Loška Koritnica - Jalovec (via Zavetišče pod Špičkom)

Access to starting point:
From Bovec we drive towards the Predel border crossing. In the village of Log pod Mangartom, immediately after the bridge over the Predilnica, we turn right in the direction of Koritnica. The initially asphalted, then gravel road quickly takes us to the parking lot at the beginning of the entrance to the central part of TNP.

Path description:
From the parking lot we head onto the road to the right, which is closed with a barrier. The road runs alongside the stream the whole time and crosses it several times. Towards the end the road becomes narrower and takes us past a few houses to a crossroads. We head slightly to the right on the footpath following the signs for Jalovec, Pod Špičkom, Mangrt (left Planina Brdo). The path then enters the forest and soon takes us to a marked crossroads.
We continue right following the signs for Zavetišče pod Špičkom, the path to the left leads towards Kotovo sedlo and Mangart.
The path soon takes us to a stream that we have to cross, then we climb for a short time through sparse forest. This is followed by an ascent on a grassy slope and a short ascent over scree to the entry into the climbing part of the path.
When we enter the wall, we first climb left upwards along the steel cable. The path soon becomes even steeper and climbs almost vertically several times along the steel cable with the help of numerous pitons. In the continuation we continue to ascend the steep slope with the help of steel cables, then the path turns a bit to the right and soon takes us into the forest, where the steepness eases a bit. From the forest the path takes us to a slope covered with bushes and tall grass. The bushes then end and an ascent through an increasingly beautiful valley follows. Beautiful views open up from the path towards Mangart, Jalovec and the precipitous walls of Plešivec under which we are ascending. In the last part the valley turns slightly to the right and an ascent over scree to the saddle Čez Brežice follows.
At the saddle we continue left where the inscription on the rock “Špička” directs us. First we climb up along the steel cable to the left upwards, then the path takes us to a grassy slope on which we ascend for some time. When we get below the walls of Mali Ozebnik we continue to the right and traverse the precipitous slopes along the steel cable in a gentle ascent. In some places there is a lot of gravel on the path, so additional caution is needed. The path then takes us to a short, very demanding part of the path. With the help of the steel cable and some pitons we climb vertically, then we traverse a few meters to the right across the vertical slope. In the continuation the path ascends on a somewhat less steep, but unprotected slope and an ascent over a very gravelly slope to Škrbina za Gradom follows.
From the notch we descend over scree below the walls of the peak Pelc nad Klonicami (2442 m). The path then leads us through broken terrain past numerous rocks and boulders. In the last part the path turns to the left and after a short descent takes us to Zavetišče pod Špičkom.
From here we continue right, slightly downhill in the direction of Jalovec (even more to the right leads the path towards the valley, or Zadnja Trenta and Vršič), past a rock with an interesting inscription to the entry into the more demanding part of the path.
The path ahead ascends over an initially relatively well-secured rocky rib, then steeply ascends the wall of the lesser known Veliki Ozebnik (2480 m). The steepness then gradually eases and the path turns a bit to the right, where it traverses steep and slippery slopes under Veliki Ozebnik. On this part the path is less secured and very exposed to falling stones (helmet is mandatory!). The path ahead crosses another short exposed gully and then takes us into the softer world of grass. The path ahead slightly descends and takes us to the high mountain plain called Jezerce. A short ascent follows and from the right the path from Jalovška škrbina joins us.
The path then steeply ascends again and with some protection along a path that is quite exposed in places takes us to the main ridge of Jalovec. We continue ascending along the narrow and occasionally very exposed ridge on the path that higher up takes us to the place where the path from Kotovo sedlo joins us from the left. We continue straight and the scenic ridge path quickly takes us to the summit of Jalovec.

Izhodišče - Mlaka 0:45, Mlaka - Čez Brežiče 2:35, Čez Brežiče - Škrbina Za gradom 0:55, Škrbina Za gradom - Zavetišče pod Špičkom 0:40, Zavetišče pod Špičkom - Jezerca 1:25, Jezerca - Razpotje na grebenu Jalovca 0:45, razpotje na grebenu Jalovca - Jalovca 0:05.

On the way: Šujč (895m), Mlaka (959m), Čez Brežiče (1980m), Škrbina Za gradom (2277m), Zavetišče pod Špičkom (2064m), Jezerca (2390m), Razpotje na grebenu Jalovca (2613m)