Zali Log - Koča na Blegošu (via Potok)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki and further towards Zali Log. About 100 meters before Zali Log, we will arrive at a crossroad, where the road towards Davča branches off to the left. Here we turn left, cross the bridge over the river Selška Sora and park in a suitable place by the transformer.
B) We can also reach the starting point from the direction of Tolmin. In this case, we first drive to Podbrdo, and then we continue driving towards Železniki. At the first crossroad after Zali Log we turn right and then park in a suitable place by the transformer.

Path description:
At the nearby hayrack by the transformer we notice signs for Blegoš, which direct us to the road beside which we have parked. The road initially ascends gently beside the Davča river and then leads us through the hamlet Zali Log. In the second part of the hamlet we reach a somewhat larger crossroad, where the road towards Davča, the Cerkno ski slope and Cerkno branches off to the right, and we continue straight over the bridge to the NOB monument. At the monument below the power line a marked cart track branches off slightly to the right (the turn-off is unmarked), which leads to Blegoš (straight along the Blegoš road over Črni Kal).
The cart track first ascends parallel to the road, then turns right, where it then ascends diagonally through the forest. Higher up, the cart track, which has a few junctions (we follow the rare blazes), flattens and brings us to steep and briefly panoramic slopes (view of Ratitovec). After a few minutes of easy walking the cart track steeply ascends again and at the top of the ascent brings us to an asphalt road. When we step onto the road we continue straight, and after a few minutes of further walking we arrive at some houses in the village Potok. In the middle of the village there is a smaller crossroad, where we continue along the right road in the direction of Blegoš and Črni Kal. A little higher we arrive at the next crossroad, where it says Blegoš left and straight ahead. This time we continue straight in the direction of the footpath to Blegoš (left: Blegoš access to Črni Kal by car), but we continue the ascent on the asphalt road for some time. After a few minutes of further walking the road turns sharply to the right; at the beginning of the mentioned bend a branch of the asphalt road continues straight. Here we continue straight and continue the ascent beside a babbling stream, which we soon reach along with its source.
At the source (during high water levels the source is higher) we leave the asphalt road and continue the ascent on a rougher macadam road, which further ascends along the bottom of a torrent gully. Higher up we cross a somewhat wider road, along which we walk for only a few more minutes, as the signs for Blegoš then direct us left onto a cart track, which further ascends beside a side valley. We soon leave this cart track too, as the blazes lead left into dense forest through which we then ascend on a poorly beaten path. The poorly visible path ascends moderately to occasionally steeply through dense forest, but if we always stick to some sort of valley bottom we cannot stray from the correct path, as it ascends beside it the whole time. Higher we cross a forest road, and a little higher we join a much better beaten path which leads from Črni Kal towards the Koča na Blegošu mountain hut. Here we continue right and in a few minutes arrive at the mentioned mountain hut.

On the way: Potok (830m)

Trip can be extended to: Blegoš ( 30 min)