Cerkno - Bevkov vrh (via Lajše)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Cerkno, where we park on a parking lot by the crossroad near the fire station Cerkno. We can also park a little away on a parking lot by the cemetery or somewhere else in Cerkno.

Path description:
From the parking lot near the fire station we continue by the main road towards Žiri and Škofja Loka, where we at first cross the stream Cerknica, and then we quickly get to a smaller crossroad, where a side road branches off to the left, and from the mentioned crossroad we continue right on a beaten footpath which only a little further turns right and it ascends diagonally over the slope. A little further, the path, by which we can notice few old blue-yellow blazes, turns left and it ascends to an asphalt road. We continue the ascent on the mentioned road which is called Gozdarska pot (Forest path), and there we continue to the spot, where signs for gozdarski vrt (forest garden) point us sharply left on a macadam road. Further, we are ascending on the forest road, when signs of hiking path number 3 point us left in the direction of gozdarski vrt (forest garden), we stay on the road and we are ascending there to a storage of logs, where driving road ends.
Here we go left where also sign on a tree is pointing to and we ascend on a steeper cart track, on which in few minutes we come out of the forest. On the meadow the cart track splits, and we continue on the right one, which through the meadow passes into the forest. Next follows a diagonal ascent towards the right, and we are ascending on the northern slopes of Veliki vrh. Higher, we cross the route of a high voltage power line, from where a nice view opens up on Porezen, and only a little further we reach the edge of a smaller plateau, where there is a hamlet Lajše.
We bypass houses on the left side and we continue walking on the macadam road which once again leads below the route of a power line. A little further, we get into a smaller valley, through which we ascend to a smaller saddle, where there is a crossing.
We continue straight (sharply left Veliki vrh, left shrine Lajše) and we quickly get to a marked crossing, from which we continue sharply right on a footpath in the direction of Bevkov vrh and ICPP - trail Idrijsko - Cerkljanska planinska pot (straight mountain pass Kladje).
The path ahead is marked and leads us by the grazing fence, which a little ahead we cross, and then we go also through a lane of a forest. When we step out of the forest follows crossing of a meadow, from which beautiful views opening up, and then we reach nearby homestead Za Vrh, where we reach the macadam road. Next follows a relatively short ascent, and when the road turns left, we leave it and we continue straight on a grassy cart track. Again follows crossing of a meadow, and after few minutes, we reach homestead Bende, where we step on an asphalt road. A little after the house, we go from the road slightly right and we walk to a smaller valley. Next follows an ascent through a small valley, where the footpath isn't visible and then we reach an asphalt road, where we join the path through the mountain pass Kladje.
Few strides ahead we get to a crossroad, and we follow the signs for homemade cheese, and the road descends for approximately 50 altitude meters. Lower the road flattens, and from the right also the marked path from Želin joins. And few 10 strides ahead we get to the farm Na Ravan, where it is possible to buy some milk products, and here few steps before the farm we continue left on a cart track which continues behind the houses. Cart track quickly changes into a footpath which then ascends on the pasture upwards, and higher we reach a little wider cart track which ascends diagonally towards the right. By the entrance into the forest, we notice a big blaze, which resembles a traffic sign, and the cart track here passes into the forest and turns to the left. When we again step out of the forest we notice one more big blaze, which helps us at the descent. On the cart track, we continue to a grazing fence, after that next to it to the chapel, which is situated by the power line.
From the chapel, where there are a stamp of SPP and inscription box, we continue left in the direction of Sovodenj. Next follows a little less than 10 minutes of walking on a partly panoramic ridge of Bevkov vrh. When the path passes into the forest, to the top of Bevkov vrh separates us only few steps of walking.

On the way: Lajše (790m), Na Ravan (875m)