Reka - Kojca

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Idrija, and then we continue driving towards Tolmin. After a time road brings us to a crossroad, where the road in Cerkno branches off to the right, and we here still continue straight, but we need to pay attention because we will soon get to the settlement Reka. Immediately after the end of the settlement, at first we notice signs for Kojca and few 10 meters ahead also for Šebrelje. Here a narrower road branches off to the left, which over a bridge through river Idrijca brings us to a smaller parking lot by information boards for Archaeological park Divje babe.
B) From Most na Soči or Podbrdo we drive to the settlement Bača pri Modreju, and then we continue driving towards Idrija. Only few 10 meters before starts settlement Reka we turn right over a bridge through the river Idrijca and then park on a smaller parking lot by information boards.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return over a bridge, we carefully cross the main road, and then we continue right by the main road towards Idrija. After a good 50 meters of walking by the main road, we notice signs for Kojca, which point us slightly left on a narrow asphalt road, on which we quickly get to the center of the village Reka. Here we continue straight or slightly right and we walk among houses. The dense part of the village quickly ends, and the road from which a nice view opens up towards the church of St. Ivan (hill above Divje babe) we follow to a little bigger crossroad, where we go slightly left in the direction of Kojca and Orehovška grapa. The road further starts ascending on the left side of Orehovška grapa (looking in the direction of ascent), and we walk there approximately 10 minutes, and then we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue sharply left in the direction of Kojca, peak Rodne and farm Močnik. At first still asphalted road soon turns sharply to the right, and then it is ascending diagonally towards the right. Higher, the asphalt ends, and partly panoramic road quickly brings us to the already mentioned farm.
Here among the houses, we turn sharply to the left on a cart track which at the first right turn we leave because blazes point us slightly to the right on a little poorly beaten footpath. Further, we are ascending on a grassy slope, and when the path passes into a narrow lane of bushes, which again becomes better visible and easier to follow. Higher, the path turns slightly to the left and joins a wide cart track. When we step on the cart track, we continue left and we ascend there out of the forest. A relatively gently sloping path which continues on a panoramic and with meadows surrounded cart track, gradually passes on the other side of the hill. On the cart track which occasionally also descends we continue to a bigger hayloft, and there blazes point us from the cart track into a nice grassy valley. Further, we are ascending on the mentioned small valley, where the path mostly isn't visible and when we return into the forest, we notice a blaze which points us slightly right. Ahead we steeply ascend through a narrow lane of a forest and then by the site of spring heath we ascend on a panoramic peak Rodne.
From the top, we continue slightly right and we start descending towards the east. The path ahead at first leads on a partly vegetated ridge and then it is gradually turning more and more to the left. Lower, the slope flattens, and the path gradually passes into the forest. Further, we short time cross slopes on the right eastern side of the nearby ridge and then on a smaller saddle it passes on the left western side. For some time we continue on the western side, and then a wide path passes on a partly exposed ridge. Here we continue straight and on a wide and partly fenced path "we walk" on the other side of the ridge, where the path changes into a wide cart track, and after a short ascent, it brings us to an asphalt road. On the road past the hunting cottage LD Otavnik we ascend to the nearby crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Kojca. The path ahead past NOB monument brings us to some houses in the village Orehek, and here we continue straight and we walk to the end of the settlement.
When only few meters ahead we get to the nearby chapel, we continue right on a macadam road, on which we start ascending steeper. We walk on the road good 10 minutes, and then at the house, we turn right on a marked footpath. The path ahead at first ascends through a lane of a forest and then it brings us to one of many haylofts, where it turns sharply to the right. We continue the ascent on a cart track, and it soon brings us on an ample meadow. Here signs point us to the left on a little poorly visible footpath which is ascending by the edge of a smaller "avenue". On top of the meadow, the path turns to the left and is then ascending diagonally on occasionally steep, partly also grassy slopes. Higher, the path passes into the forest and starts ascending even steeper. A pretty steep path further leads by the edge a nearby gully, which higher crosses, and then turns to the right and entirely flattens. Next follows a relatively long crossing of the slopes towards the right. The crossing runs over occasionally steep grassy slopes, and partly through the forest. Because of a well-settled path, the crossing doesn't cause bigger problems, only on one short part through the forest, because of a quite steep slope and partly ruined path, more caution is needed. When approximately half an hour long crossing ends, we join a better beaten path.
Here we continue left (right - Zakojca, Orehek, Jesenica and saddle Vrh Ravni) and we continue the ascent on a relatively steep path, which at first leads past the bench, and then passes into a lane of thin forest. Higher, the path flattens and brings us on gentle upper grassy slopes of Kojca. Here we continue on a gently sloping and panoramic path, on which in less than 5 minutes of additional walking, we get to the top, which we recognize by the famous pile of hay.

On the way: Rodne (698m)