Dolina Krma - Rž

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Hrušica and follow the road ahead in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village Dovje the road which goes to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma) branches off to the left. We follow the road ahead in the direction of village Radovna and the valleys Krma and Kot. The relatively steep road then runs past the sign TNP, behind which the road soon flattens and it brings us to a crossroad, where a macadam road into a valley Kot branches off to the right. We continue straight on the road which starts descending. In the middle of the descent, a road into a valley Krma branches off to the right (straight Radovna). A little further, we come to the next crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Krma. Macadam road then brings us to the mountain hut Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. Occasionally a little rough road then brings us to a parking lot in front of the gate.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go past a gate and we continue on a gently sloping and for public traffic closed forest road. Rough road for some time continues on extensive gravel terrain, and then turns slightly to the right and passes into the forest, where changes into a rocky cart track. Further, we are for some time gently ascending through the forest, after we stride across a little bigger torrent, the path starts ascending steeper through a dense forest. Higher, we pass over out of the forest into a lane of dwarf pines, mixed with bushes, and the path over a mentioned slope is ascending on a gravel. At the altitude approximately 1400 meters, the path flattens and after few 10 strides of additional walking brings us on a nice grassy plain named Vrtača.
On the other side of the plain wide path again starts ascending and after approximately 20 minutes of additional walking brings us on Malo polje, where it turns to the right and brings us on a less noticeable crossing. We continue on easy to follow path (left Vodnikov dom na Velem polju through Bohinjska vratca), which is for some time gently ascending, and then it brings us to a trough with water. Further, the path splits into two parts, and we continue straight on a marked path, which over at first grassy slopes brings us to shepherd cottages on the mountain pasture Zgornja Krma.
Only few minutes above the mountain pasture, the path brings us to a crossing at smaller well, where we continue right in the direction of Kredarica and Staničev dom (left Planika over Kurica). A gently sloping path after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the next crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of Staničev dom (left Kredarica - path over Kalvarija). We continue almost horizontal, on the path which crosses a lane of thin larch forest and then passes out of the forest on a panoramic slopes and turns a little to the left. Further, we are moderately ascending on the slopes between Pungrt and Apnenica. The path higher passes into rocky terrain western slopes of Rjavina and below Dovška vratca turns sharply to the left. Further, we are slightly to moderately ascending towards the slopes of Rž (mountain with natural window, which is well visible from the path), where from the left joins the path from the saddle Konjsko sedlo.
We continue right and the path quickly brings us to the next crossing, where the path on Rjavina branches off to the right - ridge path. We continue straight in the direction of Staničev dom, on the path which starts descending and in few minutes of descent brings us to the mountain hut Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom.
Further, we continue in the direction of Kredarica, on the path which gently ascends below the scree of Rž, and then it ascends diagonally over the mentioned scree. In the upper part part of the scree we will notice a poorly beaten footpath (because of avalanches often barely noticeable), which leaves marked path towards Kredarica. The footpath which from the marked path branches off to the left, after a shorter steep ascent over the scree and higher a smaller gully brings us on the ridge of Rž. Here we continue left and we follow "path" on and in parts by the ridge to the top of Rž.
In the upper part at looking for passages we get help from cairns, and in the lower part are because of avalanches often ruined.
Krma - Zgornja Krma 2:30, Zgornja Krma - Staničev dom 2:45, Staničev dom - Rž 45 minutes.

On the way: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Planina Zgornja Krma (1720m), Dom Valentina Staniča mountain hut (2332m)