Rudno polje - Triglav (via Kredarica)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled. In Bled, at the traffic light with signs for Pokljuka, turn right. Continue through Gorje and past the abandoned Zatrnik ski slope to Rudno polje on Pokljuka (large parking lot, barracks and shooting range).

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot, a gravel road branches off to the right, with signposts for Triglav. Head onto this road, which gently ascends and after ten minutes of walking brings us to the Viševnik ski slope. Continue along the road, from which a marked path to Triglav soon branches off to the left.
Continue towards Triglav and after a few minutes of moderate ascent, we reach a forest road, which we follow for just a few meters (it used to be possible to drive by car up to here). The marked path then turns right and ascends more steeply for a short time, after ten minutes the steepness eases, and the path gradually leads onto steep slopes. Across the steep slopes, the path mostly gently descends and increasingly turns to the right. A bit further, we will notice the Konjščica pasture to our left below us. Our path then stops descending and transitions from the forest into dwarf pines. The path, which ascends again, leads us under steep cliffs and soon brings us to a junction where we join the path from the Konjščica pasture.
From here follows a short ascent and the path brings us to a beautiful valley called Jezerce, where it splits. There are also signposts that direct us left (right Srenjski preval, Viševnik Blejska koča na Lipanci...) and the initially gentle path brings us to the spring below Studorski preval. After the spring, the path gradually becomes steeper, from the left side of the torrent higher up it crosses to the right side, where we reach a grassy slope, the path we ascend is still rocky. Follows an ascent in a few switchbacks and we climb to Studorski preval, from which we get a nice view of the mountains above Bohinj.
Here, a demanding path from Srenjski preval joins us from the right, and from our path, unmarked trails also branch off to Ablanca and Veliki Draški vrh.
From the saddle, we first descend more steeply for a short time, then the path turns to the right direction, and we then cross the slopes to the left for a long time with some shorter easy ascents and descents. From the slopes of Veliki Draški vrh, we gradually reach the slopes of the massive Tosc, and with nice views we continue past the branch to Tosc and the junction where the path from Uskovnica joins us from the left.
At all junctions, including the one where a partly abandoned path leading over the Zgornji Tosc pasture joins us, continue straight, the path gradually brings us to steeper and also exposed southwestern slopes of the Tosc mountain, where there was a landslide a few years ago, so some extra caution is needed due to falling rocks. Across the exposed section runs a fairly wide path, so there are no special difficulties in this part, but when the slope becomes less steep, the path from Stara Fužina or the Voje valley joins us from the left.
Continue straight on the wider marked path towards Triglav, which continues north, leading us along the western slopes of Tosc, the still gentle path brings us over some scree to Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, where the next junction is.
Here too, continue straight towards Triglav, the path begins to ascend transversely along the slopes of Vernar, higher up it also becomes technically demanding. Follows some traversing, where a wire cable assists us, higher up we reach a steep drop, where with the help of numerous pegs and a wire cable we climb up rocky steps.
The path ahead levels out, the slope becomes less steep and near Konjsko sedlo also somewhat more grassy.
We easily descend to Konjsko sedlo, from the marked junction at the saddle we head straight onto the path towards Triglavski dom on Kredarica and Staničev dom pod Triglavom (left Dom Planika pod Triglavom, right Krma valley), just a few steps ahead the path splits again.
Continue slightly left towards Kredarica (slightly right Dom Valentina Staniča) and then ascend transversely across numerous gullies, where crossing them is generally not demanding. Further on, the path becomes technically more difficult and on some sections, some safety devices, mainly wire cables, and some pegs assist for easier and safer progress.
At an altitude of just under 2300 meters, we join the technically easier path from the Krma valley, and we continue left towards Kredarica and Triglav.
When a few minutes ahead the path levels out further, a path branches left past Snežna konta and over Štapce towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom, we continue right and first continue fairly gently, then ascend to the ridge above Vrh Snežne konte, the summit of which we saw from below during the ascent over Kalvarija.
Here the path becomes steeper again, and we follow it all the way to Triglavski dom on Kredarica.
In front of the hut, at the chapel of Marija Snežna, the path from the Kot valley joins us from the right, passing Dom Valentina Staniča, we continue along the left side of the hut and behind the hut the path from the Vrata valley joins us from the right, namely the paths over Prag and Tominškova pot.
Continue left towards Triglav and descend on a still technically undemanding path to Ledeniški preval, from where we begin to ascend towards the ridge of Mali Triglav. Here we follow the marks and the larger one visible from afar, near which the very demanding path to Triglav begins.
Initially, we ascend a not yet very steep slope with the help of some pegs and individual wire cables, when we reach the ridge of Mali Triglav, we begin to ascend transversely to the left, where wire cables were added to the pegs a few years ago, allowing self-belaying with a via ferrata set. Follows some quite steep and exposed ascents, where we must take care not to slip, on the section with loose rocks we must also be careful not to dislodge stones as this can be deadly dangerous for hikers below us. The path ahead is fairly narrow and with a larger number of visitors, congestion can occur due to difficult passing between hikers.
Higher up the steepness eases and from the left the path from Dom Planika pod Triglavom joins us, namely the path over Mali Triglav, which we reach just a little further.
From Mali Triglav follows some gentle descent along occasionally less exposed ridge, when we begin ascending again the ridge narrows, the path becomes precipitous on both sides. Further on follows some quite steep ascents, the path is mainly well protected with wire cables and individual pegs, and on nice days congestion is possible due to passing all the way to the summit. Below the summit the path becomes less demanding, but still precipitous. Just below the summit, a path branches slightly left towards Staničevo zavetišče (emergency bivouac carved into the Triglav massif), we follow the still cautious but last few meters less steep path to Aljažev stolp, located on the summit of Triglav, the highest mountain of the Julian Alps and Slovenia.
Starting point - Taborni prostor 0:10, Taborni prostor - Klanci 1:25, Klanci - Jezerce 0:05, Jezerce - Studorski preval 0:30, Studorski preval - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:35, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Na Zagonu 0:20, Na Zagonu - Vodnikov dom 0:20, Vodnikov dom - Konjsko sedlo 0:30, Konjsko sedlo - Kalvarija 0:55, Kalvarija - Triglavski dom 0:35, Triglavski dom - Ledeniški preval 0:05, Ledeniški preval - Mali Triglav 0:35, Mali Triglav - Triglav 0:35.

Along the route: Taborni prostor (1369m), Klanci (1678m), Jezerce (1719m), Izvir pod Studorskim prevalom (1746m), Studorski preval (1892m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Vodnikov dom (1817m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Kalvarija (2288m), Triglavski dom na Kredarici (2515m), Ledeniški preval (2484m), Mali Triglav (2725m)

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