Bajgot - Mali Šumik waterfall
Starting point: Bajgot (1050 m)
Time of walking: 35 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: -160 m
Altitude difference (by path): -160 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Maribor or Dravograd we drive to Selnica ob Dravi, from where we continue driving towards the village Ruše. In Ruše we continue right and then left in the direction of Smolnik. An ascending road soon brings us in the mentioned village and only few kilometers ahead to a crossroad, where we continue left towards the waterfall Šumik. Then we follow the road a good 100m to the parking lot above waterfalls Šumik.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on at first a wide footpath in the direction of Mali and Veliki Šumik. Already after few steps of walking a sign warns us, that we will continue on a steep and for slipping dangerous path (compulsory hiking boots). The path ahead crosses the river Lobnica and starts gradually descending. Further, we are descending on the path which is becoming steeper and steeper and in parts secured. When we get very close to Veliki Šumik, the path leads us over the hardest part of the path. With the help of steel cables we descend over a shorter steep wall, and then we cross steep slopes, mostly without fixed safety gear. The path then brings us to the spot, where there is a stamp (from here we already clearly see the waterfall). Next follows a steep descent to a nice vantage point on waterfall.
Veliki Šumik waterfall we continue on a path, which is still descending by Lobnica on in parts steep slopes. A little further with the help of steel cables we cross the stream Verna, which by high water level changes into several smaller waterfalls. And only a little further over a small bridge we cross river Lobnica. And immediately after the bridge we notice a sign for the waterfall, which measures 9 meters. From the sign, we see the waterfall from above, and if we want to see it from below we continue on a path, which at first ascends after that descends to a crossing. Here we continue right downwards on a steep path, which quickly brings us to the riverbed of Lobnica, from which a view opens up on waterfall.
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