Hrašče - Sveti Hieronim (past troughs)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we go to the Razdrto exit, and then we continue driving on the old road towards Nova Gorica. After Razdrto the road starts steeply descending, and we follow it to a crossroad, where the road towards Nanos branches off to the right. We go on the mentioned road, where after the first sharp right turn we park at an appropriate place by the next smaller crossroad.
B) From the expressway Nova Gorica - Razdrto, we go to the Vipava exit, and then we continue driving on the old road towards Razdrto, but we drive on it only a few kilometers, then signs for Nanos point us sharply left onto an ascending road. We go on the mentioned road, where after the first sharp right turn we park at an appropriate place by the next smaller crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a side road, by which we notice signs for Nanos and hunting cottage. We walk some meters on the mentioned road, and then blazes point us to the right onto a marked footpath which starts ascending through the forest. A little higher we cross the asphalt road, when we step on it a second time, we continue across the highway. On the other side of the highway, which we cross right at the beginning of the tunnel, the road on which we are ascending gradually turns to the right. On the asphalt we walk to the end of the next hairpin turn, and from there we go right on a marked footpath which higher returns to the road.
When we again step on the road we only cross it (right further on the road - path over Brižnik) and further we ascend through the low forest. Higher, the path brings us to an intermittent spring, by which there is a smaller vine. From the vine we moderately ascend for a short time, and then we reach the already several times mentioned asphalt road which we follow to the left. With occasional views on Vipavska brda and surroundings, the road brings us to the troughs (korita) and sharp right turn, in the middle of which from the left joins the path from Vipava and another path from Podnanos.
Here we continue right and to the next turn we continue on the road, and then blazes point us to the right on a footpath, on which we ascend a little more steeply. A well-marked path higher returns to the road and after a few minutes again leaves it, and even a little higher it once again crosses it. The path ahead leads us past a big chapel, which is visible from afar. A little above the chapel we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right upwards in the direction of Vojkova koča past Strmec (left hunting cottage Vojkovo, right downwards Lozice).
The path ahead becomes quite steep and much less beaten, but orientationally not particularly demanding. Higher, the path brings us out of the forest and after the slope break it flattens out completely. Here we continue straight on a barely visible path, on which in 2 minutes of further walking we join the well-beaten and marked path hunting cottage Vojkovo - Vojkova koča on Nanos.
When we reach the mentioned path we follow it to the right (left hunting cottage 10 minutes), which further leads us over grassy slopes which are occasionally overgrown with bushes and individual pines. The easy and barely ascending path then briefly joins the road, but leaves it after just a few steps. The path then moves away from the road a little further to the right and begins to ascend moderately over the increasingly panoramic slopes of Nanos. Here an unmarked path joins us from the right, which branched off to the right a little lower. The path ahead becomes a little steeper and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the church of St. Jerome, which is visible from afar.

Trip can be extended to: Grmada (Nanos) , Vojkova koča na Nanosu , Suhi vrh (Nanos)