Hotavlje - Špik (Vranškov grič) (via Bela)

Access to the starting point:
a) From Železniki, Kranj or Medvode, drive to Škofja Loka, and from there continue in the direction of Gorenje vasi in the Poljane valley and Žirem. After Gorenja vasja, in Hotavlje, leave the main road towards Žire at the junction after Gostilna Lipan and turn right towards the ski resort Cerkno and the village of Leskovica. Just after the junction, park in a suitable place on the roadside.

b) From Horjul or Polhovy Gradec, drive to Lučine and from there descend to Gorenjska vas. In Gorenjja vas, turn left towards Žire, then at Hotavlje, at the junction after Gostilna Lipan, turn right towards the ski resort Cerkno and the village of Leskovica. Just after the crossroads, park in a suitable place on the roadside.

c) From Vrhnika, Logatec or Spodnja Idrija, drive to Žiri, from there continue to Gorenjska vas and Škofja Loka, and follow the main road only to Hotavlje, where you turn left towards the ski resort Cerkno and the village of Leskovica. Just after the crossroads, park in a suitable place on the side of the road.

d) First drive to Cerkno and from there continue over the Kladje (Podlanišče) pass towards Sovodnje. From Sovodnje, drive along the Hobovščica stream, then turn left at a slightly larger junction towards Gorenje vas (right Žiri). Follow the main road towards Škofja Loka to Hotavlje, where you turn left towards the ski resort Cerkno and the village of Leskovica. Just after the crossroads, park in a suitable place on the roadside.

Path description:
From the starting point, where the vending machine of the farm pr Šupc is located nearby, continue along the road towards the village Leskovica and in the direction of the hiking trails to Blegoš, Ermanovec and Slajko. Walk along the roadside for a few minutes, partly on the pavement, and then the signs for Ermanovec and Slajka direct you to the left (straight ahead to Blegoš), where you cross the bridge to Kopačnica, and immediately after the bridge, at the church of St. Lawrence, continue to the left (right marked path to Slajka and Ermanovec).

Immediately after the church, go right, initially on the asphalt road leading to the nearby house, and before the house we take the cart track, which ascends crosswise to the greenhouse, which we pass on the right hand side. When the cart track turns right a little higher up, we are joined on the left by a path that starts near the confluence of Kopačnica and Poljane Sora (near the junction where we parked, but on the right bank of Kopačnica, so we can also get here by this path), and we continue to the right and cross the hayfield into the forest, through which the path then continues. In the forest cart track makes some serpentines, but when the signs for Slajka point us to the right, we leave it and continue along the forest path for a short distance. Soon we return to cart track, which we follow to the right, and a little higher up we merge with the path from Podgora.

Continue right along the wider path, which soon widens into cart track, which turns slightly to the left and leads out of the forest at the hunting observation post. Here, cross the meadow at the bottom edge of cart track, and when you reach a dirt road, follow it to the right. The road soon starts to descend and within a few minutes leads to a crossroads where you reach an asphalt road. Follow the asphalt road up to a nearby crossroads from which you continue right in the direction of Slajka.

Follow the asphalt road and when you leave the forest, the marked path from Hotavlje joins from the right. The asphalt road then leads us past a bench, where the path to Vrh Slajke branches off to the right, and we follow the road, which turns semicircularly to the left, to a nearby farm, from which we are only a minute's walk from Dom na Slajki.
From home, return to the nearby farm, bypassing the main buildings on the upper side and continuing along the macadam road, which turns into cart track in the nearby meadow. Walk through the lane of the forest, and when you leave the forest continue right (straight Ermanovec) on an unmarked path, initially cart track, which continues along the edge of the forest. When the forest ends on the right, continue climbing along a grazing fence that leads along a grassy ridge, but higher up the ridge flattens out and turns left. Continue along the edge of the forest to a viewpoint, and from the viewpoint go slightly right into the forest. Climb west to north-west through the forest, occasionally spotting an older marker along the way. After a few minutes of climbing through the forest, you reach a vegetated summit, on which stands a small cairn.
Hotavlje - Dom na Slajki 1:30, Dom na Slajki - Špik 0:20.
The description refers to the situation in December 2020, the pictures are from January and December 2020.

On the way: Dom na Slajki (789m)

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