Starting point: Predmeja (933 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 45.9529°N 13.8799°E
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: easily
Altitude difference: 562 m
Altitude difference (by path): 600 m
Map: Goriška 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 still winding road to Predmeja. In Predmeja we will notice signs for sports park Tiha dolina, which point us to the right on a narrower asphalt road. The mentioned road which ascends past few houses, we follow to the parking lot by the mentioned sports park.
B) From highway Razdrto - Nova Gorica we go to the exit Ajdovščina and 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 few 100 meters and then signs for sports park Tiha dolina point us to the left on a little narrower asphalt road. The mentioned road which ascends past few houses, we follow to the parking lot by the mentioned sports park.
Path description:
From the parking lot by sports park we continue on the road in the direction of Korenina. After a short ascent, the road brings us to a smaller crossroad, where we continue sharply left (direction Korenina). The road ahead quickly comes out of the forest, and with nice views on landscape we follow it to Korenina, or the last house in hamlet.
We continue the ascent on a marked cart track in the direction of Golaki. Cart track continues through the forest, through which it occasionally also steeply ascends. The path higher for a short time entirely flattens, and then it gradually starts moderately ascending. Higher, we cross the forest road, and when we step there for the second time, we short time follow it to the left. After few 10 meters of walking on the road, blazes point us to the right on a marked footpath which is still gently to moderately ascending through the forest. A little further, we step on a larger clearing, by the edge of which there is an information board.
We continue on a marked path which continues on the left side of the board (left on the road mountain hut Iztokova koča, slightly right through larger clearing Srednji Golak on an unmarked path) and returns into the forest. The path ahead is for some time still moderately ascending through the forest and then for some time brings us on an indistinct ridge, from which it starts descending diagonally. After a short descent, the path flattens and brings us by the edge of a mighty sinkhole. We bypass the sinkhole on the left side and we continue the ascent on the path which returns into the forest. The path ahead ascends steeper and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to an unmarked crossing by a larger cairn.
Here we continue on the left marked, but badly beaten path (right path also leads on Golaki). The path ahead crosses slopes towards the left, and in doing so with the exception of few shorter descents, it is mostly moderately ascending. Higher, the path turns a little more to the right and after few minutes of additional walking, it joins the path from the mountain hut Iztokova koča.
Here we continue right and we follow moderately steep path to a smaller saddle, which is situated west from the main peak. Here we continue right and the path quickly brings us out of the forest in a lane of dwarf pines, through which in few minutes we ascend to the summit of Mali Golak.
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