Prevala - Škabrijel (via Veliki hrib)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Nova Gorica, and then we continue driving towards Tolmin and Kobarid. Main road towards Tolmin we follow only to Solkan, where at the traffic light crossroad we continue right in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. An ascending road further leads past the quarry Solkan, after that a little higher turns sharply to the right and it brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first get to a crossroad, where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further also to a crossroad, where slightly to the left, the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice, and we continue slightly right towards Trnovo and Lokve. From the crossroad, we drive good 100 meters and then we park on a larger macadam parking lot on the left side of the road.
B) From Tolmin or Most na Soči we drive on the main road towards Nova Gorica, after that only a little before Nova Gorica, more precisely at the traffic light crossroad in Solkan we turn left in the direction of Sveta Gora and Grgar. An ascending road further leads past the quarry Solkan, after that a little higher turns sharply to the right and it brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first get to a crossroad, where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further also to a crossroad, where slightly to the left, the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice, and we continue slightly right towards Trnovo and Lokve. From the crossroad, we drive good 100 meters and then we park on a larger macadam parking lot on the left side of the road.
C) From Goriška Brda we drive to Solkan, where at the first crossroad after new Solkan bridge we continue straight in the direction of Sveta Gora. An ascending road further leads past the quarry Solkan, after that a little higher turns sharply to the right and it brings us to the inn Skalnica, behind which we first get to a crossroad, where a steep road branches off to the left towards Sveta Gora, and only a little further also to a crossroad, where slightly to the left, the road continues towards Grgar, Čepovan and Banjšice, and we continue slightly right towards Trnovo and Lokve. From the crossroad, we drive good 100 meters and then we park on a larger macadam parking lot on the left side of the road.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we cross the road, and then we continue in the direction of a marked path on Škabrijel. On the other side of the road, we at first continue on a rocky cart track, and after the crossing of a power line, from where a nice view opens up on Solkan bridge with the largest stone arch in the world, we get to a crossing, by which there is a small bench.
From the crossing, we continue left in the direction of Škabrijel (straight still on a cart track Kekec and Škabrijel past Hungarian pyramid) on the path which starts ascending steeper. Further, we are for some time moderately to steeply ascending, and when higher the path flattens, we get to the next marked crossing.
To the right continues "direct" path on Škabrijel, and we continue left in the direction of a circular path and signs for survey point 526. The path ahead continues with some shorter descents and ascents, and then in a longer semicircle we reach monument on Veliki hrib.
From the monument we continue on a gently sloping path, and there we quickly return on "direct" path, which we follow to the left.
Further, we are gently to moderately ascending, and the path during the ascent leads also past pleasant viewpoint, from where a view opens up towards both Solkan bridges and surrounding. Follows few minutes of a moderate ascent and we get to the top of Škabrijel, where there stands a metal lookout tower, from which a view opens up, which reaches all the way to the Alps.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2016 (February).

On the way: Veliki hrib (kota 526) (526m)