Gora - Trstelj

Access to starting point:
From the Razdrto–Nova Gorica motorway, we take the Selo exit and continue towards the village of Dornberk. In the village of Dornberk, we turn left towards Koper and then, after 100 metres, right towards Trstelj (the turn-off for Trstelj is marked). We follow the ascending road to the parking lot on the left side of the road (we recognise the parking lot by a smaller chapel situated in the middle of a rock, and on top of the mentioned rock we notice a small Aljaž Tower).
From the Nova Gorica side, we can also reach the village of Dornberk past Šempeter and Volčje Drage.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road, which in a few minutes brings us to the hamlet Gora. Behind the last house in the village, the marked path turns right and after a short ascent returns to the road. We follow the road ahead for a few minutes to Železnih vrat, where we notice the mountaineering signs. We continue the ascent on a wide gentle cart track, which quickly brings us below the wires of the power line. Here we leave the cart track and continue left on a footpath, which goes into the forest and starts to ascend moderately. The steepness then eases and the path brings us to the unvegetated slopes, from which a view opens towards the transmitters on the top of Trstelj. The path then goes back into the forest, where the path from Renče joins from the right. We continue left and after a few more steps we step onto a worse road, which we follow to the right towards the hut, which we already see in front of us.
From the hut, we continue towards the summit on the path that gently ascends through a sparse forest. After a few dozen steps, the path brings us onto a worse road, which we follow to the top amid ever more beautiful views.

On the way: Železna vrata (445m), Stjenkova koča na Trstelju mountain hut (610m)