Starting point: Otlica (815 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.927°N 13.9098°E
Time of walking: 1 h 20 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 187 m
Altitude difference (by path): 230 m
Map: Goriška - izletniška karta 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From central Slovenia at first we drive in Logatec, and then we continue driving in the direction of Idrija. In Kalce at Logatec we turn left in the direction of Col, and then we continue driving on a winding road towards Col. In Colu we turn right and then after 100 meters left in the direction of Predmeja. Further, we drive on occasionally a little narrower and also partly winding road which we follow to the settlement Otlica, where at the church of Guardian angels we turn left in the direction of Otliško okno. We park about 50 meters ahead on a parking lot by the cemetery.
B) We drive to Idrija, and from there we continue driving towards Logatec. In the settlement Godovič we leave the main road towards Logatec and we continue driving right in the direction of Črni Vrh, Col and Ajdovščina. The mentioned road, we follow to Col, and there signs for Predmeja point us to the right. Further, we drive on occasionally a little narrower and also partly winding road which we follow to the settlement Otlica, where at the church of Guardian angels we turn left in the direction of Otliško okno. We park about 50 meters ahead on a parking lot by the cemetery.
C) From highway Razdrto - Nova Gorica we go to the exit Ajdovščina and we follow the road ahead towards the village Lokavec (to Lokavec we come from the center of Ajdovščina, or from old road Ajdovščina - Nova Gorica, where at settlement Cesta we turn right). From Lokavec we continue driving on ascending winding road in the direction of Predmeja. When the road flattens a little, we come to the crossroad, where we continue right towards Predmeja and Col. On the road towards Col we drive to Otlica, where at the church of Guardian angels we turn right towards the nearby cemetery. We park on a parking lot by the cemetery.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the right side of the cemetery on a narrower asphalt road in the direction of Otliško okno. On the road, we walk only for a short time because signs for Otliško okno point us to the left on a grassy cart track which a little further crosses a lane of bushes, and then by the grazing fence we quickly get near to a house. Here we continue right on a wider cart track, on which in few steps we get to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we go left (right Predmeja and Čaven) and we continue few 10 meters left from the edge of plateau Gora. After a short gentle descent we reach the edge of plateau, where from the right side joins the path from the source of Hubelj.
Here we continue slightly left and we ascend to the spot, where a short path branches off to the left towards stone snail (snail is idea and work of architect Damjan Popelar, who in his artistic work is trying to connect the nature and culture).
We continue straight (left stone snail 2 minutes) and after few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to information boards above the window Otliško okno.
From the signposts, we continue right and we descend to the nearby window, through which a nice view opens up.
From the window we continue on a path in the direction of Sinji vrh. The path ahead quickly comes out of the forest and it brings us on panoramic slopes, on which we are by the edge of the cliffs ascending in the southeastern direction. After approximately 10 minutes of walking from the window the path splits into two parts. At the spot, where grazing fence makes a sharp left turn we leave a wide path and we go right on a bad but marked path, which after five minutes of ascent brings us on Navrše.
From the top, the path descends to a small saddle, where we again join the path which bypasses Navrše. The path ahead crosses a lane of a forest and a little further brings us to a pleasant viewpoint, where it joins the path over Stara baba. Here at power line poles blazes for Sinji vrh point us to the left on a cart track which at first slightly ascends and then it is gradually descending. When the path ascends we again step on the road, where we continue left upwards (to the right, the road at the last house in the village ends). After few minutes walk and on the road we come to a crossroad, where we continue right and then after few meters once again right. The road which is further a little steeper ascending higher brings us to another crossroad, where we again continue right. Next follows 700 more meters of walking on the road to boarding house Sinji vrh. Here the road ends and we continue on an unmarked path towards Sinji vrh, which we reach after three minutes. Orientation in the last part isn't difficult.
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