Vitovlje (Križišče) - Sekulak

Access to starting point:
From the Vipava - Nova Gorica highway we take the Selo exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of the villages Črniče and Šempas. When we come to the village Vitovlje we pay attention, because we will leave the main road in the middle of the village and continue driving in the direction of the Maloščevo farm (the turn-off is marked). Further we drive through the village on a narrow and steep road which brings us higher to the signpost with the inscription »Vitovska krožna pot«. We continue left past the last houses on the increasingly steep road, which only a little higher changes into a macadam road by which we then park (the most appropriate parking spot is between the fourth and fifth Station of the Cross).

Route description:
From the starting point, which is called Križišče, we continue on a rough macadam road which already after a few minutes of walking brings us to a well-marked junction, where the marked path towards Trpinovišče, memorial plaque and Vodice branches off to the left. We continue on the right path, which past the Stations of the Cross brings us to the next well-marked junction near the peak Vitovski hrib. We again continue right and follow the increasingly rough road which here finally changes into a cart track to a panoramic summit, on which stands a church.
From the top, we descend back to the junction, then continue the ascent in the direction of Čavna and Sekulak on the old Napoleon path. We soon come to the next junction, where the path to Skozno branches off to the left, and we continue right towards Čavna. The still gentle Napoleon path soon brings us to steep rocky cliffs of Visoki zid. A wide path then leads us over a carved panoramic ledge (danger of falling stones) behind which the path returns into the forest and brings us to the spot where the path to Kopitnik branches off to the left.
We continue slightly right in the direction of Čavna and Sekulak on a somewhat narrower path, which first through some smaller clearings brings us to a steeper part. The path ahead ascends steeper and only a little higher brings us to the next junction, where we continue right in the direction of the vantage point (left Kopitnik). We continue the ascent on a gently sloping path, which in 5 minutes of additional walking brings us to the vantage point Sekulak, from which a view opens up on a larger part of the Vipava valley.

Along the route: Vitovski hrib (604m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kopitnik (1 h), Hunting cottage below Čaven ( 20 min), Čaven (1 h), Veliki Rob (1 h 30 min)

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