Ruski križ - Gubno (above Kriška stena)

Access to starting point:
a) First we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving towards the Vršič pass. Just a little before the 3rd hairpin bend of the Russian or Vršič road, we will notice Ruski križ on the right side, and a smaller parking lot on the left, where we park. Because the parking lot is relatively small and fills up quickly, we can also park a bit higher at the larger parking lot just above the 4th hairpin bend (in this case, we have to descend a bit to our starting point at Ruski križ).
b) We drive to Trento, then over the Vršič pass we start descending towards Kranjska Gora. After the 3rd hairpin bend of the Russian or Vršič road, we will notice Ruski križ on the left side, and a smaller parking lot on the right, where we park. Because the parking lot is relatively small and fills up quickly, we can also park a bit higher at the larger parking lot a little above the 4th hairpin bend (in this case, we have to descend a bit to our starting point at Ruski križ).

Path description:
A little before the 3rd hairpin bend of the Russian road, we will notice the mountaineering signs for Koča v Krnici by the road, which direct us slightly left onto a wide cart track, which immediately begins to descend moderately. After a few minutes of descent through the forest, the path levels out and leads us to the bed of Suha Pišnica. Shortly after we cross the mentioned stream, the path turns slightly to the left and leads us out of the forest onto the vast grassy slopes of Planina v Klinu, where we notice an isolated hut on the right, and a small memorial park Mali Tamar on the left. The path ahead completely levels, then joins the forest road that comes from the former Hotel Erika or the bridge over Velika Pišnica. Here we continue right and follow the relatively steep forest road all the way to Koča v Krnici, which we reach after about 20 minutes of further walking.
From the hut, where there is pleasant shade, we continue straight in the direction of Kriška stena through the Krnica valley, first slightly, then increasingly steeply upwards. The path soon comes out of the forest, where a beautiful view of the nearby cliffs opens up. Next, we cross the scree that storms bring from the surrounding gullies. The path ahead becomes steeper and still leads us in the same direction. Behind us are already the last trees and we slowly transition to the scree under the walls of Kriška stena. In the upper part of the scree, the path slightly turns left to the entrance into Kriška stena. Here the climbing part of the path begins, where we put on the helmet.
The path at the beginning of the wall turns left and climbs steeply. In the wall, the path is led mostly along natural passages, sometimes helped by fixed protections. On this part we also take care not to dislodge rocks! After about an hour of climbing on the wall, which is occasionally quite difficult, we step out of it.
Above the wall, the path levels out and leads us to a junction on Vrh Kriške stene, but about 10 steps earlier we turn left onto the trackless terrain, at the beginning of which there is usually a larger cairn.
We walk to the cairn, then look at the further direction of the ascent. Due to the larger number of large cracks and chasms, the initial part of the off-path is orientationally somewhat more difficult, but in good weather not particularly demanding. When we break through the labyrinth, we arrive under the foot of the steep slope of Gubno. From here onwards we climb the relatively steep slope, keeping to the right passages (if we keep more to the left it is very steep). After a few minutes of ascent, the slope levels out, and we transition to the summit grassy slope of the mountain, along which we then walk all the way to the panoramic summit.

Starting point - Planina v Klinu 0:20, Planina v Klinu - Koča v Krnici 0:25, Koča v Krnici - Vrh Kriške stene 3:30, Vrh Kriške stene - Gubno 0:40.

On the way: Mali Tamar (996m), Planina v Klinu (980m), Koča v Krnici (1113m), Pod Kriško steno (1945m), Rob Kriške stene (2300m)