Veliko Ubeljsko - Sveti Bric (Nanos)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, take the Razdrto exit and continue along the parallel old road towards Postojna. Soon we will notice signs directing us left towards the villages of Veliko Ubeljsko and Strane. In the village of Malo Ubeljsko, we reach the next junction, where we continue left (slightly right to Strane) towards Veliko Ubeljsko. We then follow this road to the parking lot by the cemetery, which is located just a little before the village of Veliko Ubeljsko.

Route description:
From the nicely arranged asphalted parking lot by the cemetery, we continue on the asphalt road, along which we quickly arrive in the village Veliko Ubeljsko. The path ahead leads us past a few houses, a sports field somewhat distant from the road, the NOB monument, to the parish church of St. Urh, which we bypass on the right side. At the junction above the church, we notice the first hiking markers, which direct us "straight" onto the road that rises above the village. At the end of the village, we continue right past the water tank, onto a macadam road that continues diagonally ascending through the forest. A few minutes higher, we reach a sort of turning area, where the marked path to Vojkova koča turns left onto an ascending cart track, while we continue straight on the gentle and further unmarked cart track. A little further ahead, the cart track temporarily brings us out of the forest or shrubbery onto a scenic slope surrounded by fenced pastures. The shrubbery, including blackberry bushes (blackberries in this area usually ripen at the end of August and September), is soon replaced by dense forest, through which we then diagonally ascend for quite some time on a mostly gentle cart track. When the forest thins somewhat or the mostly coniferous forest is replaced by mixed forest, the path levels out and becomes more overgrown. We walk for a few minutes on a nicely traceable but occasionally more overgrown path, then join the marked path that leads from the village Strane towards Nanos.
When we reach the marked path, we follow it to the left; it first leads us along a fairly gentle and quite rocky cart track. The cart track soon becomes quite steep, and we follow it at a few smaller junctions as directed by the markers. Higher up, the path takes us past a small spring, then after a few more minutes of walking brings us to a marked junction, where we continue right towards the church of St. Bric (straight to Vojkova koča on Nanos and Suhi vrh).
From the junction, only a short, about 2 minutes long diagonal ascent remains, and the path brings us to the church of St. Bric, from which there is no nice view due to the nearby forest.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (August).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Vojkova koča na Nanosu (1 h 30 min), Suhi vrh (Nanos)

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