Trpčane - Koča na Kozleku

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Postojna and follow a road ahead in the direction of Reka and Ilirska Bistrica. At the end of the Ilirska Bistrica we turn left towards villages Vrbovo, Jablanica and Trpčane. Ahead we drive past village Jasen, Vrbovo, Vrbica and Jablanica to the village Trpčane, where at the inn in the village we turn left in the direction of Kozlek. We park on one of the parking lots in the village. Don't park on the yard.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue through the village upwards to the spot, where blazes point us on a cart track. Cart track then runs past a grazing fence in which they breed wild boars. The path ahead is ascending gently over ample grassy slopes after which we come below the foot of Kozjek. We still continue on a marked cart track which gradually brings us into the forest. Often a quite muddy cart track we then leave because a blaze point us on a footpath which ascends steeper. A moderately steep path higher brings us on the next cart track which soon has a crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Kozlek. Cart track then in a moderate ascent crosses slopes towards the east and higher turns left on an indistinct saddle, where there is the next crossing. We continue left in the forest in the direction of Kozlek. The path which is gradually steeper and steeper ascending after additional 15 minutes of walking, it brings us to the summit of Kozlek, from which only a short descent follows to the mountain hut.