Cerkno - Porezen (gentle path)

Access to starting point:
A) From regional road Idrija - Tolmin, at settlement Straža in hamlet Želin at the traffic light crossroad we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (if we come from the direction Tolmin we turn left). Further, we drive through the valley of river Cerknica, past Petrol gas station all the way to Cerkno, where at the crossroad behind the church of St. Jernej (by the church is also a cemetery and a parking lot) we continue left in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje. If we haven't park in front of the church we can do this a little further from NOB monument on one of the parking lots in Cerkno.
B) From the road Škofja Loka - Žiri, after the settlement Trebija we turn right in the direction of Sovodenj and Cerkno (from the direction Žiri still before Trebija we turn left), from where we at first drive in Sovodenj, and from there over mountain pass Kladje (mountain pass is located in the settlement Podlanišče) we start descending towards Cerkno. In Cerkno at the first larger crossroad we continue straight (right we come in the center of the town and to the church of St. Ana), after that in second, about 300 meters ahead we turn right in the direction of Železniki, ski slope Cerkno, hospital Franja and center of Cerkno. At the next marked crossroad we continue left in the direction of the settlement Zakojca and Gorje and then we park on one of the parking lots in Cerkno.
C) From the road Škofja Loka - Podbrdo, at settlement Zali Log we continue left in the direction of Davča and ski slope Cerkno (if we come from the direction Podbrdo or Soriška planina, at the end of the settlement, we continue right). The road ahead at first ascends on Davča, and from there it starts descending towards Cerkno. In the center of Cerkno, at post office we turn right, and then a little after monument NOB we park on an appropriate place.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the asphalt road which continues along the stream Zapoška and at first leads past the factory ETA E.G.O.. A quite gentle road then continues also past more houses, and then it brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right over a bridge (straight snack bar Okrepčevalnica pr Padkejc). After the bridge the road starts considerably ascending, after that quite quickly takes us to the settlement Trebenče, where we stick to the main road. At the end of the settlement road on the left side bypasses bigger cliff, on the top of which is situated the church of St. Jošt. From here we few minutes continue on the main road, and then we get to some sort of picnic area, by which there is situated grass sports field (volleyball, futsal, playground, trampoline...).
Right at log cabin narrower macadam road branches off to the right (straight Poče, Gorje, Jesenica...), on which we continue the ascent. The road soon passes into the forest, where makes longer left turn. At the turn footpath towards the church of St. Jošt branches off to the right, to which is good 5 minutes of walking, and we still continue on the asphalt road which past the transformer brings us to a smaller crossroad near the two houses.
Asphalt road continues right towards the house, and we continue straight on a worse macadam road. On first crossroad few 10 meters ahead we continue left, after that partly through the forest, and partly through meadows we get to an asphalt road which we reach at the monument NOB and the fire station.
From the fire station, where there is also turning point for buses, we continue on an ascending road through the village Poče. In the middle of the village we notice the first blazes, and few steps ahead also first hiking signposts.
From the center of Poče we continue left in the direction of Porezen (right Porezen over Labinjske lehe), where we at first walk past few houses, and then the asphalt ends, and we continue on a macadam road. The road little ahead gets closer to another house, and still before the house (turn-off of the path is at the hayrack) we continue left on the path which ascends through meadow to few minutes distant forest road. When we reach the road, we follow it to the left, and we walk there in the direction of Porezen. Occasionally a view opens up a little on Cerkljansko hribovje, and then we already get to a smaller crossroad, from where we continue straight on a footpath which continues between the both roads. After a short ascent, we return on the right branch of the road which is more and more similar to the cart track (expansion of cart track 2014). The path ahead leads us past a smaller waterfall, and then we get to a partly marked crossing, where signs for Porezen point us sharply right.
Here we continue straight (sharply right Porezen - steep path) and we still continue on a relatively wide cart track which is ascending diagonally over occasionally steeper slopes. Cart track little ahead ends, and the path after older, partly stone cottage changes into a footpath which is ascending diagonally above the gully of the stream Zapoška. During the ascent, we can also notice signs, that we walk on the Slovenian geological trail. A little further, the path turns slightly to the right and it ascends diagonally through steep and mainly in wet for slipping dangerous slopes. The path further crosses some gullies, among other things leads us also past a turn-off of the path towards drinking water. Next follows a little clumsy crossing of grassy groove, because erosion swept away grass or short part of the path, so that at the crossing some caution is needed, otherwise passage isn't too hard, because it is not a very steep slope. A little further, the path turns right and once again, this time without problems crosses now already widened groove. Marked, but because of high grass further a little hard to follow path, is then in few hairpin turns relatively steeply ascending towards the ridge of Porezen. During the ascent path leads also past a smaller source, and then we soon reach the ridge, where we join the steep path from Cerkno and Poče and also some other paths, which lead to the summit.
When we reach at first still indistinct ridge we continue left, and after few 10 strides, we get to a smaller crossing, where the path splits into two parts. More beaten is "steep path", which continues on a ridge and we continue right in the direction of Davča and after a minute of additional walking, we step on the road which leads towards the mountain hut Dom na Poreznu (here officially paths are not seperated to steep and gentle path from Poče anymore, but if we decided for gentle path we can also on this part continue on "gentle path" (otherwise if we continue on the ridge we will at first come to the summit of Porezen and from there to hut)).
When we step on the road path leads through a lane of a forest and then we gradually get to open slopes, from which a nice view opens up towards Blegoš, Kamnik Savinja Alps and Karawanks. When few minutes higher, we reach northeastern ridge of Porezen, from the right joins also the marked path from Petrovo Brdo. Here we continue left and with a view on Julian Alps, mainly on the ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, in few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut Dom na Poreznu.
Behind the hut we notice signs for the peak Porezen, which point us on ascending path, on which in few minutes of a diagonal ascent we ascend on 1630 meters high peak, from which a nice view opens up.
Cerkno - Poče 1:15, Poče - Dom na Poreznu 2:40, Dom na Poreznu - Porezen 5 minutes.

On the way: Trebenče (453m), Poče (653m), Dom na Poreznu mountain hut (1590m)