Prevala - Veliki hrib (survey point 526)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Nova Gorica, then continue towards Tolmin and Kobarid. We follow the main road towards Tolmin only to Solkan, where at the traffic-light intersection we continue right in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road further leads past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first reach a crossroads, where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further to another crossroads, where slightly to the left the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice, and we continue slightly right towards Trnovo and Lokve. From the crossroads we drive a good 100 m and then park on a larger macadam parking lot on the left side of the road.
B) From Tolmin or Most na Soči we drive on the main road towards Nova Gorica, then only a little before Nova Gorica, more precisely at the traffic-light intersection in Solkan we turn left in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. The ascending road further leads past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first reach a crossroads, where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further to another crossroads, where slightly to the left the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice, and we continue slightly right towards Trnovo and Lokve. From the crossroads we drive a good 100 m and then park on a larger macadam parking lot on the left side of the road.
C) From Goriška Brda we drive to Solkan, where at the first crossroads after the new Solkan bridge we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora. The ascending road further leads past the Solkan quarry, then a little higher it turns sharply to the right and brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first reach a crossroads, where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further to another crossroads, where slightly to the left the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice, and we continue slightly right towards Trnovo and Lokve. From the crossroads we drive a good 100 m and then park on a larger macadam parking lot on the left side of the road.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we cross the road, then continue in the direction of the marked path to Škabrijel. On the other side of the road, we first continue on a rocky cart track, then after crossing the power line, from where a nice view opens up on the Solkan bridge with the largest stone arch in the world, we arrive at a junction, by which there is a small bench.
From the junction, we continue left in the direction of Škabrijel (straight ahead still on the cart track Kekec and Škabrijel past the Hungarian pyramid) on the path that starts to ascend more steeply. Further on, we ascend moderately to steeply for some time, then when higher up the path flattens, we arrive at the next marked junction.
To the right the "direct" path to Škabrijel continues, while we continue left in the direction of the circular path and signs for kota 526. The path ahead continues with some shorter descents and ascents, then in a longer semicircle we reach the monument on Veliki hrib.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (February).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Škabrijel ( 30 min)

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