Plaz Črlovec - Kukova špica (via Gulce)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village of Dovje, the road to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma) branches off to the left from the main road. We follow the road ahead in the direction of Vrata Valley and drive past the Koča pri Peričniku mountain hut to the spot where a large landslide crosses the road. Here we park on one of the parking areas by the road.

Path description:
On the lower side of the landslide we will notice a footpath which at first ascends gently along the landslide named Črlovec. Soon the path starts to ascend more steeply and brings us between both torrential gullies (Mali and Veliki Črlovec). The path then ascends steeply in zigzags mostly through dense forest. After two hours of walking, we step onto the transverse path (Poldov rovt - Vrtaško sleme), where we continue left. Further, we descend a few meters and cross the gully of Veliki Črlovec (in wet conditions dangerous for slipping). The path then still crosses the slopes towards the left and brings us out of the forest onto scree vegetated with dwarf pines. Here we need to pay attention, because the path to Kukova špica leaves the transverse path and continues right upwards (the turn-off is not marked, exceptions are the cairns, which snow avalanches often destroy). The path ahead ascends partly on grassy slopes, partly on scree. Higher, the path ascends steeply over a shorter rocky step and then brings us to the meadows below the saddle Čez Gulce. To here we need good 4 hours.
On the saddle we turn right and along a quite steep path, which is not too exposed, we reach the summit in good 30 minutes of additional walking.
In the upper part there is a high risk of falling rocks. The entire path is exposed to snow avalanches! In the middle part, because of numerous small paths, it is hard to find the right path.

On the way: Čez Gulce (2257m)