Hrašče - Sveti Hieronim (na Nanosu) (past the troughs)

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 junction where the road to Nanos branches off to the right. We take the mentioned road, then after the first sharp right bend we park in a suitable spot at the next small junction.
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, after which the signs for Nanos direct us sharply left onto the ascending road. We take the mentioned road, then after the first sharp right bend we park in a suitable spot at the next small junction.

Route description:
From the starting point we turn onto the side road, along which we notice signs for Nanos and the hunting lodge. We walk a few metres along the mentioned road, then the markings direct us right onto a marked footpath that begins to ascend through the forest. A little higher we cross the asphalt road; when we step onto it the 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 we are ascending on gradually bends to the 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 along the road - path across 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 ascend moderately for a short while longer, then reach the already repeatedly 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 bend, 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 bend, then the markings direct us right onto a footpath along 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 already visible from afar. Slightly 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, yet orientationally not particularly demanding. Higher up the path leads us out of the forest and after a break in slope lies completely flat. Here we continue straight along a barely visible track, which after 2 minutes of further walking joins 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 onward 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 to the right of the road and begins to ascend 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 down. The path ahead becomes slightly steeper still and after a few more minutes of walking leads us to the church of St. Hieronymus already visible from afar.

Hrašče - Rebrnice 0:25, Rebrnice - Korito 0:20, Korito - Pod lovsko kočo 0:25, Pod lovsko kočo - lovska koča Vojkovo 0:20, lovska koča Vojkovo - sv. Hieronim 1:15.

Along the route: Rebrnice (374m), Korito (505m), Pod lovsko kočo (678m), Eko koča Nanos (Lovska koča Vojkovo) (805m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Grmada (Nanos), Vojkova koča na Nanosu, Suhi vrh (Nanos)

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