Podkraj - Vojkova koča na Nanosu

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, we take the exit Logatec and follow the road to Logatec. From the roundabout, where we reach the old road, we continue in the direction of Idrija and Tolmin. Further ahead we drive on the main road towards Idrija, and at the end of the settlement Kalce we turn left in the direction of Podkraj and Col (the crossroad is located only a few 10 meters ahead from the crossroad, where the road towards Planina and Postojna branches off to the left). From Kalce ahead, the road becomes quite winding, and we follow it to the settlement Podkraj. Here we turn left towards the center of the village and then after a short descent sharply left in the direction of Nanos. When the village ends, we get to the forest and we park at an appropriate place by the road.
B) From the highway Nova Gorica - Razdrto, we take the exit Ajdovščina, and then we follow the road towards Col and Idrija. At the beginning of Col we turn right in the direction of Podkraj and Logatec, and we follow the road to the settlement Podkraj. Here we turn right towards the center of the settlement and drive ahead past the church to the crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of Nanos. When the village ends, we get to the forest and we park at an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road which from the right already after a few minutes joins the marked path from the center of Podkraj. We continue on the road which past a smaller sign, in a gentle descent brings us to the first crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of Nanos (right Bela and Sanabor). From the crossroad ahead the road goes into a dense forest and passes from the slopes to the plateau terrain of Nanos. In the forest we soon arrive at the second crossroad, where we continue sharply right (left Bukovje). The road then for quite some time continues with some ascents and descents, to a crossroad below the 905 meters high peak Soline.
Here we continue straight in the direction of Abram (left Trška ravan, right Sanabor) and we follow the macadam road which gradually passes on mostly western slopes. When the road rises a little, it brings us to a smaller hamlet (Blažon), from where a view opens up towards the sea and in good visibility also to the Dolomites. From the hamlet, which we bypass on the right side, the road gradually starts to descend and brings us into the forest, through which we descend to a somewhat larger crossroad. Here we continue left in the direction of Abram (right Vipava) and we follow the slightly ascending road, which leads us through increasingly sparse forest, to Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu, which we reach after about 20 minutes of further walking.
From Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu, which we bypass on the left side, we continue on the road, along which already after a few 10 steps we arrive at the hunting lodge, in front of which there is a large parking lot.
From the parking lot we continue on the road in the direction of Vojkova koča and Podnanos. The gentle road quickly brings us to a smaller hamlet, where we continue on the upper left road. The road ahead leads along the edge of the forest, from where a nice view opens up on the Dolomites. Only a little further ahead the road passes into a dense forest and brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight. Through the forest we walk for a few more minutes, then the road brings us to increasingly panoramic slopes. Here we will notice signs for Vojkova koča, which direct us left onto a marked but partly somewhat overgrown footpath. After the initial ascent the path quickly levels out and brings us to the plateau terrain. A little further ahead we cross a short strip of scrub, and the path then continues for some time across extensive and partly overgrown karst meadows. A short ascent follows and the path brings us to the next road, which we follow right downhill. After a short descent we leave the road again and continue the ascent left onto a marked cart track, along which we first ascend relatively steeply, then gently. Further we ascend along the edge of the indistinct valley Ječmenovec, the path higher passes into the forest, through which it ascends to the bare saddle northwest of Laniški vrh (1236 m).
From the saddle a descent follows to the nearby road which leads to Vojkova koča, which we merely cross, and continue on the marked mountain path. The path soon turns slightly left and higher returns to the aforementioned road. On the moderately steep path, from which occasional views open up, it then continues alternately through the forest and partly on the macadam road. We follow this path all the way to Vojkova koča na Nanosu.

On the way: Blažon (913m), Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu mountain hut (900m)

Trip can be extended to: Suhi vrh (Nanos)