Ozeljan - Kopitnik (via Vitovski hrib and hunting cottage)

Access to starting point:
A) From Vipava highway we go to the exit Vogrsko, and then we continue driving in the direction of Tolmin and Ozeljan. When we reach old road Ajdovščina - Nova Gorica, at the traffic light crossroad we continue right towards Ajdovščina. When we get to Ozeljan, in hamlet Otava we continue left on a little narrower road which leads us among houses. When after few 100 meters we get to a smaller crossroad by Zavarovalnica Triglav, Pošta Slovenije and Ozlinka, we continue straight and we park on a parking lot by the recycling spot. We can also park on approximately 100 meters distant parking lot by the cemetery, which is located left from the mentioned crossroad.
B) From Nova Gorica on the old road we drive towards Ajdovščina, after that at hamlet Tri Hiše (hamlet is located at the traffic light crossroad, where a road towards the settlement Vogrsko branches off to the right) we continue straight. When we get to Ozeljan, in hamlet Otava we continue left on a little narrower road which leads us among houses. When after few 100 meters we get to a smaller crossroad by Zavarovalnica Triglav, Pošta Slovenije and Ozlinka, we continue straight and we park on a parking lot by the recycling spot. We can also park on approximately 100 meters distant parking lot by the cemetery, which is located left from the mentioned crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue towards the east (in the direction of the description to the starting point from the crossroad, where we've parked right), where the path leads past company Konem Color, and then we get to a crossroad, where we continue left (right Lepenje) on an ascending asphalt road. The road further leads past few more houses, after that in next some crossroads we continue on "main" road. When higher, near the hamlet Opade, we get to a crossroad, we continue straight upwards on a macadam road, by which there is traffic sign, which "shows", that we will continue on firebreak gap. We continue on a macadam road which is gently to moderately ascending, and from there occasionally a view opens up a little towards the surrounding hills. Higher, by the next sign for firebreak gap, we continue straight or slightly right. Some 10 strides ahead the road starts descending, and on this spot we continue left on a cart track which ascends to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we go right (left Vodice), and then we quickly reach the next rough macadam road, where we reach the path from Vitovlje (path from Križišče).
The mentioned road, we reach at 7th Station of the Cross, and on the road we are ascending through the forest. On few minutes distant left turn for some time a nice view opens up on Vitovski hrib, and we follow the road to the next crossing, which is located little before 12th Station of the Cross.
From the mentioned crossing, we continue left in the direction of Kopitnik, Čaven and Veliki Rob (straight Vitovski hrib - 5 minutes) and we continue on a narrow cart track. Few minutes ahead we get to the next crossing, where we again continue left, this time in the direction of natural window Skozno and hunting cottage (right Krnica and Čaven, sharply right Sveta Lucija).
From the crossing ahead we start ascending diagonally towards the left, where the path at first leads past an overhung rock, and a little further also past a smaller natural window. Few minutes higher, the path once again splits, and from the crossing we continue right in the direction of the hunting cottage (straight Skozno). Follows few minutes of a moderate ascent, and then the path ascends steeper for a short time and for some time runs on more rocky terrain. The path quickly flattens and from the left almost unnoticeably joins the path which leads from the natural window Skozno towards Kopitnik.
We continue right, still on a marked path, which a little ahead widens into a narrower cart track, and after nearby marked crossing we join the wide cart track which we follow to the right. Next follows some ascent on a cart track, and then at the hunting cottage LD Lijak it widens into a road, on which we quickly ascend to a paragliding take off point on Kopitnik.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (October).

On the way: Lovska koča LD Lijak (910m)