Gradišče - Gradiška Tura (via Plaz)

Access to the starting point:
From Razdrto take the expressway to Nova Gorica or vice versa and take the Vipava exit. Follow the road onwards, towards Vipava and Gradišče. In the village of Gradišče, you will see the first mountain signs, which you follow to a large parking lot at Camp Tura above the village of Gradišče.

Path description:
From the parking lot we return to the road where we turn slightly left to where the signs for Plaz and Škavnica direct us. Go down the asphalt road for a few metres and then the signs for Plaz and Abram direct you right onto the footpath. The path starts to climb and then leads us past some vineyards. Continue northwards through low woods for some time, following the signs for Plaz and Abram. Occasionally the forest thins out a bit and we get a nice view of the Vipava valley and the surrounding peaks. A little higher up, the path leads to a small plain below the Plaz peak where there is a marked crossroads and a table and some benches along the way.

To the left is just a short climb to the top of Plaz, and we continue to the right where we are directed by the signs for Škavnica and Nanos-Abram. We quickly come to another crossroads where the path to the left branches off into the valley towards Vipava, we keep to the right and follow the signs for Abram and Škavnica. We continue to climb gently through the forest for a while, and then the second part of the trail from Vipava joins us on the left.

Continue right again and then start to climb a little steeper. A little higher up, a narrower path branches off to the left to Škavnica, which is about 15 minutes steeper climb. At this crossroads, we continue straight ahead on a wider and better-trodden path. The relatively wide path then soon leads us to the chapel (694m), which also has a small bench and a registration book and stamp.

Just beyond the chapel is a crossroads where you continue right to cart track after the markers "Gr. Tura", and to the left the path leads towards Nanos. Continue for some time through the forest on the cart track or macadam road, and then white arrows and a signpost for Gradiška Tura direct you left onto a narrow track. Walk along the above-mentioned slanting track through the woods for a while, then join another cart track. Continue to the right on cart track, which will take you out of the forest for a while and onto a pleasant grassy slope. Later, cart track becomes a grass track which leads to the marked crossroads again.

At the crossroads continue right towards Gradiška Tura and after a short climb the path leads into the forest and crosses a pasture fence. The path then begins to descend gently and through the trees we begin to have a view towards the top of Gradiška Tura. The path then turns slightly to the left and after a short descent leads us to a crossroads near the summit, where an unmarked path from Gradišče (the crossroads is marked) joins us from the left.

From the crossroads, there is then only a very short climb to the summit, from which we have a very nice view of the Vipava valley.

You can descend along the ascent route, or along the unmarked path, or along a slightly more difficult route which descends from the summit to the south side and runs along a slightly steeper slope. The southern slopes are also the route of the protected climbing routes Furlanova and Otmarjeva, which are not suitable for descent.

On the way: Kapelica (694m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Furlanovo zavetišče pri Abramu ( 30 min), Vojkova koča na Nanosu

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