Pišnica - Dolkova špica (via Kriška stena)

Access to starting point:
a) First we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving towards the Vršič pass. When Kranjska Gora ends, the road leads us past Lake Jasna, after the lake we reach the bridge over Velika Pišnica, where the described path begins. We park at the smaller parking lot at the intersection, or a little earlier, at the larger parking lot before the start of TNP, or after the bridge near the former Hotel Erika.
b) We drive to Trenta, then over the Vršič pass we begin to descend towards Kranjska Gora. After crossing the bridge over Velika Pišnica, the described path begins. We park at the smaller parking lot at the intersection, or a little earlier near the former Hotel Erika, or a little after the bridge, at the somewhat larger parking lot opposite the TNP sign.

Path description:
From the bridge over Velika Pišnica we continue in the direction of Koča v Krnici, where the path leads us along a gravel road that runs through the valley of Velika Pišnica. The fairly gentle road, which runs along the mountain stream, first crosses several torrents, then after the dam, which is quite photogenic due to the high mountains in the background, a little further brings us to a marked junction, where the path through Kačji graben to Špik branches off to the left.
We continue straight on the still gentle road, which then brings us across the gravel area to a marked junction, where at the edge of Planina V Klinu the path from Ruski križ joins from the right.
We continue left in the direction of Krnice, then immediately after crossing the torrent we turn right onto the forest footpath. A moderate ascent through the forest follows, and after about 20 minutes of further walking we arrive at Koča v Krnici.
From Koča v Krnici we continue straight (left Špik and Velika Dnina) in the direction of Križ, Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih and Škrlatica. The path ahead first still leads through the forest, then brings us into a belt of shrubs, where we walk for some time along mighty torrent deposits. Higher up the path turns slightly to the left and begins to ascend steeply. A steep ascent through the area called Travno brdo follows, where the path still leads through the last belt of forest. Higher up the larch forest first thins out, then ends quite quickly. This is followed by an ascent over a short grassy section, and from the path that transitions to scree beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and walls open up. Higher up, at an altitude of about 1900 meters the path levels out and brings us into the cirque V kotu, at the end of the cirque the path turns left and brings us to the entrance into Kriško stena (in early summer there is often still snow at the entrance to the wall).
Before entering the wall, or even earlier, we put on a helmet, then carefully step into the wall. The path at the beginning of the wall turns left and ascends steeply, in the continuation the path is mostly led along natural passages, at harder places we are helped by fixed protections. The ascent on the wall, which besides exposure is also exposed to falling rocks, takes about one hour. Above the wall the path levels out and brings us to the junction at Vrh Kriške stene, where we continue left downhill in the direction of Škrlatica (right Križ and Pogačnikov dom). Already after a few minutes of descent the path brings us to the next junction, where we again continue left (straight Bivak na Rušju and dolina Vrata). Further we walk under the walls of Gubnega and Dovški Gamsovec, without major changes in altitude. After half an hour of further walking the path begins to ascend again, leading us through scree terrain towards the steep Rdeča škrbina, which is located between Dolkova Špica and the lesser known Rogljica.
At the mentioned notch we continue right in the direction of Dolkova špica (straight down Škrlatica), along the path that ascends along and beside the summit ridge of the mountain. After 15 minutes of further walking on a path that is in places quite steep, we reach the panoramic summit of Dolkova špica.

Starting point - branch for Kačji graben 0:40, branch for Kačji graben - Planina v Klinu 0:25, Planina v Klinu - Koča v Krnici 0:20, Koča v Krnici - V kotu 2:30, V kotu - Vrh Kriške stene 1:00, Vrh Kriške stene - Na rušju 0:10, Na rušju - Rdeča škrbina 1:15, Rdeča škrbina - Dolkova špica 0:15.

On the way: Eriški most (852m), Rušev graben (899m), Odcep za Kačji graben (916m), Planina v Klinu (980m), Koča v Krnici (1113m), Pod Kriško steno (1945m), Rob Kriške stene (2300m), Na rušju (2218m), Rdeča škrbina (2521m)