Lipa - Trstelj

Access to starting point:
From the expressway Razdrto – Nova Gorica we take the exit Selo, and then we follow the road towards the eponymous village. From Selo we descend to Dornberk, and there at the first larger crossroads we continue left towards Sežana. We follow the mentioned road for only some 10 m, then we continue right on a narrower road in the direction of the villages Lipa, Škrbina and Kostanjevica na Krasu. Higher up, the road leads us over the pass Železna vrata, and then it brings us to a crossroads, where we continue right towards the village Lipa (left downhill to Šibelji and Škrbina). A little further on, we notice signs for the village Lipa, which direct us right into the center of the village, where below the church we also park.

Route description:
At the starting point, we notice signs for Trstelj, which direct us left onto a footpath that ascends along the right side of the wall of the nearby church. Soon above the church or cemetery the footpath goes into a belt of bushes, where it gradually begins to ascend moderately. Well-marked and occasionally somewhat steeper path, higher up it passes into a partly pine forest, then joins a macadam road, which we follow to the right. The road, which is also asphalted in the last section, we then follow all the way to the Stjenkova koča hut on Trstelj.
From the hut we continue left towards the summit and continue the ascent on a pleasant path that ascends through a belt of sparse forest. Only a little higher we join a wide cart track, on which in some 10 steps of further walking we arrive at the top of Trstelj.

Along the route: Stjenkova koča na Trstelju mountain hut (610m)

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