Zazid - Kavčič (via Lipnik)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Koper motorway, we take the Črni Kal exit. From Črni Kal, we continue driving on the old road towards the coast, but we follow it only to the next somewhat larger intersection, where we turn left in the direction of the Sočerga border crossing. We drive for a short time on the mentioned road, then signs for Predloka, Loka, Bezovica, Podpeč, Zanigrad, Zazid and Rakitovec direct us left onto a somewhat narrower local road. Further on, we drive to Bezovica, where at the smaller intersection in the middle of the village we continue left in the direction of Podpeč. Further, we drive through Podpeč (the road through the mentioned settlement is very narrow) to the village of Zazid, where we park on the parking lot by the sports field.

Route description:
From the sports field we walk to the village, where we come to an unmarked intersection, by which there are a bench and a water tap. Here we continue right and follow the slightly ascending road to the upper part of the village, where we notice the first signs for Golič and Lipnik. Again we continue right and continue the ascent on the asphalt road that leads to the nearby water catchment. Already a few 10 m before the water catchment, we come to the next unmarked intersection, where we continue on the right macadam road. The macadam road then brings us to a smaller intersection, by which there is the next water trough. This time we continue on the left wider road, by which we quickly notice the marking. We continue the path for a short time on the poor road, then a marked shortcut branches off to the right. The path quickly returns to the road and already after a few steps splits again into two parts. Wherever we continue, the path will quickly bring us to the railway track and the decaying railway station Zazid. We carefully cross the railway track that leads towards Pula, and on the other side of it we arrive at a marked junction (to here we need approximately 20 minutes).
We continue right in the direction of Lipnik and Golič (left Brežec and Kraški rob) and continue the path on a gentle cart track that ascends transversely towards the right. Higher up, beautiful views towards the sea and Istria start to open, and we continue on the gentle path that returns to the forest and brings us to a marked junction.
We continue right in the direction of Lipnik (left Golič and Kraški rob) and continue the path through a belt of scrub. When we step out of the scrub, the path brings us to an extensive grassy "plain", from which a nice view of Lipnik opens up. Across the "plain" we walk for quite some time, then the signpost for Lipnik directs us left into the forest. The path ahead gradually ascends more steeply, then turns slightly to the right, where it ascends in a moderate rise over the steep step of the Kraški rob. Behind the edge, the path levels out and brings us to a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of Kavčič - inscription on the rock (left Lipnik 5 minutes, straight memorial marker). The path ahead gently ascends over a panoramic grassy slope, then turns slightly to the left and gradually starts to descend towards a smaller valley. The path then levels out and brings us in a few minutes of further walking to a wider cart track, where there is also a marked junction.
When we step onto the cart track, we follow it to the right (straight uphill on the footpath Nadglavinjak and Golič), and we walk along it for approximately 15 minutes, or to the place where on the rock by a smaller cairn we notice the markings that direct us right onto a less trodden path. The path ahead ascends transversely across the grassy slope, then turns a bit more to the right and relatively steeply ascends to the forepeak of Kavčič. From the forepeak we slightly descend, then in 2 minutes of further walking we arrive at the panoramic summit.

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