Podlanišče - Koča na Ermanovcu

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Gorenjo vas in Poljanska dolina (to here from Škofja Loka, new bypass road which bypasses Škofja Loka, Horjul or Polhov Gradec), and then we continue driving towards Žiri and Cerkno. After the settlement Trebija and just before the bridge over Poljanska Sora, we leave the main road towards Žiri and continue driving right in the direction of Cerkno. Further on, we drive on a somewhat more winding road, on which we quickly arrive at the settlement Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue slightly right, and we still follow the ascending road to the settlement Podlanišče or mountain pass Kladje, where we park at a suitable spot by the pass.
B) We drive to Žiri (to here from Vrhnika or Logatec), and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Before the settlement Trebija we turn left, onto the road in the direction of Cerkno. Further on, we drive on a somewhat more winding road, on which we quickly arrive at the settlement Sovodenj. From Sovodenj we continue slightly right, and we still follow the ascending road to the settlement Podlanišče or mountain pass Kladje, where we park at a suitable spot by the pass.
C) We drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Škofja Loka. Further on, we drive on an ascending road which, through Planina pri Cerknem along a winding road, brings us to mountain pass Kladje, where we park at a suitable spot by the road.

Path description:
From the mountain pass Kladje at Podlanišče we continue towards the east, on the road in the direction of Ermanovec. The road first ascends past a few houses, then we arrive at the spot where a marked path branches off to the left to Škofje, and we continue on the road. The road continues for a short time through the forest, then alternately across meadows and again through the forest, bypassing a few individual houses. Higher up, in the area named Laniška ravan, the path from Franja hospital joins from the left (also the path from Cerkno - path through Planina pri Cerknem and path from Škofje), and just a little further, at the smaller hamlet, we continue slightly left onto the road in the direction of the footpath to Ermanovec. On the macadam road in a few dozen steps we ascend to a panoramic ridge, where the signs for Ermanovec direct us slightly right onto a cart track, along which we quickly ascend to the forest. We continue through the forest, where at junctions we follow the blazes, and the path leads us to the fortifications of the former Rapallo border, where the path levels out. A little further, we step out of the forest, then in a gentle descent we walk to the asphalt road which we left some time ago, reaching it via the yard of the nearby house.
When we step onto the road we continue in the direction of Ermanovec, and the path first leads us past an information board (Rapallo border trail), a little further also past an old chapel, behind which a marked path from Kopačnica also joins from the left.
We continue straight ahead, then in a few minutes we arrive at the Koča na Ermanovcu hut.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (January).

Trip can be extended to: Škofje , Štor ( 5 min) , Ermanovec ( 20 min)