Podbrdo - Porezen (via Dom na Poreznu)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki, Podbrdo and Tolmin. When we get to Podbrdo, we park at an appropriate place in the center of the settlement.
B) From the road Idrija - Most na Soči, at the settlement Bača pri Modreju we turn right, or left if we come from the direction of Posočje, and we continue driving towards Podbrdo. When we get to Podbrdo, we park at an appropriate place in the center of the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the asphalt road towards Tolmin. The path, which runs along the road where there is initially no sidewalk, first leads us past "ženska voda", a smaller spring by the road. Further on, we go through the underpass under the railway track, which comes out here from the tunnel under Kobla. After the underpass, the road to the dispersed settlement Porezen branches off to the left (nearby is the railway station (also car shuttle train)), but we continue along the main road (we can also continue in the direction of the mentioned settlement and join the marked path a little higher).
At the crossroads there is also the NOB monument; behind it, the road to Bača pri Podbrdu first branches off to the right, and a few steps further, also to Trtnik. After the turn-off to Trtnik, a sidewalk appears along the road, which we follow. We walk along the sidewalk for a few minutes, then at the recycling spot we continue left over the bridge across the river Bača. On the other side of the bridge, we continue along the torrent stream, after which the cart track turns right before the railway track. A little further, through the underpass we cross to the other side of the track, where we notice the first mountain signpost for Porezen. After the signpost, we quickly leave the somewhat wider cart track and continue left onto the narrower cart track (the turn-off is not marked), along which we are then accompanied by initially rare blazes. Near the hunting observatory, which we notice to the left of the path, the path splits again, and we once more continue on the left one, which goes straight ahead, as the other turns right at the junction. The path ahead enters the forest and leads us past a smaller boulder, which tells us that we are on the right path. From the boulder with the blaze, we ascend through the forest for a short time, then reach the macadam road, which we follow to the right (at this point we join the road from the railway station in Podbrdo).
Along the road, we ascend in a few hairpin turns below the summit of Štovla, where a short road to the protected water facility branches off to the right, and a few steps further, to the saddle between the summit Špičnok (1287 m) on the left and the already mentioned Štovla (749 m) on the right.
After the saddle, we notice an information board that we are entering the settlement Porezen, but we first begin to descend along the road. During the descent, the road leads us past a natural climbing area with overhanging walls and across the stream Špičnikova grapa. After the stream, the road gradually levels out, then past the homestead Štefan it brings us to a smaller crossroads by the next, this time larger, stream.
We continue on the right road (to the left are homesteads Matrek and Hejbl) in the direction of Porezen, which ascends diagonally to the next crossroads, where we continue sharply left (straight ahead are homesteads Andrejc, Gašper, Nejc, Torkar, Mlakar...) in the direction of the hut on Porezen. We continue walking along the road, beside which the forest becomes increasingly sparse, or higher up is replaced by hay meadows, from which we get a nice view of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, the mountains above Soriška planina, and in one section also a nice view of Porezen.
At house no. Porezen 6, we leave the road and continue left across the meadow in the direction of Porezen. Above the meadow, from which we get a really nice view of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, the path enters the forest and begins to ascend steeply along the cart track. Higher up, the cart track has a few junctions, where we continue straight or stick to the indistinct ridge. When a little higher the cart track leaves the ridge to the left, we leave it and continue straight uphill onto the marked footpath (the spot where we leave the cart track is not marked). The footpath soon levels out and brings us to a small saddle, after which it crosses a shorter steep slope. After the crossing, the path returns to the indistinct ridge and ascends moderately. Next comes the crossing of a small clearing, after which the path begins to ascend diagonally to the left. When after a few minutes of ascent we reach the western ridge of Porezen, the path from Hudajužna joins us from the right.
Here we continue slightly left and after a few steps step out of the forest onto the summit slope of Porezen, where we arrive at the next marked junction. Here, where the path from Otavnik or the settlement Jesenica also joins us, we continue left in the direction of Dom na Poreznu and Petrovo Brdo (the sign actually points in the same direction as the summit of Porezen, but we continue slightly more to the left). The path ahead leads us past a solitary spruce, behind which we continue the gentle diagonal ascent below the summit part of Porezen. A little further on, we cross the grazing fence, then with nice views of the Julian Alps, in a few minutes of crossing we arrive at the bivouac and a few steps further at the Planinski dom na Poreznu (the last part of the path to Dom na Poreznu is dangerous for slipping in snow).
At the hut, we continue sharply right and in about 5 minutes of diagonal ascent climb to the panoramic summit of Porezen.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (May).

On the way: Dom na Poreznu mountain hut (1590m)