Nemci - Mrzovec

Access to the starting point:
First we drive to Solkan, then we continue to Sveta Gora, Grgarje, Čepovan, Trnovo near Gorizia and Lokva. From the new roundabout at Preval, take the exit towards Lokva and Trnovo pri Gorici, then follow the mostly ascending road to the settlement of Nemci. When the settlement ends, take the first road on the right and then park in a suitable place at the junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the forest road, which initially leads past a few sinkholes and climbs mostly gently to moderately. After a while, you reach a small crossroads where you take a sharp right and continue along a wider road, and after a few minutes you reach the next crossroads, where you go uphill to the left. It doesn't take long to reach the next crossroads, where you go left again, and when the road forks a little further ahead, take the slightly right upper road, and walk up it to the forestry hut in a few minutes.
Go left in front of the hut, then follow the dirt road to its end. When the road ends below the top of Petelinovec (1362 m), continue along the older logging trail, which climbs steeply and then leads us through a rather overgrown part to another dirt road, which you follow up to the left (to the right Preval, Smrečje and Cirque). There follows a moderate ascent along a dirt road which quickly leads to the slopes of Mrzovec, where it turns right and climbs crosswise over a steeper part, from which we get a nice view. As the deteriorating road turns into a forest, turn left onto the slightly overgrown cart track, and follow it up to a fine viewpoint, from which the view extends all the way to the Gulf of Trieste.
From here, take the cart track to the right onto a minor path, which will take you in three minutes to the top of Mrzovec, where the trigonometric tower stands.
Germans - Foresters' Hut 1:30, Foresters' Hut - Mrzovec 1:10.
Description and images refer to the situation in 2019 (July).

On the way: Gozdarska koča (1135m)

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