Kozarnice - Mali Golak

Access to starting point:
A) From central Slovenia, we first drive to Logatec, then continue driving in the direction of Idrija. At Kalce near Logatec, we turn left in the direction of Col, then continue driving on a winding road towards Col. At Col, we turn right and then after 100 m left in the direction of Predmeja. Further, we drive on an occasionally somewhat narrower and also partly still winding road to Predmeja. At the end of Predmeja, we turn right towards Lokve (left downwards Ajdovščina), and we follow the main road a little less than 2 km, or to the signpost for Golaki, which points us right onto the forest road. Initially still asphalted, the road soon becomes macadam, and at the first crossroad we follow it straight, in the second to the right, and then we drive approximately 100 m to the parking lot at the end of the drivable road.
B) From the expressway Razdrto - Nova Gorica, we take the exit Ajdovščina and follow the road ahead towards the village Lokavec (to Lokavec we come from the center of Ajdovščina, or from the old road Ajdovščina - Nova Gorica, where at the settlement Cesta we turn right). From Lokavec, we continue driving on the ascending winding road in the direction of Predmeja. When the road flattens a little, we come to a crossroad, where from the right a road from Col joins, and we continue straight and follow the main road a little less than 2 km, or to the signpost for Golaki, which directs us right onto the forest road. Initially still asphalted, the road soon becomes macadam, and at the first crossroad we follow it straight, in the second to the right, and then we drive approximately 100 m to the parking lot at the end of the drivable road.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a wider cart track which starts ascending steeper through the forest. The forest soon becomes thinner, and along the path we notice a spruce of unusual shape, which quite resembles the so-called columnar spruce. We continue on the relatively gentle cart track ahead, which a few minutes higher joins a macadam road, which we follow to the right. We walk along the road to the first crossroad, from where we continue straight on the marked footpath, on which in 5 minutes of further walking we arrive at the Iztokova koča pod Golaki hut.
We bypass the hut on the right side and continue the ascent towards Mali Golak, to which we have approximately 40 minutes of walking left. The path ahead ascends through the forest, then at the information board and smaller chapel it splits into two parts. We can continue straight on the steep path or left on the gentle one. Both paths join into one after approximately 10 minutes, which then turns somewhat more to the right, where it ascends steeply. A short steep ascent follows and the path brings us to the forested ridge, where the path from Predmeja joins from the right. We continue straight and follow the moderately steep path to a smaller saddle located west of the main peak. Here we continue right and the path quickly brings us out of the forest into the belt of dwarf pines, through which we ascend to the summit of Mali Golak in a few minutes.

Along the route: Iztokova koča pod Golaki mountain hut (1260m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Srednji Golak ( 45 min)

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