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Mountain ranges / Kamnik Savinja Alps / Mrzla gora / Matkov kot - Mrzla gora (via Matkova krnica in Krnička gora)

Matkov kot - Mrzla gora (via Matkova krnica in Krnička gora)

Starting point: Matkov kot (906 m)
Destination: Mrzla gora (2203 m)
Path name: via Matkova krnica in Krnička gora
Time of walking: 5 h
Difficulty: very difficult pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1297 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1350 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Author: dprapr
Views: 8,569
Trip rating: 6 votes
Number of pictures: 33
Access to starting point:
We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or over Kranjski rak) and forward towards Logarska dolina. Soon after the village Solčava we come to a crossroad, where a road branches off to the left in a valley Logarska dolina. We turn right towards the saddle Pavličevo sedlo and then left over a small bridge towards Matkov kot, where we leave a car on a parking lot.
Path description:
From the parking lot in Matkov kot we start on a marked path towards Mrzla gora. After 20 minutes of walking, we get to the hunting cottage, where in front of it marked path turns right from the gravel terrain into the forest. When the path crosses a forest road (gate), we turn right on the road and at first turn off left. We continue on the road and when it ends, we turn straight upwards (cairns) and after approx 50 meters we find a footpath which leads to the left on steep slopes and gullies of Matkova kopa towards Matkova krnica. When after a longer crossing and below the overhang wall we come into a larger, smooth gully, which is descending from beneath the peak of Matkova kopa (water), we cross it and at first on the left and then on the right side we continue upwards almost to characteristic red part of the gully. Before it we cross the gully to the left (cairn) and on partly exposed ledges and among dwarf pines we continue towards Matkova krnica.
From the decaying shepherd hut we continue upwards towards Krnička gora (passage straight upwards among dwarf pines to scree). Below the walls we turn right towards the saddle above Matkova krnica. On the saddle, we have two options. Or we descend on the other side through a crumbly gully and we join "path", which runs from Belska Kočna or we continue upwards on the ridge. Of course the variant on the ridge is nicer.
At the beginning, the path gets interrupted by steep section of II grade, which we climb behind the large flake and before the tower right and behind it upwards by dwarf pines on the ridge. We continue on a nice, but unfortunately short ridge. Rock on the ridge is very compact. We can avoid problems to the right. Before the peak in a crumbly gully we join "path" from Belska Kočna.
To the top of Krnička gora we needed 3 hours or more, depending on how fast we were ascending. Krnička gora doesn't get much visits, so we can take some time to rest and enjoy unusual view on surrounding peaks, cirques, gullies and valleys.
Krnička gora, less visited neighbor of Mrzla gora, definitely deserves reputation one of more beautiful pathless peaks of Kamnik Savinja Alps. Only on ridges of Kočna we will get similar feelings.
From the top of Krnička gora we continue on the ridge towards Mrzla gora. Ridge is partly vegetated, but the passages are there. If we don't like dwarf pines, we can descend on the right side and we cross part of the ridge under the dwarf pines. On the ridge, we return into the notch, where there is a passage into Latvica. From the notch there are again two variants. Left below the ridge on a crumbly rugged crumbly slope, or straight on exposed ridge past the window, which is of course the better variant. After the window the ridge soon becomes much steeper and ascends upwards towards Mrzla gora. Here we leave the ridge on a traverse to the left and we continue on crumbly ledges and smooth plates to the ridge on the left. From here there are several variants upwards on the main ridge of Mrzla gora. The easiest, but crumbly, is variant slightly to the left downwards and crumbly crossing to the next ridge with "mane" of dwarf pines. On the small ridge with dwarf pines upwards, on traverse to the right and upwards into rugged groove, which is ascending slightly to the left. When it ends, over a short band and straight upwards on a steep rugged crumbly slope to the main ridge. There is only "a walk" to the top of Mrzla gora. From Krnička gora to the top of Mrzla gora is at least one hour of very demanding, steep, crumbly pathless terrain. And If we are belaying, the time of course extends.

Ascent over Matkova krnica and Krnička gora, in my opinion is the most beautiful pathless approach on Mrzla gora. On mysterious bottom shepherd path we get greeted by Matkova krnica and a pearl between ridges to the top of Krnička gora. From Krnička gora ahead there is very demanding climbing on exposed ridge past the window and on open, steep, crumbly rugged crumbly slope above Latvica to the top of Mrzla gora.
This is definitely a magnificent tour for such a modest height of both peaks, which are both hardly accessible also on easiest paths.

Difficulty
Difficult are mainly section from the saddle above Matkova krnica (II), ridge past the window and steep, crumbly approach on the ridge of Mrzla gora (to II).
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