Kozarnice - Mali Golak

Access to starting point:
a) From central Slovenia we first drive to Logatec, from where we continue towards Idrija. At Kalce we turn left towards Col and continue driving along the winding road. At Col we turn right and after 100 meters left in the direction of Predmeja. From here we drive along an occasionally somewhat narrower and winding road to Predmeja. At the end of the settlement we turn right towards Lokve (left downhill, the road leads to Ajdovščina), and we follow the main road for another less than two kilometers to the sign for Golaki, which directs us right onto a forest road. Initially asphalted, the road soon becomes gravel. At the first intersection we drive straight, at the second we turn right, then we drive for about another 100 meters to the parking lot at the end of the drivable road.
b) From the Razdrto–Nova Gorica highway we head to the Ajdovščina exit and continue towards the village of Lokavec. We can reach Lokavec through the center of Ajdovščina or via the old Ajdovščina–Nova Gorica road, where in the settlement Cesta we turn right. From Lokavec we continue along the ascending winding road towards Predmeja. When the road levels out, we reach an intersection where the road from Col joins from the right. We continue straight and follow the main road for another less than two kilometers to the sign for Golaki, which directs us right onto a forest road. Initially asphalted, the road soon becomes gravel. At the first intersection we drive straight, at the second we turn right, then we drive for about another 100 meters to the parking lot at the end of the drivable road.

Route description:
From the parking lot we continue along a wider cart track that begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The forest soon thins out, and along the path stands a solitary spruce of unusual shape that strongly resembles the so-called columnar spruce. We continue along a relatively gentle cart track that a few minutes higher joins a gravel road. We follow it to the right and walk to the first intersection, from where we continue straight along the marked footpath. After five minutes of further walking we reach Iztok's hut under Golaki.
We bypass the hut on the right side and continue the ascent towards Mali Golak, which is still about 40 minutes of walking away. The path ascends through the forest, then at a junction by an information board and a small shrine (chapel) it splits in two directions. We can continue straight on the steep path or left on the gentler one. Both variants merge again after about 10 minutes. The path then turns slightly to the right and ascends steeply. After this short steep section we reach a forested ridge where the path from Predmeja joins from the right. We continue straight and follow the moderately steep path to a small saddle west of the main summit. Here we turn right; the path quickly leads 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.

Along the route: Iztokova koča pod Golaki (1260m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Srednji Golak ( 45 min)

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