Sovodenj - Koča na Ermanovcu (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Gorenja vas in the valley 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 through Poljanska Sora, we leave the main road towards Žiri and we continue driving right in the direction of Cerkno. Further, we drive on a little more winding road, on which we quickly get to the settlement Sovodenj, where in the middle of the settlement, we park on a large parking lot near the Mercator store.
B) We drive to Žiri (to here from Vrhnika or Logatec), and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Before settlement Trebija we turn left, on the road in the direction of Cerkno. Further, we drive on a little more winding road, on which we quickly get to the settlement Sovodenj, where in the middle of the settlement, we park on a large parking lot near the Mercator store.
C) Main road Idrija - Straža-Želin, we leave at the turn-off for settlement Jazne, and then we ascend to the mentioned settlement, from there we continue driving towards Sovodenj. After a smaller saddle, where the marked path on Bevkov vrh branches off to the left, the road starts descending, and we are driving there to the settlement Sovodenj, where we park on a large parking lot near the Mercator store.
D) We drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Škofja Loka. Further, we drive on an ascending road which through Planina pri Cerknem, on a winding road brings us to mountain pass Kladje, after which we start descending towards Sovodenj. When we get to Sovodenj we park on a large parking lot near the Mercator store.

Path description:
From the center of Sovodenj we continue on the main road towards Cerkno, which after few 100 meters we leave and we continue slightly right in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Ermanovcu. The path ahead leads us on a little narrower asphalt road, that runs by the stream Zakoparska grapa. After few minutes, the path splits into two parts, and we continue right in the direction of Ermanovec on the road (straight footpath on Ermanovec). Next follows a short ascent through the forest and then we get out of the forest and after few additional minutes we get to a smaller hamlet, where at the smaller crossroad we continue left in the direction of Ermanovec. Further, we once again cross a lane of a forest and then the road leads us on panoramic grassy slopes. After the hamlet Na Sivk we quickly get to a smaller saddle, where there is a marked crossing by the chapel and bell.
From the crossing, we go left (slightly right Hotavlje, sharply right on a cart track the peak of Ermanovec) and we still continue on the road. The road soon passes into a lane of a forest, and behind it we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue on the upper right road (bottom left road leads towards the farm Žunar, where they sell home-made meat products). From the crossroad follows only few 10 strides of walking and panoramic road brings us to the mountain hut Koča na Ermanovcu.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (January).

Trip can be extended to: Škofje , Štor , Ermanovec