Trebija - Štor (via Ermanovec)

Access to starting point:
From the road Škofja Loka - Žiri, in the settlement Trebija we turn right (from the direction Žiri left) towards the center of the settlement, where we park on a parking lot in front of the fire station.

Path description:
From the fire station we continue on the road which past the chapel and house, where fire brigade Trebija was established, brings us to a crossroad, at which there is a cross.
From the crossroad, we continue left (straight - the road towards Stara Oselica and Ermanovec) and on the road which offers nice views towards Trebija, we ascend to the nearby farm, where on a yard blazes point us to the right, on the path which continues below the projecting roof. The path ahead short time leads on a cart track, and then by the edge of the forest we ascend into the forest, where appears an overgrown, but quite well marked path. A little higher we reach the cart track and we follow it to the right, and from there we soon go left and we ascend to another cart track which we also follow to the right. When we reach an asphalt road, we go left, and we ascend there to the homestead Burnik, where behind the structure on the left side, we go left. Next follows an ascent on a cart track, and still before we reach the forest, we go right and we diagonally ascend through a meadow and we continue by the forest. A little further blazes point us into the forest, where at the crossings we follow the blazes. When we leave the forest along the grazing fence we ascend to homestead Frjan, after which we again reach an asphalt road. The road on which we continue soon turns right, and before the next homestead signs for Ermanovec and Sovodenj point us sharply to the left. Next follows an ascent on a little narrower asphalt road, where at the smaller crossroad we go slightly right, and we walk there to the end of the road, where signs for Ermanovec point us into the forest. Next follows a shorter ascent through the forest and then the footpath leads on a more and more panoramic grassy slope. Higher, we reach a grassy cart track, and at the smaller crossing, we go right and we ascend on grassy Vrhovčev grič (also Vrhovski grič).
And on the other side of the peak there are also some antennas.
From antennas we descend to the hunting observatory, where we return on a cart track which we follow to the right, and there we lightly descend to a marked crossing, where from the right joins the path from Hotavlje.
We continue straight (slightly left - Koča na Ermanovcu - path which bypasses the peak of Ermanovec, right - Hotavlje) and we are ascending on and by an indistinct ridge. During the ascent occasionally a view opens up a little, otherwise a partly forest path in few minutes of additional walking brings us to the summit of Ermanovec, from where a nice view opens up also on Julian Alps.
On Ermanovec we step out of the forest, and we continue left and we descend steeper to a cart track, where we join the path which bypassed the peak of Ermanovec. We continue right and through a panoramic meadow we lightly descend to a crossroad and a marked crossing at the chapel and bell.
We continue in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Ermanovcu (left - road which descends to Sovodenj, right - Hotavlje and on the road also Trebija) and we continue walking on a gently sloping asphalt road which a little ahead joins also a marked path from Sovodenj.
From the mentioned crossing follows only few 10 strides of easy walking and we get to the mountain hut Dom na Ermanovcu.
At the mountain hut, we notice a mountain signpost for Štor, which points us on a footpath which ascends steeply through the forest. The path quickly flattens and it brings us out of the forest on a panoramic meadow, where the blazes end. Here we go right into a dense forest and we continue the ascent on a gently sloping unmarked footpath, on which in 2 minutes of additional walking, we get to indistinct and with a forest covered peak.
Trebija - Vrhovski grič 1:35, Vrhovski grič - Ermanovec 0:25, Ermanovec - Dom na Ermanovcu 0:15, Dom na Ermanovcu - Štor 0:05.

On the way: Vrhovski grič (958m), Ermanovec (1026m), Koča na Ermanovcu (968m)