Predmeja (Gorjanka) - Mali Golak

Access to starting point:
a) Drive to Col, then follow the road towards Otlica and Predmeja. This is followed by driving across the Gora plateau, where the road leads us through several villages; when we arrive at Predmeja, pay attention not to miss the parking lot located at the beginning of the right bend. Next to the parking lot is a small landscaped park with the Slovenian flag, and at the parking lot there are also trash bins and mountaineering direction signs.
b) Drive to Ajdovščina, then follow the signs for Lokavec and Predmeja. This is followed by a fairly steep ascent along the road to Predmeja, where we continue right towards Otlica and Col. A little further ahead, at the end of the left bend, turn right onto the gravel parking lot located next to the landscaped park with the Slovenian flag and mountaineering direction signs.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we briefly continue along the road towards Otlica and Col, then turn left onto a side road along which the markings continue and there are signs for the Tiha dolina sports park. This is followed by several minor intersections where we follow the markings, initially ascending easily past individual houses. After Štemčev kal, we begin to ascend more noticeably, still passing some individual houses, and at intersections we follow the markings or signs to the mountain hut. A fairly scenic asphalt road then quickly brings us to Koča Edmunda Čibeja in Tiha dolina.
From the Hut we follow the signs for Mali Golak, initially still walking along the asphalt road from which a path to Bloudkova ski jump soon branches off to the left; we continue along the asphalt road which shortly afterwards makes a left serpentine (straight ahead a forest road leads towards Javoršček). A few minutes further we leave the forest and ascend to the last hamlet where the marked path leaves the road onto a cart track along which we follow Knafelčev markings. Higher up we cross a few more paths; when we cross the second time, or reach the wider gravel road, the marked path continues left along the road.
The marked path towards Mali Golak soon turns right uphill from the road, continuing gently to moderately ascending through the forest. Somewhat further on we step onto a larger clearing at the edge of which stands an information board.
We continue along the marked path which proceeds along the left side of the board (left along the road to Iztokova koča, slightly right across the larger clearing to Srednji Golak on an unmarked path) and returns to the forest. The path ahead ascends moderately through the forest for some time, then brings us across to an indistinct ridge from which it begins to descend transversely. After a short descent the path levels out and brings us to the edge of a mighty sinkhole. We bypass the sinkhole on the left side and continue the ascent along the path which returns to the forest. The path ahead ascends more steeply and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to an unmarked junction next to a larger cairn.
Here we continue along the left marked but less trodden path (the right path also leads to the Golaks). The path ahead crosses the slopes to the left, for the most part moderately ascending with the exception of a few short descents. Higher up the path turns somewhat more to the right and after a few minutes of further walking joins the path from Iztokova koča.
Here we continue right and follow the moderately steep path to a small pass located west of the main summit. Here we continue right and the path quickly brings us from the forest into a belt of dwarf pines through which we ascend to the summit of Mali Golak in a few minutes.
Starting point - Koča Edmunda Čibeja 0:25, Koča Edmunda Čibeja - Mali Golak 2:00.

Along the route: Štemčev kal (910m), Koča Edmunda Čibeja v Tihi dolini (950m)

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