Col - Sinji vrh (west path)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Razdrto - Nova Gorica we go to the exit Ajdovščina, and then we continue driving in the direction of Col and Idrija. When we get to Col we turn left towards Predmeja and then after few meters right on a parking lot opposite of the parish church in Col. We can also park on a parking lot by nearby sports field.
B) We drive to Logatec, and from there we continue driving towards Idrija. At the end of the settlement Kalce we turn left in the direction of Podkraj and Col, after that on a little more winding road at first we get to Podkraj, and then on a little more flat road also to Cola. In Col, where we join the road from Ajdovščina we continue right, and after few 10 meters left in the direction of Predmeja. Towards Predmeja we drive only few meters, because immediately after the crossroad we turn right on a parking lot opposite of the church of St. Lenart.
C) We drive to Idrija, and then we continue driving towards Logatec. When we get to Godovič we leave the main road towards Logatec and we continue driving right in the direction of Črni Vrh, Col and Ajdovščina. When we get to Col we turn right towards Otlica and Predmeja and then once again right on the nearby parking lot opposite of the church.

Path description:
From the parking lot opposite of the church in Col we continue on the main asphalt road towards Predmeja. After approximately 5 minutes of walking on the asphalt road we will get to the spot, where signs for path Pot po Robu point us to the left on a bad forest road. A quite gentle road soon changes into a cart track, and it continues through pleasant pine forest. Well marked mountain path, on a smaller clearing leaves the cart track and continues on a wider path, which for some time runs through a dense forest. A little higher we get out of the forest on grassy slopes, which we only cross, and then blazes lead us left on a little steeper path, on which in few minutes we ascend on a panoramic peak Kovk.
From the top, we descend towards the southwest and we continue on a little poorly visible footpath which runs by the edge of plateau above steep panoramic slopes. The path soon flattens, and then on a grassy terrain brings us to a crossing, where from the left joins the marked path from the hunting cottage Budanje (near the crossing there is an inscription box "Sončnica").
We go straight and we continue by the edge of plateau on panoramic terrain, on which in a minute or two of additional walking, we get to Paragliding site Sončnica.
From the airfield we continue on a marked path which continues towards the west and which leads us by the edge of plateau. After few shorter ascents and descents we quickly reach the peak Kraguljc, which we recognize by a small concrete stone (trigonometric point) on the top of the mountain.
From the top follows an easy descent on the ridge of Kraguljc, from where occasionally beautiful views opening up on Vipava valley, and then we get to a marked crossing, where from the left marked path from Ajdovščina joins.
We continue straight in the direction of the path Pot po robu (left 30 meters stamp and inscription box of Podrta gora) and for few minutes we continue by the edge of plateau. From the highest point of Podrta gora follows a short descent and the path brings us into a smaller valley, where by a poorly marked crossing there is the next inscription box, which is attached near the plague column.
Before the religious symbol we continue right (straight marked path Pot po robu, also Sinji vrh over Črne stene) in the direction of Sinji vrh, and then immediately after the religious symbol left on a beaten, but further not marked footpath. Next follows a short light diagonal descent, and then we get to a little larger meadow, where the footpath vanishes. Through the meadow we continue diagonally towards the right, where we quickly get to an abandoned house. Just before the house we cross the road, and we continue to yard of the house, so that we bypass the house on the right side. Behind the house, we step on the road, on which we continue, and it starts turning to the left. After few minutes, we reach a wider macadam road, on which runs marked path Pot po Angelski gori, and we follow it to the left (right Sinji vrh - east path).
We continue on the macadam road which continues through a grassy valley. After few minutes of additional walking, we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue right (left road at few minutes distant house ends) on a little worse forest road. Immediately after the crossroad one branch of the path Pot po Angelski gori branches off to the left, and we still continue on the road, by which there are still signs for path Pot po Angelski gori. The slightly ascending road passes into the forest and soon brings us to a smaller crossroad, where a worse road branches off to the right. Here we continue straight or slightly left, and after the beech tree, on which we notice number 33, we continue slightly right, on a worse road which after few meters of descent ends. At the spot, where the road ends or changes into a cart track, we continue straight on a footpath which for some time ascends a little steeper. The footpath soon turns a little to the left and then after a shorter diagonal ascent widens into a cart track, and it brings us to the memorial and a smaller cottage. We bypass the cottage on the right side, and on a wider cart track in few minutes we get to an asphalt road, where we join the marked path.
We follow the road to the right, and there past the bench with a table we get to a crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Sinji vrh (if we continue left we get to the main road Col - Predmeja). Next follows a little steeper ascent and the road past residential houses and higher past a left hairpin turn brings us to boarding house Sinji vrh, where the road ends. At the boarding house is a stamp of SPP, and before the boarding house we continue right on a footpath, on which in approximately 3 minutes of additional walking, we ascend on panoramic Sinji vrh.
Col - Kovk 1:00, Kovk - Sončnica 20 minutes, Sončnica - Kraguljc 15 Minut, Kraguljc - Podrta gora 10 minutes, Podrta gora - Sinji vrh 1:35.

On the way: Kovk (961m), Sončnica (Reber) (867m), Kraguljc (897m), Podrta gora nad Ajdovščino (827m)