Orehek - Kojca (new path)

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Idrija, then continue driving to Tolmin. After a while, the road leads to a crossroads where the road to Cerkno turns off to the right, and we still continue straight on here, but pay attention as we will soon arrive in Reka. Just beyond the end of the Rijeka, we will see signs for Bukovo, Zakojca and Bevko's homestead, which will direct us to the right onto a narrower ascending road. Continue climbing for some time and then you will reach the hamlet Kojca, where you continue to the right in the direction of the villages of Orehek and Jesenica. From the crossroads, continue for another 500 m and then you will reach a sharp left turn where there is a large gravel parking area where you can park.

b) Take Most na Soči to Bača pri Modreju, then continue towards Idrija. Just about 100 m before the start of Reka, the road turns sharp left towards Zakojca, Bukovo and Bevko's homestead. Continue along the narrower road for some time, then reach the hamlet of Kojca, where you turn right in the direction of the villages of Orehek and Jesenica. From the crossroads, continue for another 500 m, then reach a sharp left turn where there is a large macadam parking area where you can park.

c) From Podbrdo drive towards Tolmin, and we follow the main road to Grahovo ob Bača. Here we turn left towards the villages Bukovo and Zakojca and follow the road, which first descends and then begins to climb steeply, to the village Bukovo. When you reach Bukovo, keep going and follow the road towards the villages of Orehek and Jesenica. When we reach a sharp left turn, which is located about 100 m before the beginning of the village Orehek, we park on a larger macadam parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalt road, which quickly leads to the nearby chapel. At the chapel, turn left onto a dirt road, which climbs steeply. Walk along the road for about 10 minutes, then turn right at the house onto a marked footpath. The path first climbs through the lane of a forest, then leads to one of the many haylofts, where it turns sharp right. The ascent continues along cart track, which soon leads to vast hay fields. Here the signs direct us left onto a slightly less visible path which climbs along the edge of a small 'boardwalk'. At the top of the hay meadows, the path turns left and then climbs steeply across sometimes steep, partly grassy slopes. Higher up, the path enters woodland and begins to climb steeper still. The rather steep path continues along the edge of a nearby ravine, which it crosses at a higher level, then turns right and lies completely flat. Cross the grassy slope, then before the marked path turns into the forest, continue left following the Kojca (straight old path) markings.
Continue up the newly surfaced path, which is well-traced but unmarked. The steep path, which continues mainly over grassy slopes, makes a few serpentines, but higher up it crosses to the right and levels off just below the summit. There is a short easy climb and the path leads to the famous kopje at the top of Kojca, next to which there is a newer bivouac and a registration box.

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