Aljažev dom v Vratih - Bovški Gamsovec (via Luknja)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Mojstrana, then follow the signs for Vrata Valley. We continue on the toll road, which is closed to public traffic in winter, following it to the large parking lot located a few minutes before Aljažev dom v Vratih.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the gravel road closed to public traffic, passing Šlajmerjev dom to quickly reach Aljažev dom v Vratih.
Bypass Aljažev dom on the right side and continue straight towards Triglav, Sovatna, Luknja... (right Škrlatica, bivouac at Rušje...). Continue on the rough gravel road past the winter shelter to the marked junction at the famous peg (monument to fallen partisan climbers).
Continue straight again (left Tominšek's path) as the easy path leads with fine views of Triglav and the Triglav north face. After a few minutes' further walk, we enter a beech forest where the path over Sovatna branches right; we continue straight towards Luknja and Triglav - path over Prag. A short ascent on the track follows, then markers direct us left to the path approaching the bed of Triglavska Bistrica. Here the path passes the memorial to mountain victims, shortly after reaching the next marked junction.
Left across the stream continues the path over Prag; we go straight on the path which gradually climbs more noticeably. The path to Luknja climbs moderately for a while longer, higher up becoming steeper and more panoramic. A little higher the path leads through a belt of scrub and sparse forest, where a trail branches right to the nearby bivouac; we continue on the wider path which soon exits the forest belt. The path then steepens somewhat, gradually leading to scree slopes below Luknja. The path over the scree is quite slippery, but upon reaching the foot of the walls, fixed ropes assist (easy when dry, especially useful on descent). We ascend steeply right by the wall for a short time, then the path turns slightly right, leading a bit higher to the junction at Luknja from where a fine view opens to the mountains above Zadnjica.
At Luknja turn right following signs for Bovški Gamsovec (left path via Plemenice to Triglav, straight down to Zadnjica) and ascend grassy slopes below the walls of Pihavec and Bovški Gamsovec, where alpine ibex and marmots are usually plentiful. Higher under the ridge of Bovški Gamsovec the path turns left and climbs steeply towards the ridge, somewhat exposed here. Soon we reach the partly grassy ridge, continuing steeply upwards with increasingly fine views of surrounding peaks. This brings us to the final section, technically more demanding, aided by pegs and fixed ropes. A little further the path from Dovška vrata joins from the right (path from Kriške pode or over Sovatna); we go left through rocky terrain to reach the panoramic summit of Bovški Gamsovec in a few minutes.
Starting point - Aljažev dom 0:05, Aljažev dom - Bistrica spring 0:55, Bistrica spring - Luknja 1:35, Luknja - Bovški Gamsovec 2:00.

On the way: Aljažev dom v Vratih (1001m), Spomenik padlim partizanom gornikom (1020m), V Plazičih (1040m), Izvir Bistrice (1160m), Luknja (1766m)