Vrtovin - Veliki Rob

Access to starting point:
a) From the Razdrto - Nova Gorica expressway we take the Ajdovščina exit, then at the intersection we turn left towards Nova Gorica. We continue on the regional road to the village of Vrtovin, where in the middle of the village we turn right towards Čaven. We follow the road ascending through the village, at intersections following the direction of sv. Pavel, Kuclj and Čaven. We drive to the hamlet of Lozarji, where we park at the new purpose-built asphalted parking area for hikers (next to the parking area there is an information board, wooden benches with a table and a drinking fountain).
b) From the Nova Gorica - Razdrto motorway we take the Selo exit, then at the intersection we turn right onto the old regional road towards Ajdovščina. We drive to the village of Vrtovin, where in the middle of the village we turn left towards Čaven. We follow the road ascending through the village, at intersections following the direction of sv. Pavel, Kuclj and Čaven. We drive to the hamlet of Lozarji, where we park at the new purpose-built asphalted parking area for hikers (next to the parking area there is an information board, wooden benches with a table and a drinking fountain).

Route description:
From the newly arranged parking lot in the hamlet of Lozarji we first head back about 150 meters along the road, then turn left uphill towards the former parking lot at the end of the village, where mountain trail signs are located.
From here we continue along the left road towards Kuclj and sv. Pavel. After a few minutes of walking the road brings us to a trail junction, where the marked trail to Kucelj and Čaven branches off to the right uphill (straight ahead along the road sv. Pavel). We continue the ascent along the marked, partly stony cart track that ascends through occasionally sparse forest. A little higher we reach a marked junction, where we continue slightly left towards Kuclj (right Mala gora and Čaven).
The well-marked cart track, which we follow towards Kuclj, a little higher brings us to a forest road, which we merely cross. The path ahead ascends gently through sparse forest, but only to the point where the trail from Sveti Pavel joins from the left.
The path ahead begins to ascend steeply through the forest, through which we ascend for quite some time. Higher up we cross the Srednječavenska path, above which the forest gradually begins to thin. A little higher the path comes quite close to the old road connection between the Vipavska dolina and the Trnovski gozd plateau.
Precisely at the point where we come quite close to the mentioned road or cart track, we leave the marked trail leading to Kucelj and continue the ascent along the road, on which we begin to ascend transversely to the left. After a good 10 minutes of walking the road levels out and brings us to the edge of the plateau, where the trail joining from the right leads from Koča na Čavnu via Kuclj to Veliki rob.
From here we continue a few more 10 m along the poorer road, then the signs for Veliki rob direct us left onto a footpath that gradually begins to ascend along the southern fringes of Trnovski gozd. The occasionally quite scenic path higher up moves slightly to the right of the ridge and for a short time passes into dense forest, where the trail from Krnica joins from the right side. After a short descent the path begins to ascend again, and this one leads us out of the forest into a belt of dwarf pines, where it then continues along and beside the occasionally quite steep ridge. We follow this path, from which beautiful views open up, all the way to Veliki rob.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kucelj na Čavnu

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