D station - Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu (via Vrh Osojnic)
Starting point: D station (2202 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3326°N 13.5384°E
Path name: via Vrh Osojnic
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 58 m
Altitude difference (by path): 200 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From Kranjska Gora over the mountain pass Vršič or Predel we drive in Bovec, where we park at the bottom station of the cable car on Kanin (cableway is located near the gas station). Then we buy a ticket and go with a cable car to D station.
B) From Primorska side we at first drive into a valley of river Soča and then through Tolmin and Kobarid we get to Bovec, where we park at the bottom station of the cable car on Kanin (cableway is located near the gas station). Then we buy a ticket and go with a cable car to D station.
Path description:
At D station we continue slightly left towards the northwest (direction Visoki Kanin and window Okno v Prestreljeniku, right Prestreljenik). We at first walk on a relatively gentle terrain, which is also part of the ski slope. The path here leads past few information boards and then blazes point us on a footpath towards Visoki Kanin and window Okno v Prestreljeniku (slightly left mountain hut Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu).
The path for a short time runs on rocky terrain and then in a gentle ascent crosses scree and it brings us to a crossing.
Here, the path branches off to the right towards the window, and we continue straight, on a gradually steeper and for some time demanding path, where we get help from some fixed safety gear. When the steepness decreases we reach the saddle south from Hudi Vršič, and the path starts descending. After few 10 strides of descent we reach the marked crossing, where we leave the path towards Visoki Kanin and we continue left in the direction of Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu.
The path ahead gradually passes on at first an indistinct ridge, which soon becomes a little more distinct, and in a moderate ascent after approximately 10 minutes from the last crossing we reach the panoramic peak Vrh Osojnic, where there stands a cairn.
From Vrh Osojnic we continue on a marked path which continues on a panoramic ridge and there in few minutes we get to survey point 2348, where the ridge widens, and the path starts considerably descending on Kanin karst terrain. The marked path, which is mostly moderately descending, then brings us to bivouac, from which to the mountain hut we have only few steps.
D station - Vrh Osojnic 0:45, Vrh Osojnic - Dom Petra Skalarja 0:20.
On the way: Vrh Osojnic (2371m)
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