Poče - Kopa (Cimprovka) (winter way)

Access to starting point:
A) From regional road Idrija - Tolmin, at settlement Straža in hamlet Želin at the traffic light crossroad we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (if we come from the direction Tolmin we turn left). Further, we drive through the valley of river Cerknica, past Petrol gas station all the way to Cerkno, where at the crossroad behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church is also a cemetery and a parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. Further, we drive through the settlement Trebenče and past bigger picnic area, to a marked crossroad, where we turn right in the direction of village Poče (left Gorje). After further shorter ascent we reach fire station at the beginning of the village Poče, where there is a turning point for buses and by it NOB monument. The beginning of the footpath is a little further in the center of the village. Some options for parking is in the center of the village, or we can ask locals where we can leave a car.
B) From the road Škofja Loka - Žiri, after the settlement Trebija we turn right in the direction of Sovodenj and Cerkno (from the direction Žiri still before Trebija we turn left), from where we at first drive in Sovodenj, and from there over mountain pass Kladje (mountain pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroad we continue straight (right we come in the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), after that in second, about 300 meters ahead we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. Further, we drive through the settlement Trebenče and past bigger picnic area, to a marked crossroad, where we turn right in the direction of village Poče (left Gorje). After further shorter ascent we reach fire station at the beginning of the village Poče, where there is a turning point for buses and by it NOB monument. The beginning of the footpath is a little further in the center of the village. Some options for parking is in the center of the village, or we can ask locals where we can leave a car.
C) From the road Škofja Loka - Podbrdo, at settlement Zali Log we continue left in the direction of Davča and ski slope Cerkno (if we come from the direction Podbrdo or Soriška planina, at the end of the settlement, we continue right). The road ahead at first ascends on Davča, and from there it starts descending towards Cerkno. In the center of Cerkno, at post office we turn right towards Zakojca and Gorje. Further, we drive through the settlement Trebenče and past bigger picnic area, to a marked crossroad, where we turn right in the direction of village Poče (left Gorje). After further shorter ascent we reach fire station at the beginning of the village Poče, where there is a turning point for buses and by it NOB monument. The beginning of the footpath is a little further in the center of the village. Some options for parking is in the center of the village, or we can ask locals where we can leave a car.

Path description:
From the center Poče we continue right in the direction of Labinjske lehe (left - gentle and steep path on Porezen), and through the village we follow the blazes. When we reach a wider cart track we ascend there above the village, where we also get to a smaller hamlet, where two paths branch off to the left towards Porezen, and both join the gentle or steep path.
At the newer, in the time of the description (July 2020) still unfinished house we go slightly left on a cart track which then ascends diagonally through a panoramic meadow. When a little above the nearby homestead which is situated below the path, the path brings us into the forest, at numerous crossings we follow the blazes. Higher, where the path from Cerkno joins, we for some time step on the road, and from there only few steps further, at the crossing, where the path from Dolenji Novaki joins, we go left in the direction of Porezen.
After the crossing, we immediately leave the forest and we get to meadows Labinjske lehe, from where a nice view opens up on Cerkljansko, and the view reaches all the way to Krim, Snežnik and Trnovski gozd.
On the upper part of meadow path turns slightly left and passes on slopes named Počanska gora. Next follows light to moderate diagonal ascent towards the left, and we walk on a well-settled path, which is on short steep spot also well-secured and in dry undemanding.
After the secured part, the path splits, and we continue slightly right on the upper path in the direction of the winter way - zimska smer (slightly left - normal path). The path ahead starts steeply ascending, and after 15 minutes, the steepness decreases and we step out of the forest on a pleasant meadow and saddle Vrše, where we continue right (left - Porezen).
Only a little further, we get to a resting place, where there are two benches and a table, and the path from here ahead starts gradually lightly ascending. Higher follows a shorter steep ascent on a panoramic grassy slope, and when the path flattens, we get to a crossing, where we continue right downwards in the direction of Kopa (straight or slightly left - Davča (Raspet) and Črni vrh).
Next follows a short quite steep descent on some sort of stairs to the foot of panoramic shoulder of Kopa. Here ridge narrows and the slope becomes also steeper. From here follows only a shorter ascent and the path brings us on panoramic shoulder of Kopa.
Poče - Labinjske lehe 1:05, Labinjske lehe - Vrše 0:55, Vrše - Kopa 0:25.

On the way: Labinjske lehe (962m)