Lokavec - Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu

Access to starting point:
We drive on the highway from Razdrto towards Nova Gorica or vice versa and go to the exit Ajdovščina. Then at the crossroad, we turn left in the direction of Nova Gorica and drive to the village Cesta, where a sign for Lokavec point us to the right. We follow this road to a larger parking lot at the church in the village Lokavec, where there are also signposts for Čaven.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road in the direction of Čaven. The road, that is gently ascending among houses soon brings us to the smaller crossroad near the small stream. Here we continue on the left road and left side of the stream, which at the end of the village brings us to a cart track on which we are then ascending. Further, we follow the cart track which slowly turns into a footpath. The path after a time crosses a rough forest road and soon after that, it brings us to the crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of Čaven. The path then brings us to a well and then for few ten strides steeply ascends. The path ahead brings us on unvegetated slopes from which a nice view opens up on Nanos, Vipava valley and surrounding hills. A little further, the path again crosses a rough forest road and is for a short time ascending parallel with it. And only a little ahead we come on a wider road which we follow to the right but only few steps, and then blazes point us to the left upwards. The path ahead starts ascending steeper and a little higher crosses the marked path. Here we continue straight upwards on the path which is becoming very steep. A little further, the path which was most of the time running through the forest again crosses some panoramic slopes. A little further, the path brings us to a ridge, where we have two options to continue. Left one runs a little below the ridge and has less view than the one that runs on a ridge but it is better in case of a strong wind. After 10 minutes both paths join and they bring us on grassy slopes east from Mala gora.
Here the steepness decreases and the path ahead continues on nice meadows, where in spring and summer time we notice a lot of the mountain flowers. A little further from the left joins the path from Stomaž. Here we continue straight on the path which in few minutes brings us to the mountain hut Koča na Čavnu.

Trip can be extended to: Kucelj na Čavnu ( 45 min) , Veliki Rob (1 h 45 min) , Mali Modrasovec ( 10 min) , Veliki Modrasovec ( 20 min)