Preval Vrh Ravni - Dom na Poreznu

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to the center of Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or from Gorenja vas and Žiri over mountain pass Kladje, or from Zali Log through Davča...), and then we continue driving in the direction of Zakojca. Just a few meters after we have turned in the direction of Zakojca, the road towards the village Zakriž branches off to the left, through which a steep shortcut leads, and we continue on the road which continues along the stream Zapoška. Higher, the road leads through villages Trebenče, Gorje, and then after crossing the slopes, we bypass village Zakriž on the upper side, where the already mentioned shortcut joins us. A little further, the road turns even more to the right, and after a few kilometers of traversing we arrive at the beginning of the village Jesenica, where we notice the first signs for saddle Vrh Ravni, Kojca and Porezen, which direct us to the right. After approximately 100 m the road turns sharply right, and approximately 200 m ahead we turn left in the direction of Porezen, saddle Vrh Ravni, Zakojca... When we arrive at saddle Vrh Ravni we park on an appropriate place by the crossroad of numerous paths.
B) From Most na Soči or Bača pri Modreju we drive towards Idrija, and after the locality Reka, right before we cross the stream Jesenica we continue sharply left, and at the next crossroad sharply right in the direction of Orehovška grapa. After a few kilometers of relatively steep road we arrive at the small village Orehek, a little above the village we join the transverse road under Kojca, which we follow to the right. At the end of the village Jesenica we turn sharply left in the direction of saddle Vrh Ravni, Kojca and Porezen. After approximately 100 m the road turns sharply right, and approximately 200 m ahead we turn left in the direction of Porezen, saddle Vrh Ravni, Zakojca... When we arrive at saddle Vrh Ravni we park on an appropriate place by the crossroad of numerous paths.
C) From Bača pri Modreju we drive towards Podbrdo, and then in the locality Grahovo ob Bači we turn in the direction of Zakojca and Bukovo. We continue for quite some time on a winding and ascending road, and then at the marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of Zakojca (right Cerkno, Bukovo, Jesenica...). From Zakojca we follow the signs for saddle Vrh Ravni, where we then park on an appropriate place.
D) First, we drive to Podbrdo, and then we continue driving towards Tolmin. In the settlement Hudajužna we leave the main road, and then we continue driving on a steep road towards Zakojca. When higher we reach the main road we follow it to the left (right Bukovo), along it we quickly arrive at the village Zakojca. From Zakojca we follow the signs for saddle Vrh Ravni, where we then park on an appropriate place.

Path description:
From the saddle Vrh Ravni we continue in the direction of Porezen and mountain pasture Otavnik and continue the path on an ascending macadam road, which further leads us along the slopes of the peak Na krogu (1050 m). Higher, the road passes to the northern slopes of Ritovščica (1156 m), where at a small quarry it changes into a wide cart track. This is followed by a transverse ascent through the forest, which leads us above the bed of Otavnik, and then we step out of the forest, where ahead of us we see a hunting hut, to which we ascend in two hairpin turns.
From the hunting hut we continue on the cart track, which ascends to the southern ridge of Otavnik. The aforementioned, partly forested ridge we soon leave, as the path turns slightly to the left, where it then ascends transversely across an increasingly panoramic pasture. After a few minutes of transverse ascent we arrive at the upper part of the mountain pasture Otavnik, where on the left we notice a hunting observation post, straight ahead on the other side of the ridge a shepherd's hut.
From the mountain pasture we continue in the direction of Porezen, thus bypassing the nearby shepherd's hut on the upper right side. Behind the shepherd's hut the path enters a strip of forest and continues in a gentle descent along the northwestern slopes of Otavnik. When the descent ends we arrive at the saddle between Porezen and Otavnik, the path a little higher turns left and begins to ascend transversely along the steeper slope of Porezen. The wide path, which in dry conditions does not present greater danger, with nice views of Zakojška grapa and surrounding mountains, brings us in a few minutes of traversing to the junction on the western ridge of Porezen.
From the junction, where paths from Hudajužna and Podbrdo join us, we continue slightly right in the direction of Dom na Poreznu and Petrovo Brdo (the sign otherwise points in the same direction as the summit of Porezen, but we continue slightly more to the left). The path ahead leads us past a solitary spruce, behind which we continue a gentle transverse ascent below the summit part of Porezen. A little further we cross a pasture fence, and then with nice views of the Julian Alps in a few minutes of traversing we arrive at the bivouac and a few steps further to the Mountain Hut Dom na Poreznu (the last part of the path to Dom na Poreznu is dangerous for slipping in snow).
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (May and December).

On the way: Lovska koča LD Otavnik (1090m), Planina Otavnik (1268m)

Trip can be extended to: Porezen