Hrašče - Grmada (Nanos) (via Brižnik)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Koper, take the exit Razdrto and then continue along the old road towards Nova Gorica. After Razdrto, the road starts to descend more steeply, and we follow it to a junction where the road to Nanos branches off to the right. Take the road and then, after the first sharp right turn, park in a suitable space at the next smaller junction.
b) From the expressway Nova Gorica - Razdrto, take the exit Vipava, then continue on the old road to Razdrto, which we follow for only a few kilometres, then the signs for Nanos direct us to a sharp left onto the ascending road. We take the road and then, after the first sharp right turn, park in a suitable space at the next small junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the side road, along which you will see signs for Nanos and a hunting lodge. Walk along the road for a few metres, then the signs direct you to the right on a marked footpath that begins to climb through the forest. A little higher up, cross an asphalt road, and when you reach it for the second time, continue along it via the expressway. On the other side of the expressway, which is crossed just at the start of the tunnel, the road you are climbing gradually curves to the right. Follow the tarmac to the end of the next serpentine, then turn right onto the marked track which returns to the road higher up.
Once back on the road, follow it to the right (straight ahead on the footpath - past the troughs), and we walk along it for a while. Higher up, a path branches off to the right down towards the village of Lozice, and we continue just a little higher left on the footpath, which soon crosses the road we have just left. A few steps higher, we come to a wide cart track and follow it to the right. Follow Cart track at the crossroads in the route indicated by the signs, which turns into a wide footpath higher up. A few minutes of ascent follows and the path leads to a crossroads where the path from Lozice joins us.
Here we continue left in the direction of the hunting lodge, and the relatively wide path, in many bends, leads us over steeper and steeper slopes. The relatively steep path occasionally leads us over quite scenic slopes, from which we have a beautiful view towards the Vipava Brdo. Higher up, we come to a slightly more difficult part, where the otherwise wide path climbs crosswise over a short exposed slope (especially in snow and ice there is a risk of slipping). Above the exposed steel cable you reach a marked crossroads, where you continue sharp right in the direction of "Strmec" (left down Podnanos, straight ahead Vojkovo hunting lodge).
The way ahead becomes quite steep and much less beaten, but not particularly difficult in terms of orientation. Higher up, the path leads us out of the forest and completely flattens out after the turning point. Here we continue straight along a barely visible path, which in 2 minutes of further walking connects to the well-trodden and marked Vojkovo hunting lodge - Vojkova koča na Nanosu (Vojkovo Lodge on Nanosu).
When you reach the trail, follow it to the right (left hunting lodge 10 minutes), and it leads you on across grassy slopes that are occasionally covered with scrub and individual pines. The path, which is easy and hardly climbing at all, then joins the road for a short distance, but leaves it after a few steps. The path then leaves the road a little to the right and begins to climb moderately over the increasingly scenic slopes of Nanos. Here, an unmarked path joins from the right, branching off to the right at a slightly lower level. The path ahead becomes a little steeper and, after a few minutes of further walking, leads us to the church of St Hieronymus, visible from afar.
From the church, continue slightly to the right along the path, which is joined just a little higher up on the right by the path from Razdrteg. Continue in the direction of Vojkova huts along the path, which leads us only a few steps further to a less visible crossroads, where the unmarked path to Grmada branches off to the left.
We focus on the above-mentioned unmarked and slightly less visible path, which is slightly more ascending and soon leads us to a forest road, which we just cross. Continue the ascent along a relatively steep path, which climbs over an increasingly scenic grassy slope. Higher up, the path bends slightly to the right, where it gradually changes to an undistinguished ridge, which is then followed by a few minutes of further walking to the top of Grmada.

On the way: Sveti Hieronim (1020m)

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