Sovodenj - Štor (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 towards Cerkno and Žiri. The road then leads you past the village of Trebija, after which you turn right towards Cerkno (on the left Žiri). Follow this road to the village of Sovodenj, where you park in the parking lot between the Mercator shop and the firemen's home.
b) From Tolmin, drive to Cerkno, and from there continue over the pass Kladje (787 m) towards Škofja Loka. When you get to the village Sovodenj, park in the parking lot between the shop and the fire station.
c) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper take the exit Logatec and then continue to Logatec. From the roundabout, where you reach the old road Vrhnika - Postojna, turn right (direction Vrhnika) and continue driving along the old road towards Vrhnika, we drive along it for only a few 100 m, then turn left onto the road in the direction of Rovt and Žirov. From Žiri, we continue our drive towards Škofja Loka and Gorenjska vas, then at one of the crossroads we take a sharp left in the direction of Cerkno and Sovodnja. When you arrive in Sovodenj, park in the parking lot between the Mercator shop and the firemen's home.

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 on Ermanovec) 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 10 m to the right turn. At the beginning of the bend, just before the road crosses the stream, leave it and continue your 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 slightly steeper climb for a few minutes on cart track, which leaves the forest and turns into a grassy slope, which also leads to the road. Continue right through a small hamlet and the road then leads in a moderate ascent to a crossroads near the Cottage on Ermanovec. Here we continue to the left (right top of Ermanovec) and after a few further steps we reach the aforementioned mountain hut.
At the hut you will see a mountain direction sign for Štor, which directs you to a footpath that climbs steeply through the forest. The path quickly lays down and leads us out of the forest to a meadow where the markings end. Here, continue right into the dense forest and ascend along a gently sloping, unmarked path, which, within 2 minutes of further walking, leads to an undistinguished and wooded summit.

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

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