The Kot Valley - Begunjski vrh

Access to starting point:
We drive to Mojstrana, then follow the signs for the Kot and Krma valleys. At Kosmačev preval, we leave the road leading further towards Krma, Radovna and Bled, and continue driving right onto the side road towards the Kot valley. This is followed by driving on a gravel road, which we follow to the mountain direction signs at the end of the drivable road in Lengarjev rovtu.

Path description:
From the end of the road, we continue along a wider marked path towards Staničev dom and Kredarica, which gently ascends through the forest. After a few minutes, we reach the Kotarice scree, which we cross transversely to the other side, where the path reappears.
This is followed by some easy walking through the forest, but after about half an hour, the path quickly becomes quite steep and, due to often slippery ground, also dangerous for slipping, especially on the descent, so extra caution is needed on this section. On this part, a few pegs assist us at the more difficult spots. Higher up, the steepness eases, and the path leads us to the spring Pri studenčku, which dries up in dry periods.
Here, an unmarked path branches left towards Macesnovec, but we continue straight across the torrent bed, and after the torrent, we cross a short secured but not particularly demanding section. This is followed by an ascent through a belt of dwarf pines, and higher up we enter an increasingly rocky terrain, where we can already nicely see a larger boulder ahead. Here, our path is crossed quite unobtrusively by the PP trail (Planica - Pokljuka trail), and we ascend with increasingly beautiful views to the aforementioned boulder called Debeli kamen.
At Debeli kamen, the dwarf pines occasionally end definitively, and we continue through increasingly high-alpine terrain, mostly ascending on scree. On this section, looking back, we get a beautiful view of Ladja (Ladja is a prominent sheer promontory or peak overgrown with dwarf pines rising above the Kot valley), and then we ascend to a marked junction, where a climbing path to Vrbanove špice, or Lojze Rekar's path, branches right.
We continue on the left path towards Triglav, Rjavina and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, where the steepness eases, and the path leads us along the left side of the Pekel gully.
Here, first a marked very demanding secured path to Rjavina branches left, but we ascend transversely above the gully along the northwestern slopes of Rjavina. As we approach Dovška vrata a bit further, a passage opens to the left onto the Rjavina ridge, or the passage leads directly to the mentioned gates, from which a marked ridge path leads towards Rjavina, but we continue straight towards the marked path to Dom Valentina Staniča.
In the continuation, we mostly ascend moderately through high-alpine terrain, following such a path all the way to Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, from where we get a beautiful view of Triglav and the surrounding peaks.
From the hut, we continue right towards Begunjski vrh, Visoke Vrbanove špice and Cmir (sharply left the Krma valley and Rjavina, slightly left Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Triglav, slightly right the Vrata valley). A fairly easy path brings us to Begunjski preval after just a few minutes of further walking, where the path to Vrbanove špice branches right, but we continue straight on a path that soon splits into two parts. Here we head left towards Begunjski vrh (the straight path leads to Cmir) onto a path that ascends transversely across rocky slopes. The path then turns slightly right and steeply ascends along the summit ridge of Begunjski vrh. We follow this increasingly scenic path to the summit.
Start - Pri studenču 1:25, Pri studenču - Debeli kamen 1:20, Debeli kamen - Pekel 0:45, Pekel - Dom Valentina Staniča 0:40, Dom Valentina Staniča - Begunjski vrh 0:30.

On the way: Pri studencu (1330m), Debeli kamen (1810m), Pekel (2089m), Dom Valentina Staniča (2332m), Begunjska vratca (2342m)