| rok.si7. 09. 2020 18:38:53 |
I also decided on Saturday with the forecasted nice weather for a tour I'd wanted for a long time - to Grintovec and Skuta in one day straight from the valley.
A bit after six I parked in front of the hut in Kamniška Bistrica, where there was no special crowd yet, but there were way more cars in the forest along the road to Konec - I don't remember such a crowd since I go to the mountains!
I also met many people on the way to Kokrško sedlo and at the saddle in front of the hut all tables full.
After morning coffee I headed towards Skuta, at Malih vratcih I turned onto the grassy ridge of Dolgih sten, where the "crowd" ends and alone I slowly climbed the wonderful panoramic grassy ridge and here and there noticed some faded pre-war markings on the rocks. When the grass slowly ends I took a break, then continued a bit further from the point where the ridge goes steeply up, where I no longer felt I was on the right path, so I descended towards the scree where the SPD path over Dolge stene should run, but I didn't find that either. Then Bojan with his dog came behind me, who have more mileage on such paths that are or aren't, and together we continued to the summit past the point where I turned back a bit earlier - a bit further the tracks of predecessors were visible again, then here and there a cairn and the climbing wasn't particularly demanding.
Soon we were on the very crowded summit, from where you could see absolutely everything possible! After a well-deserved snack and feeding the choughs, which that day with the abundance of visitors really had a chance to eat their fill, we parted and I descended towards Mlinarsko sedlo, where I hadn't been.
I liked the path, varied and similar to the continuation over Dolgi hrbet, which I already knew from before. It went fast from my legs (and arms) and when the siren on Jezersko sounded the first Saturday noon of the month I was already at the top of Dolgega hrbta. The last time I was here I had fog, this time I could really enjoy this beautiful path between sky and earth. Here and there due to faded markings I took a step too far, but no problem. I met quite a few people, but little compared to the crowd on Grintovec. Not sure about Lencka - maybe between Mlinarsko sedlo and the top of Dolgega hrbta? (I had a green long-sleeved shirt and orange helmet)
The baroque silhouette of Skuta was approaching and I had to check it out from Štruca too, I was also interested in that water advertised on the rock sign, but there was nothing - just damp rock in the cave.
Well, at the top of Skuta I took another longer break, then slowly descended to the valley. At the end of the climbing part of the path I descended over the scree via a shortcut (which is only suitable for cloudless days, as Podi are very unfriendly in fog) to the bivouac, where a friendly Primorska group offered me coffee in exchange for photo services, which after about ten hours on the way really hit the spot. The descent over Žmavčarje passed quickly, first express over the scree, then all the time in pleasant shade. Above the cable car out of slight boredom I started counting cars (of which there were only about a quarter of the morning ones) and by the time the mountain path leaves the road I counted 47. Wow.
At six in the afternoon I contentedly took off my boots and with great pleasure after the successful tour splashed into the ice-cold Kamniška Bistrica in front of the Hut. 
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