Kozarnice - Srednji Golak (via Mali Golak)

Access to starting point:
A) From central Slovenia we first drive to Logatec, then continue driving in the direction of Idrija. At Kalcah 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 the end of Predmeja we turn right towards Lokvam (left downwards Ajdovščina), and we follow the main road a little less than 2 km, or to the signpost for Golake, which directs us right onto the forest road. Initially still asphalted road soon becomes macadam, and at the first crossroad we follow it straight, at the second to the right and then we drive approximately 100 m to a parking lot at the end of the drivable road.
B) From the expressway Razdrto - Nova Gorica we take the exit Ajdovščina 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 crossroad, where from the right a road from Col joins, and we continue straight and follow the main road a little less than 2 km, or to the signpost for Golake, which directs us right onto the forest road. Initially still asphalted road soon becomes macadam, and at the first crossroad we follow it straight, at the second to the right and then we drive approximately 100 m to a parking lot at the end of the drivable road.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a wider cart track which starts ascending steeper through the forest. The forest soon thins out, and along the path we notice a spruce of unusual shape, which quite resembles the so-called columnar spruce. We continue on the relatively gentle cart track ahead, which a few minutes higher joins the macadam road, which we follow to the right. We walk along the road to the first crossroad, from where we continue straight on the marked footpath, on which in 5 minutes of further walking we arrive at Iztokova koča pod Golaki.
We bypass the hut on the right side and continue the ascent in the direction of Mali Golak, to which we have about 40 minutes of walking left. The path ahead ascends through the forest, then at the information board and small chapel it splits into two parts. We can continue straight on the steep path or left on the gentler one. Both paths join after about 10 minutes into one, which then turns somewhat more to the right, where it ascends steeply. A short steep ascent follows and the path brings us to the forested ridge, where the path from Predmeja joins from the right. We continue straight 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 from the forest into the belt of dwarf pines, through which we ascend to the summit of Mali Golak in a few minutes.
From Mali Golak we continue ahead on the marked path in the direction of Idrija. The path starts descending through the forest, which is locally quite overgrown. After 15 minutes of descent the path starts ascending again. The path ascends along the ridge and partly a little below it. Locally some nice views open up. The path soon reaches the partially vegetated subpeak of Srednji Golak. A shorter descent through dwarf pines follows, then a short ascent further through dwarf pines and sparse forest. When we now reach the highest point we are on Srednji Golak.
Starting point - Iztokova koča 25 minutes, Iztokova koča - Mali Golak 40 minutes, Mali Golak - Srednji Golak 45 minutes.

On the way: Iztokova koča pod Golaki mountain hut (1260m), Mali Golak (1495m)