Preval Strgarija - Mali Golak

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. At the end of Predmeja we turn right towards Lokve (left downwards Ajdovščina), and we follow the main road first past the turn-off of the road towards Golaki and then also past the turn-off towards Čaven. When the road starts descending towards Mala Lazna we turn right and then on the forest road we drive to a saddle Strgarija, which we recognize by information boards and mountain signposts. We park on an appropriate place by the road.
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 a crossroad, where from the right side joins the road from Col, and we continue straight and follow the main road first past the turn-off of the road towards Golaki and then also past the turn-off towards Čaven. When the road starts descending towards Mala Lazna we turn right and then on the forest road we drive to a saddle Strgarija, which we recognize by information boards and mountain signposts. We park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the saddle Preval Strgarija we go on a footpath in the direction of the mountain hut Iztokova koča. The path immediately goes into the forest through which it moderately ascends and in 5 minutes of walking from the starting point brings us to the already mentioned mountain hut.
We bypass the mountain hut on the right side and we continue the ascent in the direction of Mali Golak to which we have approximately 40 minutes of walking. The path ahead ascends through the forest and then at the information board and smaller chapel splits into two parts. We can continue straight on a steep, or left on the gentle path. Both paths after approximately 10 minutes joins in one, and which then turns a little more to the right, where it steeply ascends. Next a short steep ascent follows and the path brings us on forest ridge, where from the right side, the path from Predmeja joins). We continue straight and follow moderately steep path to a smaller saddle, which is located 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.

On the way: Iztokova koča pod Golaki mountain hut (1260m)

Trip can be extended to: Srednji Golak