Polomova rajda - Kucelj (on Čaven) (by road)
Starting point: Polomova rajda (1023 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.956°N 13.8541°E 
Path name: by road
Time of walking: 1 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 214 m
Altitude difference (by path): 300 m
Map: Goriška 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Col, then follow the road in the direction of Otlica and Predmeja. There follows a drive across the Gora plateau, where the road leads us through several villages; when at Predmeja we join the road from Ajdovščina, we go right in the direction of the settlement Lokve. The road further leads us through a small valley, where first to the right one of the marked paths branches off in the direction of Golakov, a little further the road turns left and from the valley passes onto the slope. When higher up the road turns right, we turn left onto the side road, along which there are signs for Čaven. We park a little further at a suitable place beside the road.
b) We drive to Ajdovščina, then follow the signs for Lokavec and Predmeja. There follows a fairly steep ascent by road to Predmeja, where we continue straight in the direction of the settlement Lokve. The road further leads us through a small valley, where first to the right one of the marked paths branches off in the direction of Golakov, a little further the road turns left and from the valley passes onto the slope. When higher up the road turns right, we turn left onto the side road, along which there are signs for Čaven. We park a little further at a suitable place beside the road.
Path description:
We start along the forest road in the direction of Čavn and ascend gently to moderately towards the left along it, while individual Knafelc's markers accompany us along the trail. Later, at a smaller junction, we continue along the lower left road, along which there are signs for Čaven, then past the NOB monument we arrive at a marked junction, where we join the marked path from Predmeja. The path further still leads us along the forest road, which on a shorter section becomes asphalted; when the forest on the left ends, a beautiful view of the surroundings opens up from the vantage point, where Nanos and part of the Vipava Valley are nicely visible.
After the vantage point we continue straight ahead (right is one of the paths to Veliki Modrasovec) and in a few minutes of further walking we arrive at the Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu hut.
Behind the hut the signs for Kucelj direct us slightly left onto a footpath, which begins to descend transversely. The path further crosses a short stretch of forest, then turns right, where it continues to descend easily. The path then gradually enters the forest and from the left the path from the village Kamnje joins us (there are two junctions for Kamnje). We continue in the direction of Kucelj along the path, which gradually passes to the right side of the "Čavn" ridge. The path continues across a larger clearing, from which a view opens onto the surrounding hills, then returns to the forest. A little further we leave the gentle track and continue the ascent to the left and ascend further through dense forest. The gradient soon eases and the path brings us from the forest onto increasingly panoramic grassy slopes. There follow a few minutes of easy walking, then the path brings us below the summit itself of Kucelj, where it ascends steeply again. We follow this path, which offers us ever better views, all the way to the summit of Kucelj, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
Starting point - Koča na Čavnu 1:00, Koča na Čavnu - Kucelj 45 minutes.
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