Vrtovin - Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu

Access to starting point:
A) From the Razdrto - Nova Gorica highway we take the Ajdovščina exit, then at the intersection we turn left in the direction of Nova Gorica. Further on the regional road towards Nova Gorica we drive to the settlement Vrtovin, there in the middle of the village we turn right in the direction of Čavn. The road, which then ascends through the village, at the crossroads we follow in the direction of St. Pavel, Kuclj and Čavn. We park on a smaller parking lot at the end of the village, near the mountain signposts.
B) From the Nova Gorica - Razdrto highway we take the Selo exit, then, when we enter the old Nova Gorica - Ajdovščina road, we continue right towards Nova Gorica. On the regional road towards Ajdovščina we drive to the settlement Vrtovin, there in the middle of the village we turn left in the direction of Čavn. The road, which then ascends through the village, at the crossroads we follow in the direction of St. Pavel, Kuclj and Čavn. We park on a smaller parking lot at the end of the village, near the mountain signposts.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the left road in the direction of Kucelj and St. Pavel. After a few minutes of walking, the road brings us to a path junction, where the mountain path to Kucelj and Čavn branches off to the right upward (straight ahead still on the road to St. Pavel). We continue the ascent on a marked, partly rocky cart track which ascends through an occasionally thin forest. A little higher we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue slightly right in the direction of Mala gora and Čavn (slightly left Kucelj). The old, partly eroded cart track ascends further diagonally to the right, and higher it changes into a somewhat steeper footpath, which after some time crosses a forest road. We continue in the direction of Čavn and shortly after we cross a larger clearing, from which a nice view opens towards Kucelj. On the other side of the clearing the path returns to the forest and further ascends diagonally on a wide cart track. Higher, another cart track to the village Kamnje branches off to the right downward, we continue in the same direction as before and in a few minutes of further walking we arrive at the hunting cottage or bivouac Črna peč.
From the hunting cottage, where we cross the Srednječavenska pot path, we continue in the direction of Mala gora and Čavn. The path immediately above the cottage returns to a cart track, which further leads us below steep slopes, where it is possible that some stones may fly from the left. Despite the low probability of falling stones, caution is still advisable. The cart track and the slope quickly level out and the path quickly brings us out of the forest to the Koča na Mali gori, where the next marked junction is.
From the Koča na Mali gori we continue left into the forest and ascend further on a moderately steep cart track, which quickly brings us to the next junction. This time we continue right in the direction of Čavn (left Kucelj) and on a somewhat steeper path we quickly ascend to a more beaten path which leads from the Koča na Čavnu towards Kucelj.
We follow the mentioned path to the right, and on it in approximately 15 minutes of further walking we ascend to the Koča na Čavnu.

On the way: Bivak Črna peč (830m), Mala gora (1034m)

Trip can be extended to: Kucelj na Čavnu , Veliki Rob , Mali Modrasovec , Veliki Modrasovec ( 20 min)