Railway station (Most na Soči) - Veliki vrh (above Lom)

Access to the starting point:
The starting point is at the Most na Soči railway station in Postaja. Access from two directions is described, the third access is via Čepovan.

a) From Nova Gorica, follow the signs for Bovec and Tolmin, go through Kanal and then look out for the turn-off for Most na Soči in the direction of Idrija and Ljubljana). Continue driving through the village of Kozaršče, in the centre of Most na Soči continue driving in the direction of Ljubljana and Idrija. After one and a half kilometres, you will see a bridge on your right and a signpost for Lokve, Čepovan and Station. Cross the bridge and find a parking place near the railway station.

b) From the direction of Idrija, follow the signs for Tolmin. 500 metres after the settlement Bača pri Modreju (before the settlement a railway viaduct crosses the road), you will see a bridge on your left and a signpost for Lokve, Čepovan and the Station. Cross the bridge and find a parking place near the railway station.

Path description:
The trail is well marked with signposts and is easy, quite steep in the first part up to the hamlet of Široko, then it flattens out. It is mostly on dirt roads and dirt tracks, with a short narrower track below the summit. There are two viewpoints with panoramic signs along the way (Široko and Ledince), and the summit is also visible.

From the railway station, continue along the asphalt road on the left bank of the Idrijca River in the route Čepovan, after 400 metres follow the road around the bend under the railway bridge. After 200 metres, a sign on the right side of the road at a tap with running water directs us towards the Široko viewpoint on the macadam road. Continue along the road to the next turn-off, where a sign directs you to the far left. Soon we start to climb, the road is paved on the steepest parts, and we can easily follow it to the hamlet of Klohi. At the last house, turn around the corner onto a narrower track that leads through pastures and meadows, from which a view of the Tolmin hills begins to open up. After two serpentines, be careful not to continue ahead in the beech enclosure, but to turn sharp right, as the signpost indicates.

When you reach the hamlet of Široko, you can pass a tourist farm and turn to a lookout point (50 m out of the way), otherwise follow the signs for Ledince, Grudnica and Veliki vrh and quickly leave the asphalt road and turn left onto a macadam forest road, which climbs for a while and then gently descends. Leave the wide macadam road at the top of the next long uphill, where signs direct you to the right towards the Ledince lookout point and Veliki vrh (signposted shortcut).

From the viewpoint, continue along the forest track logging trail to the next marked crossroads, where you turn slightly left uphill, downhill to the right in the direction of Močila na Kalu in Kanalski Lom. From here the trail is well signposted with direction signs and blue-yellow markers indicating the circular trail "Lom is my home". The trail passes the chasm in Špila, slightly higher up the trail, which is open to the public, also with a description on the info board. The path then narrows after a few bends and climbs up to the boundary stone, where the next info board is located.
After the boundary stone, turn right onto the slightly wider path again. In the dried spruce forest, just before the clearing, leave the path and turn right onto a narrower track. This leads to an undistinguished ridge, which rises gently towards Veliki vrh. After a few minutes' walk, a preserved WWI observation post is visible, and then, after a short descent, there is only a short climb to the summit. Just below the summit there is a WWI-themed info board, and at the top there is a miniature Aljaž tower with a signing-in book (opened by lifting the lid).

You can return along the same route or take a detour along the marked "Lom je moj dom" route in the direction of Grudnica (the route extends for 30 minutes, and you can join the route back at the Ledince lookout point). Alternatively, back in the shaft behind the abyss, turn far left towards Močila on Kal and follow the "Lom je moj dom" trail in the other direction to Kanalski Lom and then climb back up to Široka (the trail extends for a good 1 hour and an additional 200 m climb) and descend back down into the valley from here.

On the way: Razgledna točka Široko (755m)

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