Gozd Martuljek - Bivak Za Akom

Access to starting point:
From Mojstrana we drive towards Kranjska Gora or vice versa, but only to the village Gozd Martuljek, where we park on a parking lot near the bridge over the river Sava Dolinka (parking lot is located after the bridge, or before, if we come from Kranjska Gora).

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue by the main road towards Kranjska Gora, but only to a spot where the cycling road branches off to the left (by the beginning of the cycling path there are also signposts, which point us on the mentioned road). We follow the cycling road to the first crossroad, where we continue straight on a macadam road (cycling road turns right), which quickly brings us to the next crossroad.
We continue right and follow the road closed to traffic to the TNP sign. Further, the path splits into two parts. We continue straight upwards on a steep cart track which ascends on the right side of Martuljška soteska. The cart track, which mostly ascends through the forest, after 15 minutes brings us to a nice vantage point, where a view opens up towards the valley. The path then goes again into the forest and continues to ascend. A little further, the path from the waterfall joins from the left, and a little further, the path to the bivouac pod Špikom branches off to the right. We continue in the direction of Ingotova koča. The path ahead brings us to a junction, where we continue straight, the path left leads to Ingotova koča, which is two minutes' walk away.
The path ahead first ascends gently but only for a short time. The path then crosses a small spring and steeply ascends on the other side. The steepness starts to decrease and the path brings us to a junction, where we continue slightly right in the direction of bivouac Za Akom (left Zgornji slap 10 minutes). The path ahead steeply ascends for some time longer, then the path brings us to a more demanding part. First, with the help of a steel cable we cross a steep grassy slope, then still with the help of fixed safety gear we traverse an exposed ledge (watch your head, slightly overhanging rock above us). The still secured path (fixed safety gear here mainly due to wet terrain) then starts to ascend more steeply and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the most difficult part. With the help of artificial steps and a steel cable, we cross a smooth and wet rock slab, then also cross a shorter very steep wall, which is also well secured (due to the wet slope, great caution is needed). The steepness of the slopes then eases and the still wet path after a short ascent brings us to the edge of mighty scree fields. At the spot where the mark directs us left downward onto the mentioned scree fields, we continue right on the path, which steeply ascends already after a few steps. This steep and in wet slippery-dangerous path brings us to bivouac Za Akom in less than five minutes (if the last part of the path is too steep for us, we can continue over the scree and ascend to the bivouac from the other, less steep side. Both paths in the last part are not marked).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Rutarski Vršič (1 h)

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