Aljažev dom v Vratih - Škrlatica
Starting point: Aljažev dom v Vratih (1015 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4128°N 13.8466°E 
Time of walking: 6 h
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 1725 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1800 m
Map: Triglav 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road towards Kranjska Gora. Just before the village of Dovje, a road branches off to the left from the main road leading to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krmo). Continue along this road towards the Vrata valley and drive through it to the large parking lot near Aljažev dom.
Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the gravel road closed to public traffic, passing Šlajmerjev dom and quickly reaching Aljažev dom in Vratih.
At Aljažev dom, head right towards Škrlatica, Dolkova špica, Stenar, Križ and Kriška stena (straight to Triglav, Luknja, Bovški Gamsovec, Pogačnikov dom via Sovatna, Stenar, Križ and Razor) onto the path that leads us across the meadow into the forest. The path then ascends first along a gentle track, higher up turning into a gradually steeper hiking trail, which brings us to the bed of a torrent, but we do not follow it for long. Higher up, the path temporarily turns right and ascends steeply through the forest, later beginning to turn left, where we cross a short scree slope, and the path gets closer to the slopes below the mighty Stenar. We soon reach these slopes and ascend through dwarf pines and past individual larches. After leaving the dwarf pine belt, we reach a small valley separating Stenar from Križ, where we ascend briefly, then the marked path turns right (straight to Stenarska vratca and Križ and Stenar via these gates).
A short ascent follows through increasingly alpine terrain, and about 100 meters higher, we arrive at a somewhat larger junction, where the path to Škrlatica continues right, and left branches off to the nearby Bivak Na rušju, Križ and Kriška stena.
Continue right towards Škrlatica (left to bivouac 2 minutes and Križ 1:30).
The path crosses a small scree and then turns sharply right. Next, cross a slightly exposed slope (risk of slipping), after which we reach the pastures below Dolkova špica. The path begins to descend slowly, but only to a steeper section. Here in early summer, we may encounter snow patches (caution). The path then rises again and soon reaches the karst sinkhole Zadnji Dolek, located between Škrlatica and Dolkova špica.
Here at the junction, continue right towards Škrlatica, left leads to Rdeča škrbina and further to Dolkova špica or Križ and Pogačnikov dom. Continue ascending the scree upwards to the entry into the wall. Walking on the scree is quite strenuous as it is quite steep. In the upper part of the scree, the markers direct us right where we enter the secured section of the path.
The path continues along the west wall and is well protected in the initial part with pegs and cables. First, we descend slightly and cross an exposed slope to the south. The path then becomes slightly less exposed and begins to ascend more steeply up the slope where pegs occasionally assist us.
Followed by an ascent with the aid of a cable up a gully. When we reach the top of the gully, we descend slightly and the path brings us to probably the most difficult part. Here, we first ascend steeply with the help of a few brackets, then a traverse across a smooth wall to the right. The path is very well secured here with cable and brackets. Continuing, we ascend transversely for a while, protections becoming somewhat sparser. On the more difficult sections, mostly only pegs assist us. On this section, we can also notice a window in Škrlatica, which many hikers overlook.
The path becomes slightly less demanding and leads us to the ridge where wonderful views open up also to the east, where the nearby Rokavi are very visible.
From here, we have about half an hour to the summit. The path to the summit is slightly less demanding and mostly runs along the right eastern side of the ridge. Soon we see the cross on the summit and only a short ascent remains to the very panoramic summit.
Starting point - Aljažev dom 0:05, Aljažev dom - Bivak Na rušju 2:55, Bivak na Rušju - Zadnji Dolek 1:30, Zadnji Dolek - Škrlatica 1:30.
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