Hrašče - Grmada (Nanos) (via Brižnik)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, we take the Razdrto exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Nova Gorica. After Razdrto the road starts to descend more steeply, and we follow it to the intersection where the road to Nanos branches off to the right. We take the mentioned road, then after the first sharp right turn we park in a suitable spot at the next small intersection.
b) From the Nova Gorica - Razdrto expressway, we take the Vipava exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Razdrto; we drive on it for only a few kilometres, then the signs for Nanos direct us sharply left onto the ascending road. We take the mentioned road, then after the first sharp right turn we park in a suitable spot at the next small intersection.

Route description:
From the starting point we turn onto a side road, along which we notice signs for Nanos and the hunting lodge. We walk a few metres on the mentioned road, then the markings direct us right onto a marked footpath that starts ascending through the forest. A little higher we cross the asphalt road; when we step onto it the second time, we continue on it across the expressway. On the other side of the expressway, which we cross right at the beginning of the tunnel, the road we are ascending on gradually turns right. We walk on asphalt to the end of the next switchback, then turn right onto a marked trail that higher up returns to the road.
When we step onto the road again we merely cross it (right continue on the road - path via Brižnik) and continue ascending through low forest. Higher up the path leads us to an intermittent spring, beside which there is a small vine. From the vine we continue ascending moderately for a short time, then reach the already frequently mentioned asphalt road, which we follow to the left. With occasional views of the Vipava hills and surroundings, the road leads us to the troughs and a sharp right turn, in the middle of which the path from Vipava joins from the left and another path from Podnanos.
Here we continue right and follow the road to the next turn, then the markings direct us right onto a footpath on which we ascend somewhat more steeply. The well-marked path higher up returns to the road and leaves it again after a few minutes; a little higher it crosses it once more. The path ahead leads us past a large chapel that is visible from afar. Somewhat above the chapel we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right uphill towards Vojkova koča past Strmec (left hunting lodge Vojkovo, right downhill Lozice).
The path ahead becomes quite steep and considerably less trodden, but orientationally not particularly demanding. Higher up the path leads us out of the forest and after a break completely levels out. Here we continue straight on a barely visible trail, on which after 2 minutes of further walking we join the well-trodden and marked path hunting lodge Vojkovo - Vojkova koča on Nanos.
When we reach the mentioned path we follow it to the right (left hunting lodge 10 minutes); it then leads us further across grassy slopes occasionally overgrown with shrubs and individual pines. The easy and barely ascending path then joins the road for a short time but leaves it again after a few steps. The path then moves a little further right from the road and starts ascending moderately across the increasingly scenic slopes of Nanos. Here an unmarked path joins from the right, which branched off to the right a little lower. The path ahead becomes slightly steeper and after a few minutes of further walking leads us to the church of St. Hieronymus visible from afar.
From the church we continue slightly right on the path, to which a gentle path from Razdrto joins from the right a little higher. We continue towards Vojkova koča on the path that after only a few steps leads us to a less noticeable junction, where an unmarked path to Grmada branches off to the left.
We take the mentioned, initially less visible trail that ascends more steeply and soon leads us to a forest road, which we merely cross. We continue the ascent on a relatively steep path that climbs across an increasingly scenic grassy slope. Higher up the path levels out somewhat, turns right and gradually passes onto an indistinct ridge, on which after a few minutes of further walking we reach the summit of Grmada.

Hrašče - Rebrnice 0:25, Rebrnice - Korito 0:20, Korito - Pod lovsko kočo 0:25, Pod lovsko kočo - razpotje vzhodno od lovske koče Vojkovo 0:20, razpotje vzhodno od lovske koče Vojkovo - sv. Hieronim 1:05, sv. Hieronim - Grmada 0:30.

Along the route: Sveti Hieronim (374m), Korito (505m), Pod lovsko kočo (678m), Sveti Hieronim (na Nanosu) (1020m), Razpotje za sv. Hieronimom (1057m)

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