Aljažev dom v Vratih - 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 we continue along the gravel road closed to public traffic, passing Šlajmerjev dom and quickly reaching Aljažev dom v Vratih.
We bypass Aljažev dom on the right and continue straight towards Triglav, Sovatna, Luknja... (right Škrlatica, bivouac at Rušje...). We continue on the rougher gravel road past the winter shelter to a marked junction at the famous peg (monument to fallen partisan mountaineers).
We continue straight again (left Tominškova pot), a gentle path leads us with fine views of Triglav and Triglav North Face. After a few minutes we enter a beech forest where the path over Sovatna branches right; we go straight towards Luknja and Triglav - path over Prag. A short ascent on the track follows, then markers lead left to a path approaching the bed of Triglavska Bistrica. Here the path passes a memorial to mountain victims and soon reaches the next marked junction.
Left across the stream continues the path over Prag; we go straight on a path that gradually steepens more noticeably. The path to Luknja ascends moderately for a while, higher it becomes steeper and more panoramic. Higher still, the path goes through a belt of scrub and sparse woods where a trail branches right to the nearby bivouac; we continue on the broader path out of the woods shortly after. The path steepens a bit more, gradually leading to screes below Luknja. The scree path is quite slippery, but at the foot of the walls wire ropes help (easy when dry, mainly useful on descent). We ascend steeply beside the wall briefly, then the path veers slightly right and higher leads to the junction on Luknja, offering a fine view of the mountains above Zadnjica.
Start - Aljažev dom 0:05, Aljažev dom - Bistrica spring 0:55, Bistrica spring - Luknja 1:35.
Description and photos refer to conditions in 2017 (August).

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

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Doliču (3 h 10 min) , Šmarjetna glava (4 h 25 min) , Bovški Gamsovec (2 h) , Pihavec (2 h) , Morbegna , Glava v Zaplanji (3 h) , Kanjavec (4 h 40 min) , Triglav (4 h)