Col - Špiček (Špečk)

Access to starting point:
A) From the expressway Razdrto - Nova Gorica, we take the Ajdovščina exit, then continue driving in the direction of Col and Idrija. When we arrive at Col, we turn left towards Predmeja and then, after a few meters, right onto the parking lot opposite the parish church in Col. We can also park on the parking lot by the nearby sports field.
B) We drive to Logatec, and from there continue driving towards Idrija. At the end of the settlement Kalce, we turn left in the direction of Podkraj and Col, then on a somewhat more winding road we first arrive at Podkraj, and then on a somewhat flatter road to Col. In Col, where we join the road from Ajdovščina, we continue right, and after about 10 meters left in the direction of Predmeja. Towards Predmeja we drive only a few meters, because immediately after the intersection we turn right onto the parking lot opposite the church of St. Lenart.
C) We drive to Idrija, and then continue driving towards Logatec. When we arrive at Godovič, we leave the main road towards Logatec and continue driving right in the direction of Črni Vrh, Col and Ajdovščina. When we arrive at Col, we turn right towards Otlica and Predmeja and then once again right onto the nearby parking lot opposite the church.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the main road Ajdovščina - Godovič, and then walk along it towards Godovič and Črni Vrh. Soon a narrower road towards Vodice branches off to the right, on which a marked path towards Javornik continues, but we continue along the main road. The path ahead leads us past the CPG road base, and behind it brings us to a smaller intersection, where a poorer road branches off left downwards, on which the path to Križna gora and Špiček via Križna gora leads.
From here we continue on the main road, which leads us past a sign that we notice on the right side, then behind one house we notice the mountaineering markers for Križ and Špečk, which direct us left into the forest (to here we need approximately 15 minutes).
At the signposts, we leave the asphalt road and continue the path first through the forest with lush undergrowth, then cross a cart track and continue the ascent on a moderately steep path, which a little further leads under the power line. The path continues through partly pine forest, higher it crosses yet another wider cart track. A few minutes of somewhat steeper path follow, then the forest begins to thin. At first, the view opens only towards nearby Hrušica and Nanos, higher, as the forest thins, also towards more distant hills and hillocks. On the blooming hay meadows in spring and summer time, the path turns right and then ascends diagonally towards the ridge, which is covered with forest. A few minutes higher, the path takes us into a strip of forest, where it steeply ascends for a short time, then continues the diagonal ascent towards the summit of Špiček, which lasts until we reach the top, from which a nice view opens, reaching from the hills rising above the Vipava Valley to the highest peaks of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps.

Trip can be extended to: Križna gora above Col ( 15 min)