Petrovo Brdo - Hoč

Access to the starting point:
From Železniki drive to Tolmin or vice versa, and follow the road to Petrovo Brdo, where you can park at the parking lot next to the Petrovo Brdo Mountain Home. The mountain lodge is located in the immediate vicinity of the crossroads where the road to Soriška mountain pasture branches off.

Path description:
At the junction where we parked, we see the mountain direction signs for Porezen, which direct us to a narrow and ascending road. After a short climb, we reach a ridge with a view of the Lower Bohinj Mountains. Higher up, the road passes into a forest, where it climbs moderately for some time, and then signs direct us to the right on a footpath that climbs up and along the abandoned cart track. After a few minutes we return to the road, but we follow it only briefly, as the signs for Porezen, lead us into the forest again, where we continue our ascent along the forest track. A few 10 steps higher, we come to a dirt road, but we just cross it and climb steeply up the steps on the other side. The path continues into a dense forest, where it then climbs moderately to steeply. Following the marked route is a little more difficult in a few places due to the significant forks and shortcuts, but otherwise there are no major orientation problems. Higher up, the trail turns slightly more to the right and becomes more visible. After a few minutes of easy walking, you will emerge from the forest into a slightly larger, partly overgrown clearing, where you will leave the marked trail to Porezen.
At the saddle where we leave the marked path to Porezen, we have a beautiful view towards Blegoš on the left and the Lower Bohinj Mountains and Triglav on the right.
From the saddle, continue left to the unmarked Hoča ridge, where you quickly enter the forest. Through the forest, stick to the indistinct ridge, and after a few minutes, the rather steep "path" settles on a small level, where you can see a viewpoint on the right, from which you can get a nice view of Porezen. After the part where the slope transitions, the "path" becomes even steeper. Continue to follow the ridge or climb slightly to the left of it. A short, rather steep climb awaits us higher up, then we leave the forest and are only a few steps away from the summit, which we take in the face of increasingly beautiful views.

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