Veliki Babanjski Škedanj and Zelene Čuklje
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| taubi47. 09. 2020 22:58:10 |
At 8:00 we started from the first bend above station B of the Kanin cable car. After a good twenty minutes we branched left from the marked Bovec - Kanin trail onto an unmarked path towards Škedanj. The path runs through the forest towards south-south-west and is clearly visible all the way. Below the summit of Kop (1439m) it turns from the forest towards the west. The trail repeatedly turns into a well-preserved mulatjera and back to trail. When we reach the rocky area below Mali Škedanj the trail becomes a bit less visible. With a little effort we still follow it to the southern slope of Veliki Škedanj. Here we turned sharply left on real pathless terrain towards the summit. After three hours and a quarter of walking we reached the summit of Veliki Babanjski Škedanj. Here we had a snack and the last views towards Velika Baba and Vrh Laške Planje. During the half-hour break fog slowly covered us. Nevertheless we set off to find the summit named Zelene Čuklje. According to Marjana and Marko this summit is on the Kanin foothills, somewhere between Laška Planja and Veliki Škedanj. Haven't seen the name on any map yet. But on Garmin Adria topo map I noticed a summit shown with contour lines without name almost exactly on the saddle between both mentioned summits. We descended along the gentle western ridge to the saddle, from where with very nice scrambling on compact rock we climbed in fifty minutes to the summit of the 2170m high mountain. Fog lifted every now and then enough so we could assure ourselves we're not on some shoulder or false summit of another peak, but on an independent summit rising at least fifty meters above Prodi. Confirmation it's really Zelene Čuklje came when Zdenka got the summit with that name on Lokus map loaded on her mobile. Return in fog over Prode to the marked Kanin-Bovec path wasn't really easy either. We stepped on the path below Kačarjeva glava, after an hour and a half searching passages. To the car another good hour and a half. Whole tour lasted eight hours.
In good weather this would certainly be one of the nicer tours.
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| taubi48. 09. 2020 10:08:56 |
Tadej, please move the thread to Julijce as I made a mistake. Thanks
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| taubi43. 06. 2023 21:21:58 |
After almost three years I went on the same tour again with two friends. The path to VBŠ was completely dry all the way. From VBŠ to Zelene Čuklje it was snowy only at the bottom of the hollows. On the descent to Kaninske pode, the steep slopes were dry, in valleys and hollows still quite a lot of snow, which ended somewhere from the old Kaninska koča onwards. To the car at the bend above B station without problems. Although three years older, we needed one hour less for the whole tour.
Regards Ivo
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| taubi45. 06. 2023 07:47:53 |
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| DVas19. 06. 2025 08:23:32 |
How traceable is the path from VBS to Čuklje?
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| rokeg22. 06. 2025 20:48:27 |
No path. You go where it seems easier, but watch out not to stray into impassable terrain full of scree and loose rocks. From Veliki Babanjski Škedanj continue along the ridge until an easy passage opens right onto the slope and then by feel to the summit. I took about 50 min walking. Possible without major climbing if you find the passages. Further towards Baban or path to Vrh Laške Planje or Kačarjeva glava is already a bit more tricky orientation-wise.
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| DVas23. 06. 2025 10:12:00 |
Thanks a lot 
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