Hotavlje - Kucelj (above Kopačnica) (via Srednje Brdo)

Access to starting point:
A) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode we drive to Škofja Loka, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Gorenja vas in the valley Poljanska dolina and Žiri. After Gorenja vas, in the settlement Hotavlje, at the crossroad behind inn Gostilna Lipan we leave the main road towards Žiri and we continue driving right in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path on Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we get to Loška zadruga, where we park.
B) From Horjul or Polhov Gradec we drive to Lučine, from there we descend into Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue left towards Žiri, after that in Hotavlje at the crossroad behind inn Gostilna Lipan we continue right in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path on Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we get to Loška zadruga, where we park.
C) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija we drive to Žiri, and from there we continue driving towards Gorenja vas and Škofja Loka, and we drive on the main road only to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path on Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we get to Loška zadruga, where we park.
D) First, we drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving through saddle Kladje (Podlanišče) towards Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue driving by the stream Hobovščica, and then in a little larger crossroad we continue left in the direction of Gorenja vas (right Žiri). On the main road towards Škofja Loka we drive to the settlement Hotavlje, where we turn left in the direction of the ski slope Cerkno and village Leskovica. Still before the end of Hotavlje we turn right in the direction of the path on Blegoš, company Marmor Hotavlje and Loška zadruga (straight - Kopačnica, Leskovica and ski slope Cerkno). After approximately 100 meters from the crossroad we get to Loška zadruga, where we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we return good 100 meters back to a crossroad, and from there we continue right in the direction towards the ski slope Cerkno. For a short time, we walk by the main road, and then we go slightly right on an ascending road in the direction of vantage point Makovce and Srednje Brdo. After approximately 15 minutes of ascent we get to the first houses of village Srednje Brdo, and with occasional views we continue the ascent through the village. At the smaller crossroad in the upper part of the village we go slightly left, and behind the last house the asphalt ends and we continue on the macadam road which quickly leads into a smaller valley. In a small valley the road splits, and we choose the slightly left road which ascends by the edge of the forest and soon passes into the forest through which it ascends diagonally. A narrower road higher splits, and we go right and we continue on a wider cart track which gradually brings us on Makovc (Makovc are meadows on a smaller plateau), where we cross the road which comes from the village Studor. Next follows a walk through a panoramic meadow and we join the cart track from the direction of Studor.
We continue straight, at first still with a view on Blegoš, and then on a slightly other side of the hill to a small saddle, where we go right and then immediately left, where we diagonally ascend towards the left.
A little further, we again leave the forest into which we entered on a smaller saddle and we are then ascending with nice views on the sunny side slopes of Kucelj. After the panoramic part, we return into the forest, and after few minutes we join also a marked path from Kopačnica.
Here we go right and in few 10 strides of additional walking, we reach 920 meters high peak.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in January 2021.

On the way: Srednje Brdo (520m)