Hrašče - Grmada (Nanos) (via Brižnik)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the exit Razdrto, and 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 junction, where the road towards Nanos branches off to the right. We head onto the mentioned road, where after the first sharp right turn we park in a suitable spot by the next smaller junction.
B) From the expressway Nova Gorica - Razdrto, we take the exit Vipava, and then continue driving on the old road towards Razdrto, where we drive only a few kilometers, and then the signs for Nanos direct us sharply left onto an ascending road. We head onto the mentioned road, where after the first sharp right turn we park in a suitable spot by the next smaller junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto a side road, along which we notice signs for Nanos and the hunting cottage. We walk a few meters along the mentioned road, then the blazes direct us right onto a marked footpath that starts to ascend through the forest. A little higher we cross an asphalt road; when we step onto it a second time, we continue along it across the expressway. On the other side of the expressway, which we cross right at the beginning of the tunnel, the road up which we are ascending gradually turns right. We walk along the asphalt to the end of the next hairpin bend, from there we head right onto a marked path that higher returns to the road.
When we step back onto the road, we follow it right (straight along the footpath - path past the korita), and we walk along it for some time. Higher, the path to the village Lozice branches off right and downwards; only a little higher we continue left onto a footpath that soon crosses the road we just left. Just a few steps higher we step onto a wide cart track and follow it right. At junctions we follow the cart track in the direction indicated by the blazes; higher it turns into a wide footpath. A few more minutes of ascent follow, and the path brings us to a junction where the path from Lozice joins us.
Here we continue left towards the hunting cottage; a relatively wide path leads us in numerous zigzags across increasingly steep slopes. The relatively steep path occasionally takes us across quite panoramic slopes from which a nice view opens towards the Vipava Hills. Higher we arrive at a somewhat more demanding section where the otherwise wide path ascends across a short exposed slope (danger of slipping especially in snow and ice). Above the exposed traverse we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue sharply right in the direction of "Strmec" (left down to Podnanos, straight to hunting cottage Vojkovo).
Ahead the path becomes quite steep and much less trodden, but not particularly demanding for orientation. Higher the path takes us out of the forest and flattens out completely after the slope break. Here we continue straight along a barely noticeable path, along which after 2 minutes of further walking we join the well-trodden and marked path hunting cottage Vojkovo - Vojkova koča na Nanosu.
When we reach the mentioned path we follow it right (left to hunting cottage 10 minutes); it then leads us across grassy slopes occasionally overgrown with bushes and individual pines. The easy and barely ascending path briefly joins the road but leaves it after just a few steps. The path then moves a bit further right from the road and begins to ascend moderately across increasingly panoramic slopes of Nanos. Here an unmarked path joins us from the right, which branched off right a little lower. Ahead the path becomes a little steeper and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the church of St. Hieronimus, visible from afar.
From the church we continue slightly right along the path, to which a little higher a level path from Razdrto joins from the right. We continue towards Vojkova koča along the path, which after just a few steps brings us to a less noticeable junction where an unmarked path to Grmada branches off left.
We head onto the mentioned unmarked and somewhat less visible path, which ascends a bit more steeply and soon brings us to a forest road, which we merely cross. We continue the ascent along a relatively steep path ascending across an increasingly panoramic grassy slope. Higher the path levels out somewhat and turns right, gradually transitioning to an indistinct ridge, along which after a few minutes of further walking we climb to the summit of Grmada.

On the way: Sveti Hieronim (1020m)