Volče - Vremščica

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Postojna and we follow the road ahead towards Pivka and Ilirska Bistrica. Soon after the park of military history in Pivka, the road branches off to the right towards villages Kal, Neverke, Volče and Divača. We go on the mentioned road which we follow further in the direction of Divača. After a few kilometers of driving, we will get to a crossroad, where a narrower road branches off to the right towards the village Volče. Here we turn right and then we park on an appropriate place near the signposts for Vremščica.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a relatively rough macadam road, and it quickly brings us to the upper parking lot. We continue the ascent on the left side of the water catchment, on a marked footpath which passes into a mostly pine forest. Ahead we are relatively gently ascending through a pine grove on the path, from which occasionally a view opens up. The path ahead passes onto the main and initially still forest-covered ridge of Vremščica, on and alongside which we then ascend for quite some time. After a good hour of walking, we step out of the forest and from the path nice views start opening up on Snežnik, Slavnik and Nanos. Higher, we cross a short lane of bushes, behind which we notice the new church of St. Urban. After the church, we again step out of the forest onto ample grassy slopes of Vremščica, on which then in less than 10 minutes of additional walking we ascend to Velika Vremščica, which is the highest peak of Vremščica.