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sabina.78. 05. 2013 23:20:46

Hello Suzana, very nice photos! Nice loop you made, but it's not quite clear to me where you started. Where is this quarry? Best regards Sabina
nasmeh

Enka9. 05. 2013 00:28:50

The quarry is a little (maybe 50 m) lower than the starting point for the Srednječavenska trail to Kucelj or Mala gora (by the way, terribly beautiful trail):

http://www.hribi.net/izlet/predmeja_tuneli_kucelj_na_cavnu_srednjecavenska_pot/26/501/3705

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SuzanaM10. 05. 2013 15:34:43

The quarry, or rather former quarry is on the Ajdovščina-Predmeja road, before the tunnels. As Enka already said, the Srednječavenska path starts above it, which crosses the slopes above the quarry from the start. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the quarry photo, otherwise I would have posted it. On the hiking signs further on the Srednječavenska path, the starting point is marked as Quarry-tunnels.
By the quarry there is also enough space for parking, to the actual path start it's just a few tens of meters.
To the starting point at the quarry and from Gojač I had transport, otherwise I would have returned back to the quarry. From the Črniče-Ravne forest road you can rejoin the Srednječavenska path, even closer (and steeper) is directly via the Vrtovin/Gojače trail, which continues from the bend in picture 23.

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d1licen10. 05. 2013 21:33:44

here is the display of points on the satellite image

sabina.710. 05. 2013 21:57:30

Sincere thanks to all three, now the picture of the path start is completely clear! nasmeh

velkavrh19. 05. 2013 18:36:42

Today we went on a hike to Kucelj with the Savski planinci. We had Veliki Rob planned, but bad weather forced us to go only to Kucelj and descend from there. It was a short tour, but very beautiful due to the abundance of mountain flowers from narcissi to marmots and auricula.

First stop at the A. Bavčer hut on Čavn.

We can even drive to the mountain hut with a car.

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leroy16. 11. 2013 16:47:47

I inform all hikers that the path from the Čavnu hut to Kuclj is almost impassable due to fallen trees.

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Carpinus16. 11. 2013 20:19:22

Today I wanted to get from Mala Gora to the Čavnu hut with my wife but it was also all impassable there due to fallen trees. We persisted about half an hour, then turned back.

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bojan7916. 11. 2013 21:15:18

Holy shit!
Two or three months ago I was there, everything was fine.

miranm18. 11. 2013 11:07:59

Hello,
Yesterday my wife and I did a tour along the Srednječavenska to the Čavnu hut, then to Kucelj and Veliki Rob.
The path from the Čavnu hut towards Kuclj is really like a "military polygon" but all those fallen trees can be bypassed with some slalom maneuvering and pushing through branches. From Kuclj towards Veliki Rob you have only 5-6 fallen trees, so that path is much easier than the one from the hut towards Kuclj.
Nice mountaineering greeting! nasmeh

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sabina.729. 03. 2014 18:05:24

From the very nicely arranged, clean, and renovated village of Kamnje, I set off today along the path of scythes and rakes to Kucelj. The path is quite long and very solitary, but beautiful and well marked. At the top of Kuclja I sat a bit and rested, then headed towards Mali Gori or Čavn. The path has completely changed its look after this winter, trails are unrecognizable, lots of broken and fallen trees, foresters really have a lot of work. The newly marked path to Mali Gori (new signpost 100 meters higher than the old path) is really poorly visible and when I found no more traces of the trail, I went down one gully. From Mali Gori to the starting point everything is nicely marked and passable again.

Path of mowers and rakers, very well maintained and marked.

Junction, I turned left and returned on the right.

The old path does not go to Mala Gora, I return to the main trail to the hut at Čavn.

New signpost, new path. First part marked with cairns, then help yourself as best you can, but watch out as there is not a passage to the hut everywhere.

Back on the path of mowers and rakers and returning. Enough.

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5ro3. 02. 2015 00:40:42

On Monday from Vrtovina to Kuclj. The path below was very muddy, towards the top idyll, which I waited for since Saturday, when despite the nice forecast it just wouldn't be proper weather. And although the valley was already bathing in sun in the afternoon, I caught it on Kuclj only on descent, just before sunset. No more sense about conditions, coming 3 days with snowing and strong bora, by Saturday it'll all be different...

At the summit first cold (-4), cloudy; Ajdovščina in the sun

Towards Veliki rob it was even more dramatic...

And finally I catch it, winter idyll in the sun

On the first picture still in clouds, now illuminated by the sun

Still a view of dramatic sunset and then quickly to the valley

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Kigeot30. 04. 2015 13:26:47

On the way from Stomaž to A. Bavčer hut on Čavn I spontaneously decided to go also to Kucelj, which I hadn't visited yet. And I must admit it's a fantastically beautiful peak!! If you're already wandering around Čavn, go to Kucelj, the path is gorgeous, views phenomenal! A couple of weeks ago I went from the hut to Modrasovci, which are completely uninteresting peaks. Because then I didn't know about Kucelj. Also the path across the Mali gora plateau is very nice.
Some snapshots from the path: http://potovanja-tamara.blogspot.com/2015/04/gremo-v-hribe-potep-po-cavnu-iz-stomaza.html

view from Kucelj on the walked path from the hut on Čavn

view of Kucelj, a little below the summit

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miri30. 04. 2015 14:32:03

...and so you stared into the bear's home. velik nasmeh

Nicely described.

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darinka421. 08. 2016 18:18:40

But who would've thought I'd have sun to the top of Kuclja. And then down to the car. At 17 it poured. But only up there in the hills. Didn't see any mountaineer on the top. They were afraid of rain. nasmeh