Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu - Suhi vrh (Nanos) (steep path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we go to the exit Razdrto and continue driving on the old road through Razdrto towards Vipava valley. After a few kilometers of descent on a fairly winding road, we will get to a crossroad, where a road towards Nanos branches off to the right. We go on the mentioned road, which starts ascending steeper. When higher up the road flattens and turns from a steep slope onto a plateau, we will get to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Abram. Also in all the next crossroads we follow the road towards Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu. We park on a large parking lot by the nearby hunting lodge.
B) From the fast road Nova Gorica - Razdrto, we go to the exit Vipava and we follow the road ahead towards Podnanos. From Podnanos we continue driving on the old road towards Razdrto. Soon, we come to a crossroad, where the road towards Nanos branches off sharply to the left. We go on the mentioned road, which starts ascending steeper. When higher up the road flattens and turns from a steep slope onto a plateau, we will get to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Abram. Also in all the next crossroads we follow the road towards Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu. We park on a large parking lot by the nearby hunting lodge.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road in the direction of Vojkova koča and Podnanos. The gentle road quickly brings us to a smaller hamlet, where we continue on the upper left road. The road ahead leads along the edge of the forest, from where a nice view opens up on the Dolomites. Only a little further ahead, the road passes into a dense forest and brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight. Through the forest we walk for a few minutes, then the road brings us to increasingly panoramic slopes. Here we will notice signs for Vojkova koča, which direct us left onto a marked but partly somewhat overgrown footpath. After the initial ascent the path quickly flattens and brings us to plateau-like terrain. A little further, we cross a short strip of bushes, and the path then continues for some time across expansive and partly overgrown karst meadows. A short ascent follows and the path brings us to the next road, which we follow right downhill. After a short descent, we leave the road again and continue the ascent to the left on a marked cart track along which we ascend first relatively steeply, then gently. Further on we ascend along the edge of the indistinct Ječmenovec valley; higher up the path enters the forest through which it climbs to the bare saddle northwest of Laniški vrh (1236 m).
From the saddle a descent follows to the nearby road leading to Vojkova koča, which we merely cross, continuing on the marked hiking path. The path soon turns slightly left and higher up returns to the mentioned road. A moderately steep path from which we occasionally get some views alternates between forest and macadam road sections. We follow this path all the way to Vojkova koča na Nanosu.
From the hut we continue on the marked path towards Suhi vrh. The path first crosses the meadow behind the hut, then ascends briefly. Some walking follows with short descents and ascents to a panoramic grassy slope. The path then returns to the forest and starts to descend more steeply. After a few minutes of descent we reach a marked junction where we continue left towards Suhi vrh (straight down to Strane). After a few more minutes of walking we step onto a forest road which soon brings us to the hunting lodge.
We continue the ascent on the forest road for a while longer, then signs for Suhi vrh - steep path (strma pot) direct us right downhill (straight ahead on the road is the easy path). The path first descends steeply to the bottom of the hollow, then steeply ascends through the forest. After a few minutes of steep ascent the path brings us to the emergency bivouac (old military trench) after which the path flattens slightly. Only a short ascent remains and the path brings us to the panoramic Suhi vrh.

On the way: Vojkova koča na Nanosu mountain hut (1240m)