Sovodenj - Štor (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Gorenja vas in Poljanska dolina (to here from Škofja Loka via the new bypass which bypasses Škofja Loka, Horjul or Polhov Gradec), and then we continue driving towards Žiri and Cerkno. After the settlement Trebija and just before the bridge over Poljanska Sora, we leave the main road towards Žiri and continue driving right in the direction of Cerkno. Further on, we drive on a somewhat more winding road, on which we quickly arrive at the settlement Sovodenj, where in the middle of the settlement we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.
B) We drive to Žiri (to here from Vrhnika or Logatec), and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Before the settlement Trebija we turn left onto the road in the direction of Cerkno. Further on, we drive on a somewhat more winding road, on which we quickly arrive at the settlement Sovodenj, where in the middle of the settlement we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.
C) We leave the main road Idrija - Straža - Želin at the junction for the settlement Jazne, then we ascend to the mentioned settlement, from where we continue driving towards Sovodenj. After a smaller saddle, where the marked path to Bevkov vrh branches off to the left, the road begins to descend, and we drive along it to the settlement Sovodenj, where we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.
D) We drive to Cerkno, from there we continue driving in the direction of Škofja Loka. Further on, we drive on an ascending road that takes us through Planina pri Cerknem on a winding road to the pass Kladje, after which we begin descending towards Sovodenj. When we arrive in Sovodenj we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.

Path description:
From the center of Sovodenj we continue on the main road towards Cerkno, which after a few 100 m we leave and continue slightly right in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Ermanovcu. The path ahead leads us along a somewhat narrower asphalt road that runs along the stream Zakoparska grapa. After a few minutes, the path splits into two parts, and we continue right in the direction of Ermanovec on the road (straight ahead the footpath to Ermanovec). There follows a short ascent through the forest, then we emerge from the forest and after a few more minutes arrive at a smaller hamlet, where at a smaller crossroads we continue left in the direction of Ermanovec. Further on, we cross a belt of forest once again, then the road leads us across panoramic grassy slopes. After the hamlet Na Sivk we quickly reach a smaller saddle, where there is a marked junction by the chapel and bell.
From the junction we continue left (slightly right to Hotavlje, sharply right on the cart track to the top of Ermanovec) and continue the path further on the road. The road soon enters a belt of forest, behind it we arrive at a smaller crossroads, where we continue on the upper right road (the lower left road leads to the farm Žunar, where they sell home-made meat products). From the crossroads there follow only a few 10 steps of walking and the panoramic road brings us to the mountain hut Koča na Ermanovcu.
At the hut we notice the mountain signpost for Štor, which directs us onto a footpath that ascends steeply through the forest. The path soon levels out and brings us from the forest to a panoramic meadow, where the markers end. Here we continue right into dense forest and continue the ascent along a gentle unmarked path, along which in 2 minutes of further walking we arrive at the indistinct and forest-covered summit.

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