Sovodenj - Koča na Ermanovcu (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Gorenja vas in Poljanska dolina (to here from Škofja Loka, new bypass road which bypasses Škofja Loka, Horjula or Polhov Gradec), and then we continue driving towards Žiri and Cerkno. After the settlement Trebija and just before the bridge over Poljanska Sora, we leave the main road towards Žiri and we continue driving right in the direction of Cerkno. Further, we drive on a somewhat more winding road, on which we quickly arrive at the settlement Sovodenj, where in the middle of the settlement we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.
B) We drive to Žiri (to here from Vrhnika or Logatec), and then we continue driving towards Škofja Loka. Before the settlement Trebija we turn left, on the road in the direction of Cerkno. Further, we drive on a somewhat more winding road, on which we quickly arrive at the settlement Sovodenj, where in the middle of the settlement we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.
C) We leave the main road Idrija - Straža-Želin at the turn-off for the settlement Jazne, and then we ascend to the mentioned settlement, from there we continue driving towards Sovodenj. After a smaller saddle, where the marked path to Bevkov vrh branches off to the left, the road starts descending, and we drive along it to the settlement Sovodenj, where we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.
D) We drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving in the direction of Škofja Loka. Further, we drive on an ascending road which through Planina pri Cerknem, on a winding road brings us to the pass Kladje, after which we start descending towards Sovodenj. When we get to Sovodenj we park on a larger parking lot near the Mercator store.

Route description:
From the center of Sovodenj we continue on the main road towards Cerkno, which after a few hundred meters we leave and continue slightly right in the direction of the Koča na Ermanovcu. The path ahead leads us on a somewhat narrower asphalt road that runs along the stream Zakoparska grapa. After a few minutes, the path splits into two parts, and we continue right in the direction of Ermanovec on the road (straight is the footpath to Ermanovec). There follows a short ascent through the forest, then we emerge from the forest and after a few more minutes we arrive at a smaller hamlet, where at a smaller crossroads we continue left in the direction of Ermanovec. Further on, we cross a belt of forest once again, then the road leads us across panoramic grassy slopes. After the hamlet Na Sivk we quickly arrive at a smaller saddle, where there is a signposted junction by the chapel and bell.
From the junction we continue left (slightly right Hotavlje, sharply right on the cart track to the top of Ermanovec) and continue further on the road. The road soon enters a belt of forest, behind it we arrive at a smaller crossroads, where we continue on the upper right road (the lower left road leads to the farm Žunar, where they sell home-made meat products). From the crossroads there are only a few dozen steps left, and the panoramic road brings us to the Koča na Ermanovcu.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (January).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Škofje, Štor, Ermanovec

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