The Krma Valley - Triglav (via Kredarica)

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Hrušica and follow the road ahead in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village Dovje the road which goes to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma) branches off to the left. We follow the road ahead in the direction of village Radovna and the valleys Krma and Kot. The relatively steep road then runs past the sign TNP, behind which the road soon flattens and it brings us to a crossroad, where a macadam road into a valley Kot branches off to the right. We continue straight on the road which starts descending. In the middle of the descent, a road into a valley Krma branches off to the right (straight Radovna). A little further, we come to the next crossing, where we continue right in the direction of Krma. Macadam road then brings us to the mountain hut Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. Occasionally a little rough road then brings us to a parking lot in front of the gate.

Path description:
From the last parking lot in the valley Krma, named Pri lesi, we continue along a poorer road that proceeds through the valley and soon brings us to a clearing, where we bypass a nearby building on the left side. We continue on a gravel path that approaches the torrent and a little further ahead also crosses it. On the other side of the torrent, the path enters the forest and at first ascends gently, then for some time quite steeply. Higher up, we leave the forest and enter a belt of dwarf pine and bushes; from the path, beautiful views open up towards the nearby precipitous walls of the peaks that descend more gently on the other side towards Pokljuka.
Higher still, at an altitude slightly above 1400 m, the path temporarily flattens and leads us to the beautiful grassy flat area Vrtača.
After the grassy section, the path starts ascending again along a section that is often quite slippery, before flattening out on the plain Malo polje.
Here the path turns right and then splits.
To the left a path branches off towards Bohinjska vratca and Vodnikov dom na Velem polju; we continue straight ahead and walk easily along the foot of Vernar to a water source with a trough.
Beyond the trough the path splits again; we continue straight on the marked trail (left an unmarked shortcut to the mountain pasture Zgornja Krma). Next follows a moderate ascent, steeper in the upper part, through sparse forest with some larch trees. Higher up, the path turns left and flattens; the previously mentioned shortcut joins from the left.
Shortly after the two paths merge, we quickly reach the shepherd’s cottage on the mountain pasture Zgornja Krma, named Prgarca.
From here the path continues westward in a moderate ascent and brings us to the last water source beside the trail; above the source the path splits again.
To the left continues the path over Kurica that leads to Konjsko sedlo and further towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom; we turn right onto the path that continues in the direction of Kredarica and Staničev dom.
Only a few steps further, the “old path” to Kredarica branches off to the left from the regular route to Kredarica.
Here, beside the trail, are the only signs for Kredarica in this direction; we continue straight on the gently sloping marked path that has no signs for Kredarica (September 2025) and which a few minutes later brings us to a marked junction where the routes to Kredarica and Staničev dom separate.
Here we turn left towards Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Triglav (straight ahead Dom Valentina Staniča). We first ascend steeply above the flat area Murava, then gradually reach the small torrent valley named Ulice.
A little further ahead, at Vrh Ulic, the previously mentioned rather steep “old path” joins from the left. About a minute later, a trail branches slightly left off the route to Kredarica towards Konjsko sedlo (this is the longer variant that avoids the steep ascent over Kurica); we continue slightly right on the better-trodden path.
The path ahead ascends moderately for a short time, mostly northwestwards, in the direction of the walls of Vrh Snežne konte.
In this section we cross the trail Konjsko sedlo – Dom Valentina Staniča; we continue straight and move onto the steep scree slopes of Kalvarija. Here we ascend steeply in a few hairpin turns along increasingly panoramic slopes.
When the path higher up temporarily flattens a little, we join the route coming from Pokljuka that passes Vodnikov dom na Velem polju and over Konjsko sedlo; we continue slightly right towards Kredarica and Triglav. A few minutes further, when the path flattens even more, a trail branches left past Snežna konta and over Štapce towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom; we continue right, at first quite gently, then ascend onto the ridge above Vrh Snežne konte – the peak we were looking up at from below during the ascent over Kalvarija.
Here the path becomes steeper again, and we follow it all the way to Triglavski dom na Kredarici.
In front of the hut, at the chapel of Marija Snežna, the path from the valley Kot joins from the right (the one that passes Dom Valentina Staniča). We continue along the left side of the hut, and behind the hut the paths from the valley Vrata join from the right – namely the route over Prag and the Tominškova pot.
We continue left towards Triglav. On a path that is still technically easy we descend to Ledeniški preval, from where we start ascending towards the wall of Mali Triglav. Here we follow the blazes and a large blaze visible from afar, near which the very demanding section to Triglav begins.
At first we climb a slope that is not yet very steep, using some iron spikes and occasional steel cables. Once we reach the wall of Mali Triglav we start traversing and ascending diagonally left, where steel cables were added years ago to the spikes so that one can also self-belay using a via ferrata set. Several very steep and exposed sections follow; we must take care not to slip. Where loose stones lie on the path we must be especially careful not to dislodge rocks, as this can be deadly for hikers below us. The path ahead is quite narrow, and with larger numbers of visitors congestion can occur due to difficult passing.
Higher up the steepness eases, and from the left the route from Dom Planika pod Triglavom joins – the one over Mali Triglav, whose summit we reach shortly afterwards.
From Mali Triglav a short easy descent follows along a ridge that is occasionally less exposed. When we start climbing again the ridge narrows and the path becomes precipitous on both sides. Further on there are several more steep climbing sections; the route is mostly well protected by steel cables and individual spikes. On fine days congestion due to passing is possible all the way to the summit. Below the summit the path becomes less difficult but remains exposed. Just below the summit a path branches slightly left to Staničevo zavetišče (an emergency bivouac carved into the Triglav massif). We carefully follow the last few metres of less steep path to the Aljažev stolp, which stands on the summit of Triglav – the highest mountain of the Julian Alps and of Slovenia.
Krma – Zgornja Krma 2:30, Zgornja Krma – Kredarica 2:30, Kredarica – Ledeniški preval 0:05, Ledeniški preval – Triglav 1:10.
The description reflects the conditions in September 2025; the photographs are from various periods.

On the way: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Planina Zgornja Krma (1720m), Triglavski dom na Kredarici (2515m), Mali Triglav (2725m)