Plave - Kuk nad Paljevim (via Prižnica)

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).
We continue straight on a cart track (further on the road Paljevo), which for a short time continues without large changes in altitude, and a little after we cross the route of a power line, the path turns a little to the right and it starts ascending diagonally. During the diagonal ascent we get to a smaller crossing, where we leave the cart track and we continue right on a forest path. The path ahead continues through the forest and is occasionally relatively steeply ascending. During the ascent through the forest we are accompanied by numerous remains of first world war (ruins, cavern, trenches...), which are now equipped with information boards (in the time of the description still in making). Higher, the path flattens and brings us on a vegetated peak of Prižnica, where next to the information board there is also a pleasant bench for a rest.
From the top of Prižnica the path starts descending, occasionally steeper, but it still leads us past several caverns. A little lower, at a smaller crossing we continue straight, and then the path flattens and it brings us on a gently sloping ridge. On the mentioned forested ridge, then in few minutes of a light ascent, we get to the church of St. Kvirin.
At the church, we step on the road, on which we start gradually descending. First from the left joins the path from the settlement Deskle, and a little further an asphalt road branches off to the left towards the hunting cottage LD Anhovo on Paljevo
Here we continue straight as well, and then at the first crossroad at the small hamlet we continue left in the direction of Sveta Gora. Asphalt road which after few meters turns right changes into macadam, and after few minutes of a diagonal ascent it brings us to the juncture with described path from Plave over 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: Prižnica (383m), Sveti Kvirin na Paljevem (321m)

Trip can be extended to: Vodice ( 15 min) , Sveta Gora (1 h)