Cerkno - Veliki vrh (Lajše) (on unmarked path)

Access to the starting point:
Drive to Cerkno, where you park in the parking lot at the crossroads near the Cerkno fire station. You can also park a little further away in the cemetery parking lot or elsewhere in Cerkno.

Path description:
From the parking lot near the fire station continue along the main road towards Žire and Škofja Loka, where you first cross the Cerkno stream, then quickly arrive at a small crossroads, where a side road branches off to the left, and from the crossroads we continue to the right on a well-worn footpath, which turns right just a little further on and climbs up the slope crosswise. A little further on, the path, along which some old blue-yellow markings can be seen, turns left and climbs up to an asphalt road. Continue up the above-mentioned road, called the Forestry Trail, and follow it to a point where signs for a forestry garden direct you sharp left onto a macadam road. Continue climbing along the forest road, and when the signs for hiking trail No 3 point to the left in the direction of the forest garden, stay on the road and climb up it to the firewood pile, where the carriageway ends.
Go left here, where the sign on the tree also points, and climb the steeper cart track, which will take you out of the woods in a few minutes. At the hay meadow, cart track splits, and we continue on the right-hand one, which goes through the hay meadow into the forest. There is a cross-climb to the right, ascending the northern slopes of Veliki vrh. Higher up, we cross the route of a high-voltage power line, from where we have a fine view of Porezen, and just a little further on we reach the edge of a small plateau, where the hamlet of Lajše is located.
Walk around the houses on the left and continue walking along the dirt road, which once again leads under the power line. A little further on, we arrive in a small valley, which we climb up to a small pass, where there is a crossroads.
Continue sharp left on the road leading by the Lajše sanctuary (straight ahead Kladje Pass, right Bevkov vrh).
If you leave the road, you can walk to the nearby shrine with its chapel, the Stations of the Cross and the memorial, otherwise continue along the road to the nearby quarry, where the path turns left and turns into cart track. Here the path turns into the forest, and at a small crossroads go right and walk past the transmitters to the nearby summit. Description and figures refer to January 2020.

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