a cart track. Next follows walking through a strip of forest, then we arrive at the grassy slopes of Špik or Vranškov grič (both names appear on maps), which we cross amid nice views. When we reach the poorer macadam road we descend along it (right private land), and when the road levels out we join a wider macadam road, which we reach above the farm Hom.
We continue in the direction of Ermanovec and then walk along the macadam road for quite some time, which later becomes asphalt. Next follows some descent amid nice views, then from the smaller crossroad we continue slightly right (slightly left we can descend to the church of St. Pavel in Stara Oselica), from the next crossroad we go slightly left (slightly right farm Rotovž).
Next follows a gentle ascent and the path brings us to the place where the marked path forks.
We continue along the slightly right path, which continues along the road (left peak Ermanovec, it is also possible to reach Dom na Ermanovcu, but the path is somewhat longer) and further ascends transversely. Higher we continue slightly left, at the hamlet of a few houses the road turns sharply right, then amid nice views it brings us to the marked junction by the chapel and bell.
We continue straight in the direction of Dom na Ermanovcu (sharply left peak Ermanovec, left road which descends to Sovodenj) and continue walking along the gentle asphalt road, to which a little further ahead the marked path from Sovodenj also joins.
From the mentioned junction only a few dozen steps of easy walking remain and we arrive at Dom na Ermanovcu.
Podgora - Dom na Slajki 1:25, Dom na Slajki - Dom na Ermanovcu 1:30.
The description and photos refer to the situation in January and December 2020.

Along the route: Dom na Slajki (789m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Škofje, Štor ( 5 min), Ermanovec

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