Rotek - Tonderškofel

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving in the direction of Železniki and Tolmin. A few kilometers after Zali Log we arrive at a crossroads at Podrošt, where we continue straight in the direction of Sorica and Soriška planina (left Petrovo Brdo and Tolmin). When above Sorica the road from Petrovo Brdo joins from the left we continue right, and then towards Soriška planina we drive only to a crossroads, where roads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Danje branch off to the right. We park in a suitable place by the road. Lately because of the reconstruction of the road Podrošt - Sorica, it is often closed. In this case, we use a detour, namely by continuing at Podrošt in the direction of Tolmin, and then at the first crossroads to the right. Along a quite steep road we arrive in Sorica, where we rejoin the main road towards Soriška planina.
B) From the direction of Baška grapa we drive to Petrovo Brdo, and from there we continue left towards Soriška planina. A little after we join the road from Sorica, we arrive at a crossroads, where roads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Danje branch off to the right. We park in a suitable place by the road.
C) From Bohinjska Bistrica we continue driving towards Soriška planina, and from there we start descending towards Sorica. When after a few kilometers of descent roads towards Zgornje and Spodnje Danje branch off to the left, we park in a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the road in the direction of Zgornje Danje and Ratitovec, from which at first a view opens up towards the church of St. Marko in Spodnje Danje; after crossing the power line the road passes into the forest, through which it ascends diagonally. After a few minutes, a wide cart track branches off slightly to the left from the road, on which we continue the diagonal ascent. At first the cart track runs right by the road, then it distances itself somewhat from it. At a few junctions we continue straight or stick to the diagonal ascent to the right. A little higher, on a short somewhat more panoramic section, a cart track leading from the village of Spodnje Danje also joins from the right, but we continue in the same direction. After the mentioned junction the cart track becomes somewhat steeper and also passes onto a steeper slope. Further on, the cart track turns increasingly to the left, then quickly passes into a smaller valley, through which we reach the forest road that leads from Soriška planina towards Valantov rob.
When we reach the road we follow it to the left, along which we first ascend gently, then moderately. After a longer left bend the road temporarily levels out, but does not become flat. At the beginning of the right serpentine a cart track branches off straight ahead, on which we continue. A little further, on a smaller ridge an overgrown cart track branches off to the right, which leads towards the summit of Tonderškofel, while straight ahead the cart track continues towards the summit of Erbelc.
We continue to the right on the initially quite overgrown cart track, then the cart track turns left and becomes less overgrown. A semicircular ascent follows and the cart track brings us below the summit of Tonderškofel, which we reach after a few steps of pathless terrain.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (October).