Kozarnice - Srednji Golak (via 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 (the left downhill 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. The initially asphalted road soon becomes a gravel road. 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. The initially asphalted road soon becomes a gravel road. 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 track that begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The forest soon thins out, and along the way we notice a spruce of unusual shape that greatly resembles the so-called columnar spruce. We continue along the relatively gentle track ahead, which a few minutes higher joins a gravel road, which we then follow to the right. We walk along the road to the first intersection, from where we continue straight along the marked footpath, which in 5 minutes of further walking brings us to Iztokova koča pod Golaki.
We bypass the hut on the right side and continue the ascent in the direction of Mali Golak, which is still about 40 minutes of walking away. The path ahead ascends through the forest, then at an information board and a small chapel it splits into two parts. We can continue straight along the steep path or left along the gentle path. Both paths merge into one after about 10 minutes, which then turns somewhat more to the right, where it ascends steeply. A short steep ascent follows and the path brings us to 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 located west of the main summit. 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.
From Mali Golak we continue along the marked path in the direction of Idrija. The path begins to descend through the forest, which is in places quite overgrown. After 15 minutes of descent the path begins to ascend again. The path ascends along the ridge and partly slightly below it. In places a few beautiful views open up. The path soon reaches the partially overgrown pre-summit of Srednji Golak. A short 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 at Srednji Golak.
Starting point - Iztokova koča 25 minutes, Iztokova koča - Mali Golak 40 minutes, Mali Golak - Srednji Golak 45 minutes.

Along the route: Iztokova koča pod Golaki (1260m), Mali Golak (1495m)

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