Hrašče - Sveti Hieronim (via Brižnik)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the Razdrto exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Nova Gorica. After Razdrto, the road starts descending more steeply, and we follow it to the junction where the road towards Nanos branches off to the right. We turn onto the mentioned road, where after the first sharp right turn we park in a suitable place by the next smaller junction.
B) From the expressway Nova Gorica - Razdrto, 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 an ascending road. We turn onto the mentioned road, where after the first sharp right turn we park in a suitable place by the next smaller junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto a side road where we notice signs for Nanos and the hunting cottage. We walk a few metres along the mentioned road, then the blazes direct us right onto a marked footpath that begins 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 start 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 turning right onto a marked path that higher returns to the road.
When we step onto the road again, we follow it right (straight along the footpath - path past the troughs), walking along it for some time. Higher up, a path branches right and down towards the village of Lozice; a little higher still, we continue left onto a footpath that soon crosses the road we have just left. Just a few steps higher, we reach a wide cart track and follow it right. At junctions, we follow the cart track in the direction indicated by the blazes; higher up it turns into a wide footpath. A few more minutes of ascent follow, bringing us to a junction where the path from Lozice joins.
Here we continue left towards the hunting cottage; a relatively wide path leads us in numerous zigzags across ever steeper slopes. The relatively steep path occasionally takes us across quite panoramic slopes from which we get a fine view of the Vipava Hills. Higher up we reach 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 towards "Strmec" (left down to Podnanos, straight to hunting cottage Vojkovo).
The path ahead becomes quite steep and much less trodden but not particularly demanding for orientation. Higher up, the path leads us out of the forest and flattens out completely after the break in slope. Here we continue straight along a barely noticeable pathlet, joining the well-trodden marked path from hunting cottage Vojkovo to Vojkova koča na Nanosu after 2 minutes more walking.
When we reach this path, we follow it right (left to hunting cottage 10 minutes); it leads us on across grassy slopes occasionally overgrown with scrub and individual pines. The easy, scarcely ascending path briefly joins the road but leaves it after just a few steps. The path then pulls further right away from the road and begins to ascend gently across the increasingly panoramic slopes of Nanos. Here an unmarked path joins us from the right, which had branched off right a little lower down. The path ahead becomes a little steeper and after a few more minutes of walking brings us to the church of St. Jerome, already visible from afar.

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