Cerkno - Sveti Jošt in Trebenče

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 go on an 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 we leave the road which leads to the nearby houses and we continue right to the nearby steep slope, where we notice a poorly beaten footpath which starts ascending diagonally towards the right. Steep path soon ascends on a ridge, where we continue left (if we continue straight we can in few steps get to an exposed vantage point). Next follows mostly diagonal ascent on quite steep and mainly in wet for slipping dangerous slope. During the ascent, there is a wire for a help, which supposed to serve as some sort of a steel cable. When the wire ends path flattens and to the church we have only few steps of easy walking.
We can descend on a cart track which continues on the other side of the church, and there we get to a larger meadow, through which we descend to an asphalt road (to not ruin the meadow it is recommended to descend on a less beaten footpath which leads to the near residential houses), which we left at the ascent (described descending path technically isn't demanding and we can use it also for the ascent, with that we will avoid the steep ascent).

On the way: Trebenče (453m)