Čezsoča - Slatenik waterfall

Access to starting point:
We drive to Bovec and then descend to the village Čezsoča, where in the center of the village we turn left in the direction of Jablance. We then follow a narrow asphalt road to the spot where a macadam road in the direction of the Škratov valley branches off to the right upward. We follow this road for a good 100 m to the parking lot by the road.

Route description:
From the parking lot by the road, we continue on a macadam road which gets worse and gradually changes into a cart track. From the path, which mostly runs through the forest, a view rarely opens up on the nearby Kanin massif and Bovško basin. After a good hour of ascent on the path, by which we notice some decaying shacks, we leave the cart track because signs for the Škratov valley direct us right downwards. There follows a 10-minute descent on a pleasant forest path surrounded by numerous garden gnomes ("škrati"), which ends at the registration box on an old wooden hut.
From the shack we continue on a somewhat overgrown path, which barely noticeably ascends past the last gnomes in the Škratov valley. The path ahead crosses the Slatenik stream (the small bridge is destroyed 18.7.2008) and then steeply ascends in the direction of "slap". After a good 10 minutes, the steepness eases and the path brings us to an indistinct side ridgelet, where it turns left. After a further few dozen steps, the path starts to descend a steep slope that is dangerous for slipping when wet. The path marked with faded blazes then brings us to an unmarked junction, where the path to the waterfall branches off to the left, which we already see in front of us, but which still separates us by a few minutes of walking. If we continue on the right path, which starts ascending again, we reach the gorges of the Slatenik stream, which are located only a little above the waterfall.

Along the route: Dolina Škratov (valley of Dwarfs) (700m)

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