Vrtovin - Veliki Modrasovec

Access to starting point:
A) From the Razdrto - Nova Gorica highway, take the Ajdovščina exit, then at the intersection turn left in the direction of Nova Gorica. Further on the regional road towards Nova Gorica, drive to the settlement Vrtovin, there in the middle of the village turn right in the direction of Čavna. The road, which then ascends through the village, follow at the crossroads in the direction of sv. Pavel, Kuclj 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. On the regional road towards Ajdovščina, drive to the settlement Vrtovin, there in the middle of the village turn left in the direction of Čavna. The road, which then ascends through the village, follow at the crossroads in the direction of sv. Pavel, Kuclj 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 Kuclj and sv. Pavel. After a few minutes of walking, the road brings us to a path junction, where the mountain path to Kuclj and Čavna branches off to the right upward (straight still on the road sv. 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 Kuclj). Old, partly eroded cart track further ascends transversely towards 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 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 into the forest and further ascends transversely on a wide cart track. Higher another cart track towards the village Kamnje branches off to the right downwards, and we continue in the same direction as we walked until now and in a few minutes of additional walking arrive at the hunting cottage or bivouac Črna peč.
From the hunting cottage, where we cross Srednječavensko pot, we continue in the direction of Mala gora and Čavna. The path immediately above the cottage returns to a cart track, and it further leads us below steep slopes, where it is possible that from the left some stones might fall. Despite the small probability of falling stones, caution is still not superfluous. Cart track and slope quickly flatten, and the path quickly brings us out of the forest to Koča na Mali gori, where there is the next marked junction.
From Koča na Mali gori we continue left into the forest and further ascend on a moderately steep cart track, which quickly brings us to the next junction. This time we continue right in the direction of Čavna (left Kuclj) and on a somewhat steeper path we quickly ascend to a more trodden path which leads from Koča na Čavnu towards Kuclj.
We follow the mentioned path to the right, and on it in approximately 15 minutes of additional walking we ascend to Koča na Čavnu.
From the cottage, signs for Modrasovec and Golaki direct us onto a meadow, through which we ascend transversely into the forest. When we step into the forest, we quickly cross the indistinct ridge of Mali Modrasovec (here an unmarked path to Mali Modrasovec branches off to the right, 5 minutes), and we continue straight on a cart track which slightly descends and turns somewhat to the right. Only a little further we come to a marked junction, where we continue straight in the direction of Modrasovec (slightly right Golaki). We continue the ascent on a wider but quite overgrown path, which gradually passes to the right side of the ridge. From the wide path or poorer cart track, soon a marked footpath branches off to the left, on which in a few minutes of additional walking we ascend to the summit of Veliki Modrasovec.

On the way: Bivak Črna peč (830m), Mala gora (1034m), Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu (1242m)