Hrašče - Vojkova koča na Nanosu (via Brižnik)

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

Path description:
From the starting point, head onto the side road where we notice signs for Nanos and the hunting hut. We walk a few metres 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 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 turn right onto a marked trail that higher up returns to the road.
When we step back onto the road, follow it right (straight along the footpath - path past the korita), walking along it for a while. Higher up, a path branches off right and downwards towards the village of Lozice; a little higher still, continue left onto a footpath that soon crosses the road we have just left. A few steps higher, step onto a wide cart track and follow it right. At junctions, 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, and the path brings us to a junction where the path from Lozice joins.
Here continue left towards the hunting hut; a relatively wide path leads 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 towards the Vipava Hills. Higher up we reach a slightly more demanding section where the otherwise wide path ascends transversely 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 hut Vojkovo).
The path ahead becomes quite steep and much less trodden, but not particularly demanding for orientation. Higher up the path takes us out of the forest and levels out completely after the slope break. Here continue straight along a barely noticeable little trail, along which in 2 minutes of further walking we join the well-trodden and marked path from hunting hut Vojkovo to Vojkova koča na Nanosu.
When we reach the mentioned path, follow it right (left to hunting hut 10 minutes); it then leads 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 pulls away from the road a little further right and begins to ascend moderately across the increasingly panoramic slopes of Nanos. Here an unmarked path joins from the right, which had branched off right a little lower down. The path ahead becomes a little steeper still, and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the church of St. Hieronimus already visible from afar.
From the church continue slightly right along the path, to which a little higher a level path from Razdrto joins from the right. Continue towards Vojkova koča along the path, which after a few steps brings us to a less obvious junction where an unmarked path to Grmada branches left. Continue slightly right along the marked path, which for quite some time ascends parallel to the road. The path then pulls away from the road a little further right and passes onto the panoramic north-western rim of Nanos. Here the so-called Janezova pot joins almost imperceptibly from the right; we continue straight along the wide trail leading towards the transmitters on Nanos. Just before the transmitters the path turns left, descends into a belt of forest and then past the monument to Janko Premrl Vojko brings us to Vojkova koča na Nanosu.

On the way: Sveti Hieronim (1020m)

Trip can be extended to: Suhi vrh (Nanos)