Mount Porezen is a mountain of the outlying

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Swi ...

located in

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. It is the highest summit of the

Slovenian Prealps The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps ( sl, Slovenske Predalpe, , ) are a group of mountain ranges in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and, for a small part of their northernmost area, in Austria. Geography SO ...

Geography

The mountain belongs to the

Gorizia Statistical Region The Gorizia Statistical Region ( sl, Goriška statistična regija) is a statistical region in western Slovenia, along the border with Italy. It is named after the Italian town of Gorizia (the feminine adjective ''goriška'' comes from the Sloveni ...

Access to the summit

The suggested route for the mountain starts from

Cerkno Cerkno (; it, Circhina; ger, Kirchheim) is a small town in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It has around 2,000 inhabitants and is the administrative centre of the Cerkno Hills. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cerkno. Cerkno is a small ...

and climbs though Poce, following a marked footpath to the footpath. There are also popular routes from Davča and

Petrovo Brdo Petrovo Brdo () is a village in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with the Upper Carniola region. It lies on the road just below a pass that connects the two regions, on the drainage divide between the B ...

Maps

* ''Idrijsko in Cerkljansko'' (1:50,000 scale) and ''Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje'' (1:50,000 scale).

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Porezen Cerkno Hills One-thousanders of Slovenia Mountains of the Alps Mountains of the Slovene Littoral Mountains of Upper Carniola Natura 2000 in Slovenia