Vrtovin - Mala gora

Access to starting point:
A) From the Razdrto - Nova Gorica highway, take the Ajdovščina exit, then at the crossroads turn left towards Nova Gorica. Further along the regional road towards Nova Gorica, drive to the settlement Vrtovin, there in the middle of the village turn right towards Čavna. Follow the road, which then ascends through the village, at the crossroads in the direction of St. Pavel, Kuclja and Čavna. Park on a smaller parking lot at the end of the village, near the mountain signposts.
B) From the Nova Gorica - Razdrto highway, take the Selo exit, then, when driving onto the old Nova Gorica - Ajdovščina road, continue right towards Nova Gorica. Along the regional road towards Ajdovščina, drive to the settlement Vrtovin, there in the middle of the village turn left towards Čavna. Follow the road, which then ascends through the village, at the crossroads in the direction of St. Pavel, Kuclja and Čavna. 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 Kuclja and St. Pavel. After a few minutes of walking, the road brings us to a path junction, where the mountain path to Kucelj and Čaven 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 Čavna (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 a while crosses a forest road. We continue in the direction of Čavna and only a little further we cross a larger clearing, from which a nice view opens towards Kuclj. 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 towards the village Kamnje branches off to the right downward, and we continue in the same direction as we have walked so far and in a few minutes of further walking arrive at the hunting cottage or bivouac Črna peč.
From the hunting cottage, where we cross the Srednječavensko pot, we continue in the direction of Mala gora and Čavna. The path immediately above the cottage returns to a cart track, which further leads us below steep slopes, where it is possible that from the left a stone might fly towards us. Despite the small 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 on Mala gora.

On the way: Bivak Črna peč (830m)

Trip can be extended to: Kucelj na Čavnu ( 45 min) , Veliki Rob , Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu ( 30 min) , Veliki Modrasovec ( 50 min)