Bukovo - Bukovski vrh

Access to starting point:
A) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at settlement Reka we go slightly right (from the direction Most na Soči sharply left) on the road in the direction of village Bukovo and Zakojca. Next follows driving on an ascending road which at the crossroads we follow in the direction towards Bukovo and Zakojca. In the settlement Bukovo we drive to the parish church of St. Lenart in front of which we park on an appropriate place.
B) From the road Bača pri Modreju - Podbrdo, in the settlement Grahovo ob Bači, we turn in the direction towards the settlement Bukovo. First, we descend in two hairpin turns to the bridge over the river Bača, and then we start ascending towards Bukovo. Higher, we continue slightly left (slightly right plateau Šentviška planota), and from the next crossroad we continue sharply right in the direction of Cerkno (slightly left Zakojca). Next follows few 100 meters more of driving and we get to the center of the village Bukovo, where we turn right and we descend to the parking lot at the church of St. Lenart.
C) First, we drive to the center of Cerkno (to here from the road Idrija - Most na Soči, or from Gorenja vas and Žiri over the mountain pass Kladje, or from Zali Log through Davča...), and then we continue driving in the direction of Zakojca. Only few meters behind that, when we went in the direction of Zakojca, the road towards the village Zakriž branches off to the left, through which leads steep shortcut, and we continue on the road which continues along the stream Zapoška. Higher, the road leads through villages Trebenče, Gorje, and then after crossing of slopes, on the upper side we bypass village Zakriž, where joins already mentioned shortcut. A little further, the road turns even more to the right, and after few kilometers of crossing we get to the beginning of the village Jesenica, from where we follow the signs for settlement Bukovo. Next follows traversing slopes of Kojca, and when we get to Bukovo, we drive to the parish church of St. Lenart in front of which we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return few 10 strides back, after that a little before the chapel we continue sharply left, on the road which descends towards the west and already after few steps changes into a cart track. Cart track lower at the hamlet of few houses widens into an asphalt road, and there we descend to the road which leads on a plateau Šentviška planota or settlement Bukovski Vrh. When we reach the mentioned road, we continue left and we are few minutes descending, and by the path, we notice few signs for Ponikve, which we "follow".
On a smaller saddle the descent ends, and we start ascending towards the plateau Šentviška planota. After two hairpin turns we already get to the first houses in the settlement Bukovski Vrh, and after a smaller religious symbol we leave the asphalt road and we continue slightly right on steeper macadam road which soon turns right and it brings us to a garage.
At the garage we go left on a cart track which soon changes into a pleasant footpath, and in a gentle ascent it brings us back on an asphalt road. We follow the road to the right, and we walk there to a marked crossroad from which we continue right in the direction of Bukov gaj. Only a little further signs for Bukov gaj point us left, and we continue slightly right, and after few steps, we go once again right. Next follows few minutes of crossing and quite gentle road brings us to homestead Pri Pircu. Buildings at the homestead we bypass on the left side, and then we step on a grassy path which continues between grazing fences. When we reach an indistinct ridge, we continue by the grazing fence, which leads by the ridge and in few minutes of additional ascent, we reach panoramic Bukovski vrh.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in December 2019.

On the way: Bukovski Vrh (830m)