D station - Lopa

Access to starting point:
a) First, we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue over Vršič pass or through Italy and then over Predel pass towards Bovec. Upon arriving in Bovec, we drive along the bypass past the center, then on the other side of the town right towards the nearby gas station. At the gas station, we turn left and ascend to the nearby parking lot at the lower station of the circular cabin cable car to Kanin. Then we buy a ticket and take the cable car to the D station on Kanin.
b) First, we drive to Tolmin, then continue towards Bovec. At the beginning of Bovec, we leave the main road and continue straight towards the town center. Towards the center, we drive only a few tens of meters, then at the gas station turn sharply left onto the ascending road, along which we quickly arrive at the parking lot at the lower station of the circular cabin cable car. Then we buy a ticket and take the cable car to the D station on Kanin.

Path description:
From the D station, we first walk in a slight ascent to the nearby lower station of the Prevala quad chairlift, from there we continue right in the direction of Prestreljenik and Rombon. The path further leads along the quad chairlift and ascends along the edge of the ski slope. Higher up we arrive at Sedlo, where there is the intermediate exit station of the Prevala quad chairlift and where there is a left branch of the path to Prestreljenik (2499 m).
From Sedlo we continue briefly along the ski slope, which descends towards the Prevala saddle, then continue slightly left onto the marked hiking path, which continues along the left side of the ski slope (continuation along the ski slope is also possible). The path, which further moderately to occasionally steeply descends, leads us past some larger screes, then temporarily levels out. Further on, the path turns somewhat left and gradually transitions to steeper slopes, which are slightly exposed in a few places. Lower down, the path turns sharply right and descends with the aid of a fixed cable to the junction at the Prevala saddle.
From Prevala, where there is a junction of five paths, we continue slightly left and begin to ascend the ski area towards the upper station of the Italian gondola cable car. Here, a nice view opens up from the path first to the west, then also to the north where Montaž and Viš are nicely visible. When the path on the ski slope turns right, path 536 from Nevejsko sedlo joins us from the left. Only a short ascent to the upper cable car station follows.
At the upper station of the gondola cable car, we head left onto an unmarked trail that crosses scree slopes on the northern slopes towards the east. The path initially crosses the slopes in a slight ascent under the north walls of the Vršiči ridge below Lopa (Monte Golovec). When we reach the northwest side of the mentioned ridge, a view opens to the right towards the notch Forca sopra Medon. We continue along the trail that crosses the slopes towards the east. We follow the trail, which further occasionally ascends slightly, all the way to the notch on the eastern side of the Lopa summit.
Approximately 10 meters before the notch (first somewhat easier passage from the notch on the north side), we head right upwards towards the ridge. After an initial very short ascent, the terrain levels slightly and ahead we will see a short gully. On this section there is also some scree on the slope. We head straight towards the mentioned gully. After just a few meters of ascent in the gully, we continue left onto the ledge.
Once on the mentioned ledge, we have two options. We can already after a few meters of traversing the ledge head right and a few meters of climbing to the ridge follow. If we head right at the correct place, the climbing difficulty does not exceed grade 1. The second option is to traverse the mentioned ledge further so that we reach the south side of the ridge. On the south side, where the slope is somewhat covered with grass, we traverse the steep slope under the ridge for a short time. When the slope above us becomes somewhat less steep, we head right onto the ridge.
In the continuation, we walk along the ridge and the ascent becomes less demanding for a while. When walking on the scenic ridge, cairns also assist us. Somewhat higher we reach steeper slopes again. In the initial part of the steep slope, we keep to the left side, then approximately halfway we traverse the steep slope, which is partially covered with grass, to the right. Some cairns assist with orientation. A short steep ascent follows, then we continue left and soon reach the ridge again.
In the continuation, we then walk along the ridge all the way to the scenic summit. In the last part of the ridge there are still a few very short steep ascents, which do not pose major difficulties.

We descend along the ascent path.

For less experienced hikers, rope belaying is recommended on the more difficult sections.

D station - Sedlo 0:15, Sedlo - Prevala 0:30, Prevala - Lopa 1:30.

On the way: Sedlo (2282m), Prevala (2067m)