Ozeljan - Sekulak

Access to starting point:
A) From the Vipava highway, take the Vogrsko exit, then continue driving in the direction of Tolmin and Ozeljan. When we reach the old road Ajdovščina - Nova Gorica, at the traffic-light intersection continue right towards Ajdovščina. When we arrive in Ozeljan, in the hamlet Otava continue left on a somewhat narrower road which leads us among houses. After a few hundred meters we arrive at a smaller crossroad by Zavarovalnica Triglav, Pošta Slovenije and Ozlinka, continue straight and park on the parking lot by the ecological island. We can also park on the approximately 100 meters distant parking lot by the cemetery, which is located left from the mentioned crossroad.
B) From Nova Gorica on the old road we drive towards Ajdovščina, then at the hamlet Tri Hiše (the hamlet is located at the traffic-light crossroad, where the road towards the settlement Vogrsko branches off to the right) continue straight. When we arrive in Ozeljan, in the hamlet Otava continue left on a somewhat narrower road which leads us among houses. After a few hundred meters we arrive at a smaller crossroad by Zavarovalnica Triglav, Pošta Slovenije and Ozlinka, continue straight and park on the parking lot by the ecological island. We can also park on the approximately 100 meters distant parking lot by the cemetery, which is located left from the mentioned crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue towards the east (in the direction described to the starting point from the crossroad where we parked right), where the path leads past the company Konem Color, then we arrive at a crossroad where we continue left (right Lepenje) on an ascending asphalt road. The road further leads past a few more houses, then in the next few crossroads we continue on the "main" road. When higher, near the hamlet Opade, we arrive at a crossroad, then we continue straight upwards on a macadam road, by which there is a traffic sign that "tells" us that we will continue the path on the firebreak. We continue on the macadam road, which ascends gently to moderately, from it occasionally some views open towards the surrounding hills. Higher, at the next sign for the firebreak, we continue straight or slightly right. A few 10 steps ahead the road starts to descend, but we at this spot continue left on a cart track that ascends to a marked junction.
From the junction we go right (left Vodice), then quickly reach the next poorer macadam road, where we reach the path from Vitovlje (path from Križišče).
We reach the mentioned road at the 7th station of the Way of the Cross, and we ascend along the road through the forest. At the left bend a few minutes away, a nice view temporarily opens on Vitovski hrib, and we follow the road to the next junction, which is located a little before the 12th station of the Way of the Cross.
From the mentioned junction we continue left in the direction of Kopitnik, Čavna and Veliki Rob (straight Vitovski hrib - 5 minutes) and continue the path on a narrower cart track. A few minutes further we arrive at the next junction, where we continue in the direction of Čavna and Krnic (left Skozno, sharply right sv. Lucija).
Further the gentle Napoleon path soon brings us to the steep cliffs of Visoki zid. A wide path further leads us over the artificially carved panoramic ledge (danger of falling rocks), after which the path returns to the forest and brings us to the place where the path to Kopitnik branches off to the left.
We continue slightly right in the direction of Čavna and Sekulak on a somewhat narrower path, which first through some smaller clearings brings us to a steeper part. The path further ascends more steeply and brings us only somewhat higher to the next junction, where we continue right in the direction of the vantage point (left Kopitnik). We continue the ascent on a gentle path, which brings us in 5 minutes of further walking to the vantage point Sekulak, from which a view opens on a larger part of the Vipava valley.

Trip can be extended to: Kopitnik , Hunting cottage below Čaven , Čaven (1 h) , Veliki Rob (1 h 30 min)