Kostanjevica na Krasu - Fajti hrib
Starting point: Kostanjevica na Krasu (295 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.8451°N 13.6438°E
Time of walking: 1 h 10 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 138 m
Altitude difference (by path): 195 m
Map: Goriška - izletniška karta 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) Highway through Vipava valley we leave at exit for Šempeter and Nova Gorica, and then from the nearby crossroad, we continue straight towards the industrial zone and Italy. A little further, we turn left towards Vrtojba and Miren, and further we follow the signs for Miren, Komen and Opatje Selo. When the settlement Miren ends in few hairpin turns we ascend on a plateau Kraška planota, and we follow the road to the settlement Kostanjevica na Krasu, where we turn left towards Temnica and Lipa, and still in Kostanjevica on an appropriate place we park near the church.
B) We drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving towards Šempeter pri Gorici and forward towards Vrtojba and Miren, and further we follow the signs for Miren, Komen and Opatje Selo. When the settlement Miren ends in few hairpin turns we ascend on a plateau Kraška planota, and we follow the road to the settlement Kostanjevica na Krasu, where we turn left towards Temnica and Lipa, and still in Kostanjevica on an appropriate place we park near the church.
Path description:
From the crossroad on the eastern side of the church we go on a side road, by which there are signs for cave Ruska jama. The path ahead leads us on a macadam road, where we at first on the left bypass a bigger structure, and then we also on the right side bypass abandoned buildings of the territorial defense in Kostanjevica na Krasu. Few minutes ahead at the crossing of the roads, we choose the left one (on the right we reach the ridge of Črni hribi between Veliki vrh and Renški vrh), and there we are then lightly descending.
And when after some time we start lightly ascending, from a triangular crossroad we continue right (left cave Ruska jama and Cerje), and we are then moderately ascending to a saddle, where we reach the marked path Cerje - Trstelj.
On the saddle, we leave the road and we continue left (right Trstelj), and then we start ascending on the mountain path, which in few minutes brings us to the summit of Fajti hrib.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in February 2020.
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