Koča Edmunda Čibeja v Tihi dolini - Mali Golak

Access to starting point:
A) From central Slovenia, we first drive to Logatec, then continue driving in the direction of Idrija. At Kalce near Logatec, we turn left in the direction of Col, then continue driving on a winding road towards Col. At Col, we turn right and then after 100 m left in the direction of Predmeja. Further, we drive on an occasionally somewhat narrower and also partly still winding road to Predmeja. At Predmeja, we will notice signs for the sports park Tiha dolina, which direct us right onto a narrower asphalt road. We follow the mentioned road, which ascends past a few houses, to the parking lot by the mentioned sports park, where the Planinska koča Edmunda Čibeja v Tihi dolini is also located nearby.
B) From the expressway Razdrto - Nova Gorica, we take the Ajdovščina exit and follow the road ahead towards the village Lokavec (to Lokavec we come from the center of Ajdovščina, or from the old road Ajdovščina - Nova Gorica, where at the settlement Cesta we turn right). From Lokavec, we continue driving on an ascending winding road in the direction of Predmeja. When the road flattens a little, we come to a crossroads, where we continue right towards Predmeja and Col. On the road towards Col, we drive a few hundred meters, then signs for the sports park Tiha dolina direct us left onto a somewhat narrower asphalt road. We follow the mentioned road, which ascends past a few houses, to the parking lot by the mentioned sports park, where the Planinska koča Edmunda Čibeja v Tihi dolini is also located nearby.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the sports park, we continue on the road in the direction of Korenina. After a short ascent, the road brings us to a smaller crossroads, where we continue sharply left (direction Korenina). The road quickly brings us out of the forest, and we follow it with nice views of the landscape to Korenina, or the last house in the hamlet.
We continue the ascent on a marked cart track in the direction of Golaki. The cart track continues through the forest, through which it occasionally ascends more steeply. The path higher flattens entirely for a short time, then gradually begins to ascend moderately. Higher, we cross a forest road, and when we step onto it a second time, we follow it briefly to the left. After a few 10 meters of walking on the road, the blazes direct us right onto a marked footpath, which continues gently to moderately ascending through the forest. A little further, we step onto a larger clearing, at the edge of which there is an information board.
We continue on the marked path, which continues on the left side of the board (left on the road to Iztokova koča, slightly right across the larger clearing to Srednji Golak on an unmarked path) and returns to the forest. The path ahead continues moderately ascending through the forest for some time, then temporarily brings us to an indistinct ridge, from which it begins to descend transversely. After a short descent, the path flattens and brings us to the edge of a mighty sinkhole. We bypass the sinkhole on the left side and continue the ascent on the path, which returns to the forest. The path ahead ascends more steeply and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to an unmarked junction by a larger cairn.
Here we continue on the left marked but less trodden path (the right path also leads to Golaki). The path ahead crosses the slopes to the left, mostly moderately ascending except for a few shorter descents. Higher, the path turns somewhat more to the right and after a few minutes of further walking joins the path from Iztokova koča.
Here we continue right and follow the moderately steep path to a smaller saddle located west of the main peak. Here we continue right and the path quickly brings us out of the forest into a belt of dwarf pines, through which we ascend to the summit of Mali Golak in a few minutes.

Trip can be extended to: Srednji Golak