Sovodenj - Ermanovec (through Miklavževa grapa)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana or Kranj we drive to Škofja Loka, from where we continue towards Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue right in the direction of Cerkno and Žiri. The road then runs past the village of Trebija, after which we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (left Žiri). We follow this road to the village of Sovodenj, where we park on the parking lot between the store and the fire station.
B) From Tolmin we drive to Cerkno and continue to follow the road towards Škofja Loka. When we come to the village of Sovodenj we park on the parking lot between the store and the fire station.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of Ermanovec and Cerkno. After a few minutes of ascent on the main road, we get to a marked crossroad, where the road to Ermanovec branches off to the right. We head onto this road, that runs by a scenic stream and after a few minutes of additional walking brings us to the next crossroad.
We continue straight (right Ermanovec on the road) on the road which still runs by the earlier mentioned stream. The road then over a smaller bridge crosses the stream and past a smaller hamlet brings us to a marked junction.
We still continue on the road (left Ermanovec panoramic path) which we follow only another 10 m to the right turn. At the beginning of the turn, just before the road crosses the stream we leave it and continue the ascent on a marked footpath which starts gently ascending through Miklavževa grapa. The path ahead for quite some time ascends by the edge of the stream, then turns right and starts ascending steeper. A well-marked footpath then a few times crosses a cart track and higher also joins it. There follows a few minutes of somewhat gentler ascent on the cart track, which passes out of the forest onto panoramic grassy slopes on which we also arrive at the road. We continue right through a smaller hamlet and the road then in a moderate ascent brings us to a crossroad near the mountain hut on Ermanovec.
Here we continue right (left mountain hut on Ermanovec 1 minute) on the road which after 5 minutes of additional walking brings us to the chapel by which there is a bigger bell. At the chapel is also a junction, where we continue on a cart track in the direction of Ermanovec to which we have still 15 minutes of walking. The path ahead gently ascends on a cart track which with nice views in 10 minutes brings us to the other side of this panoramic slope. Here the path turns left and ascends steeper. We then follow this cart track path all the way to the top of Ermanovec.
Only a few steps before the top we will notice on the left side a nice vantage point from which a beautiful view opens up.

On the way: Koča na Ermanovcu mountain hut (968m)

Trip can be extended to: Štor