Jamce - Sinji vrh (eastern path via Škraplje)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Ajdovščina, then we continue driving towards Col. After a short ascent, Ajdovščina ends, and we ascend diagonally further on the road which rises above the Vipava Valley. About 50 meters before the road sign 5 km, we will notice a suitable place on the right side of the road where we can park.
B) From Godovič or Kalc pri Logatcu we drive to Col, and from there we continue driving towards Ajdovščina. At the road sign 5 km the described footpath starts, and we park about 50 meters ahead on an appropriate place on the opposite side of the road.

Route description:
At the road sign 5 km we notice the beginning of the cart track which branches off uphill from the main road. The path initially runs along the cart track, then before a small torrent stream a forest path branches off to the right, which after a few steps turns left and crosses the already mentioned intermittent spring. On the other side the path ascends somewhat more steeply, and from the left a somewhat wider path joins us. We continue slightly to the right on the path which quickly brings us out of the forest onto a somewhat larger clearing, where the path partly disappears. Across the clearing we continue straight uphill, then when the path returns to the forest it becomes again easy to follow and clearly visible. In the forest the path turns slightly to the left and returns to the cart track, along which in a few minutes we reach the place where we join another, somewhat better trodden cart track, where another path from the main road Ajdovščina - Col joins us.
We continue straight, then on a smaller flattening slightly right onto a gently ascending cart track, from which we soon turn right onto a gradually steeper path (at this junction we can also continue straight on the less steep path). A few minutes of steeper path follow, then we join the marked path from Ajdovščina.
We continue right, at the nearby marked junction again right in the direction of Podrta gora. The path ahead ascends in a few hairpin turns to the cliffs of Podrta gora, where it turns right, then brings us with nice views of the Vipava Valley to the logbook box and stamp of Podrta gora.
From the logbook box we continue along the marked path which brings us into a small valley and to the nearby marked junction, where we continue left in the direction of the path along the edge (right Kovk along the path along the edge). We continue along the edge of the plateau on or along the ridge of Podrta gora. From the highest point of Podrta gora a short descent follows and the path brings us into a small valley, where at a poorly marked junction the next logbook box is located, attached near the plague monument.
Before the monument we continue right (straight marked path along the edge, also Sinji vrh via Črne stene) in the direction of Sinji vrh, then immediately behind the monument left onto a trodden but further unmarked path. A short gentle transverse descent follows, then we arrive at a somewhat larger meadow where the path disappears. Across the meadow we continue transversely to the right, where we quickly reach an abandoned house. Just before the house we cross the road, but we continue to the yard of the house, thus bypassing the house on the right side. Behind the house we step onto the road along which we continue the path, and it begins to turn left. After a few minutes we reach a wider macadam road along which the marked path via Angelska gora runs, and we follow it right (left Sinji vrh western path). Soon the road becomes asphalt and leads us past a few houses. A few minutes of moderate ascent follow, then we reach the main road Col - Predmeja.
We continue left in the direction of Predmeja along the road which first leads past the NOB monument, a few 10 meters further also past the chapel. Behind the chapel the road ascends more visibly and passes into the forest. Higher up the road flattens, turns left and brings us to the natural feature namely the karst pavement by the path, as reminded by the information board. A short descent follows, then the signs for the path via Angelska gora direct us slightly left onto the path continuing through the forest. At the few smaller junctions that follow, we carefully follow the signs for the path via Angelska gora (yellow-orange suns). After a few minutes of gentle to moderate ascent the path temporarily ascends more steeply and brings us out of the forest onto panoramic grassy slopes below Sinji vrh. Here the path continues slightly to the right and with ever better views towards the Trnovski gozd plateau quickly brings us to the panoramic summit where a small concrete cross is located.
From the summit we can descend to the nearby pension Sinji vrh in 3 minutes.
Starting point - Podrta gora 1:20, Podrta gora - Sinji vrh 1:35.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (April).

Along the route: Podrta gora nad Ajdovščino (827m)

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