Plave - Kuk nad Paljevim (via Paljevo)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Bovec and Tolmin. Further, we drive through the valley of Soča, on the main road, we drive to the settlement Plave, where at the crossroad, where a road branches off to the right in Paljevo there is the beginning of the described path. Because by the starting point, there aren't any parking spots, we have to park somewhere else, best on some appropriate place by the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the river Soča near the church or somewhere on the periphery of the village.
B) We drive to the settlement Most na Soči, and from there we drive towards Nova Gorica. When we get to the settlement Plave, or to a crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards the settlement Paljevo we are at the beginning of the described path. Because by the starting point, there aren't any parking spots, we have to park somewhere else, best on some appropriate place by the road before or after the settlement, or on the other side of the river Soča near the church or somewhere on the periphery of the village.

Path description:
From the settlement Plave we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of Paljevo. The path at first leads past few houses, and then it quickly brings us to the left hairpin turn, where on a smaller building there is NOB monument. We continue on quite a panoramic road, and past the bench it brings us to the right hairpin turn, where in the direction of straight continues a footpath on Prižnica (survey point 383), and we continue right, further on the road. Further, we for some time cross the slopes towards the right, and then a little after the crossing of a torrent stream in a zig zag road turns sharply left. From the road, on which we still walk a nice view opens up towards Korada and Prižnica. And when the road from slopes almost passes on more plain terrain, on the right side we notice a cart track and next to it unofficial signs for Kuk.
Here first path branches off to the right on Kuk, and we continue on the road, on which we soon get to few houses in the settlement Paljevo. We continue on the asphalt road which crosses a lane of a forest, and when the forest ends, before the route of a power line we continue right on at first grassy cart track which after few meters becomes worse forest road, and it passes into the forest. Further, we are for some time ascending on the mentioned road which all the time runs near the power line, and higher we join a wider road which comes from the upper part of the settlement Paljevo.
Immediately after that, when roads join, at the information board they again split. We continue on the right road which is then mostly gently to moderately ascending on northwestern slopes of Kuk. A little higher, at the smaller crossroad we continue straight, and then on a slightly steeper road we continue all the way to a marked crossroad, which is situated south from Kuk.
From the marked crossroad we continue sharply right in the direction of Kuk (straight Vodice and Sveta Gora, right Zagora), on the path which is diagonally ascending through the forest. A moderately steep path higher entirely flattens and gets close to the top of Kuk. At this spot, we can continue left on pathless terrain, on which in a minute we ascend on a forested Kuk, otherwise we continue straight on an easy to follow footpath, from which soon to the right a nice view opens up. Next follows few minutes of easy walking, and then we get out of the forest, on a grassy viewpoint and airfield of Kuk, where there is also a smaller emergency cottage.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (March).

On the way: Paljevo (270m)

Trip can be extended to: Vodice ( 35 min) , Sveta Gora (1 h 20 min)