Sovodenj - Ermanovec (through Miklavževa grapa)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Ljubljana or Kranj, drive to Škofja Loka, from where you continue to Gorenjska vas. In Gorenjska vas, turn right in the direction of Cerkno and Žiri. The road then takes you past the village of Trebija, after which you turn right in the direction of Cerkno (on the left Žiri). You then follow this road to the village of Sovodenj, where you park in the parking lot between the shop and the firemen's lodge.
b) From Tolmin, take Cerkno and follow the road towards Škofja Loka. When you get to the village Sovodenj, park in the parking lot between the shop and the fire station.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalted road towards Ermanovec and Cerkno. After a few minutes of climbing along the main road, you will come to a marked crossroads where the road to Ermanovec branches off to the right. Take this road, which runs alongside a picturesque stream, and after a few minutes of further walking, you will reach the next crossroads.
Continue straight on (right Ermanovec on the road) along the road which continues along the aforementioned stream. The road then crosses the stream via a small bridge and leads us past a small hamlet to a marked crossroads.
Continue along the road (left Ermanovec scenic route) which you follow for only a few more 10m to the right hand bend. At the beginning of the bend, just before the road crosses the stream, leave it and continue the ascent along the marked footpath, which begins to climb gently through Miklavževo grapo. The path continues to climb along the edge of the stream for some time, then turns right and starts to climb steeply. A well-marked footpath, it then crosses the cart track a few times and joins it higher up. There is a few minutes of slightly steeper ascent on cart track, which leaves the forest and turns into a grassy slope with views down which the road is reached. Continue right through a small hamlet and the road then leads us in a moderate ascent to a crossroads near the hut at Ermanovec.
Here we continue to the right (left hut on Ermanovcu 1 minute) along the road, which after 5 minutes of further walking leads us to the chapel next to which there is a larger bell. At the chapel there is also a crossroads where we continue along the cart track in the direction of Ermanovec to which we have a further 15 minute walk. The way forward is to climb steeply up the cart track, which, with beautiful views, leads us in 10 minutes to the other side of this scenic slope. Here the path turns left and climbs steeply. Follow this dirt track all the way to the top of Ermanovec.
Just a few steps before the top, you will see a beautiful viewpoint on your left, from which a beautiful view opens up.

On the way: Koča na Ermanovcu mountain hut (968m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Štor

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