Gozd Martuljek - Na Pečeh (via Kotli)

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 to 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 traffic-closed road 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 the Martuljška soteska gorge. The cart track, which mostly ascends through the forest, brings us after 15 minutes to a nice vantage point, where a view opens up to the valley. The path then goes back 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 take this path, which initially ascends gently on a cart track. The wide path we are ascending on then leads us past a rock with the inscription "pod Špik".
When the path approaches a torrent, we encounter an orientation loop. The path to the left leads to the torrent and then disappears; we continue straight past a smaller boulder with a trail blaze. After this, our path also approaches the torrent but does not cross it yet. It continues ascending on the right side and crosses it a little later. The crossing is not difficult, but the ascent from the torrent back to the path is somewhat harder. This section is only three meters long, so it causes no problems. Ahead, the path ascends gently through the forest to the next torrent, where a boulder with a large blaze stands. Ahead, the path begins to ascend steeply up the forest-covered slope. In the middle of this ascent, we come to a small spring, and a little further a pleasant bench. Further on, the forest thins out and the path brings us to the unvegetated slopes below Špik, where we encounter torrent stone deposits. At this point, we leave the marked path. The marked path turns right here and after a few minutes' ascent through the forest reaches the bivouac pod Špikom.
We head slightly left onto the wide bed of the torrent towards the east. We continue to the scree located to the left of the sheer walls of the peak Na Pečeh. On this scree, we can already see the narrow path from afar. When we reach the scree, the narrow path leads us up the steep valley to the right. We ascend along the right side of the valley, mostly steeply upwards through dwarf pines. This path brings us to Spodnji Kotel. Here the slope flattens, and due to the rocky terrain the path disappears briefly.
Most guidebooks describe the path which in Spodnji Kotel turns right and then ascends a very steep gully. The easier variant is to follow in Spodnji Kotel the path leading slightly left towards the southeast. In this case, the path brings us to a steep slope covered with dwarf pines. We enter the dwarf pines a few meters before the end of the scree, on the left side. From the scree, we must first climb a few meters, then a very narrow and somewhat overgrown path leads through the dwarf pines. After a short ascent, the path turns right and then crosses the slopes towards the southwest in a gentle ascent. Soon we emerge from the dwarf pines, and an ascent follows on a partly grassy and partly rocky slope which brings us to Srednji Kotel.
We continue up the valley, turning left towards the end of the valley. Here views begin to open towards Ponca and Oltar. Soon we reach a small saddle below the peak Na Pečeh. Here we continue right and soon reach the summit on the partly grassy slope. On the summit, wonderful views open up on all sides.

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