Dolina Krma - Triglav (via Kredarica)

Access to starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and continue following the road towards Kranjska Gora. Just before the village of Dovje, a road branches left from the main road leading to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma). Continue following the road towards the village of Radovna and the Krma and Kot valleys. The relatively steep road then takes us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon levels out and brings us to a junction where a gravel road branches right into the Kot valley. Continue straight on the road, which starts to descend. Midway through the descent, a road branches right into the Krma valley (straight to Radovna). A little further on, we reach the next junction, where we continue right towards Krma. The gravel road then takes us to the Kovinarska koča, which we continue following. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then takes us to the parking lot before the barrier.
b) Drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving towards Jesenice. At Dovje, leave the main road and continue right towards Mojstrana and the Vrata, Kot and Krma valleys, following the signs for Krma at the subsequent junctions. The relatively steep road then takes us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon levels out and brings us to a junction where a gravel road branches right into the Kot valley. Continue straight on the road, which starts to descend. Midway through the descent, a road branches right into the Krma valley (straight to Radovna). A little further on, we reach the next junction, where we continue right towards Krma. The gravel road then takes us to the Kovinarska koča, which we continue following. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then takes us to the parking lot before the barrier.

Route description:
From the last parking lot in the Krma Valley, called Pri lesi, continue along the rougher road that continues up the valley and soon brings us to a clearing, where we bypass the nearby building on the left side. Continue along the gravel path that approaches a torrent and crosses it a little further on. On the other side of the torrent, the path enters the forest and first ascends gently, then quite steeply for a while. Higher up, we leave the forest and enter a belt of dwarf pines and shrubs, from the path opening up beautiful views of the nearby cliffs of the peaks, which descend more gently on the other side towards Pokljuka.
Higher up, at an altitude of just over 1400 m, the path levels out temporarily and brings us to the beautiful grassy plain of Vrtača.
After the grassy section, the path begins to ascend again along a path that is often quite slippery in this section, leveling out at the plain of Malo polje.
Here the path turns right and forks.
To the left, a path branches towards Bohinjska vrata and Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, while we continue straight and easily continue along the foot of Vernar to a spring with a trough.
After the trough, the path forks, and we continue straight along the marked path (left unmarked shortcut to planina Zgornja Krma). There follows some moderate, higher up somewhat steeper ascent through sparse, partly larch forest. Higher up, the path turns left and levels out, joined from the left by the aforementioned shortcut.
After the junction of both paths, we quickly reach the shepherd's hut on planina Zgornja Krma, called Prgarca.
From here, the path continues with a moderate ascent to the west, bringing us to the last spring along the path; above the spring, the path forks again.
To the left continues the path over Kurica leading to Konjsko sedlo and further to Dom Planika pod Triglavom, while we go right onto the path leading further towards Kredarica and Staničev dom.
Just a few steps further, from the normal path towards Kredarica, the "old path" towards Kredarica branches left.
Here are the only signs for Kredarica in this direction along the path, while we continue straight along the gentle marked path, which has no signs for Kredarica (September 2025), bringing us a few minutes later to a marked junction where the paths to Kredarica and Staničev dom separate.
Here we go left towards Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Triglav (straight to Dom Valentina Staniča) and first ascend steeply above the plain of Murava, then gradually arrive in the torrent valley called Ulice.
A little further, at Vrh Ulic, the aforementioned quite steep "old path" joins us from the left; another minute further, from the path to Kredarica, a path branches slightly left leading towards Konjsko sedlo (this is a longer variant avoiding the steep ascent over Kurica), while we continue slightly right along the better-trodden path.
The path ahead ascends moderately for a short time mostly northwestwards, i.e., towards the cliffs of Vrh Snežne konte.
In this section, we cross the path Konjsko sedlo - Dom Valentina Staniča, continuing straight and entering the steep scree slopes of Kalvarija. Here we ascend steeply in a few switchbacks along increasingly panoramic slopes.
When higher up the path levels out temporarily, we join the path from Pokljuka leading past Vodnikov dom on Velem polju and over Konjsko sedlo, while we continue slightly right towards Kredarica and Triglav. A few minutes further, when the path levels out even more, a path branches left past Snežna konta and over Štapce towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom, while we continue right, first quite gently, then ascending to the ridge above Vrh Snežne konte, a peak which we saw from below upwards 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 Kot valley joins us from the right, leading past Dom Valentina Staniča, while we continue along the left side of the hut, and behind the hut, the path from Vrata valley joins from the right, namely the paths over Prag and Tominškova pot.
We continue left towards Triglav and descend along a technically still undemanding path to Ledeniški preval, from where we begin to ascend towards the cliff of Mali Triglav. Here we follow the marks and the larger mark 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 fixed cables; when we reach the cliff of Mali Triglav, we begin to ascend transversely to the left, where fixed cables were added to the pegs a few years ago, allowing self-belaying with a via ferrata set. There follow some quite steep and exposed ascents, where we must be careful not to slip; on the section with loose stones, we must also be careful not to dislodge stones as this can be deadly dangerous for hikers below us. The path ahead is quite narrow, and with a large number of visitors, congestion can occur due to difficult passing between hikers.
Higher up, the steepness eases, and from the left joins the path from Dom Planika pod Triglavom, namely the path over Mali Triglav, which we reach just a little further.
From Mali Triglav, there follows some gentle descent along an occasionally less exposed ridge; when we begin ascending again, the ridge narrows, and the path becomes precipitous on both sides. Further on, there are some quite steep ascents; the path is mainly well protected with fixed 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), while we follow the still cautious but last few meters less steep path to Aljažev stolp, located on the summit of Triglav, the highest peak of the Julian Alps and Slovenia.
Krma - Zgornja Krma 2:30, Zgornja Krma - Kredarica 2:30, Kredarica - Ledeniški preval 0:05, Ledeniški preval - Mali Triglav 0:35, Mali Triglav - Triglav 0:35.
The description refers to the condition in September 2025, the photos are from various periods.

Along the route: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Planina Zgornja Krma (1720m), Triglavski dom na Kredarici (2515m), Ledeniški preval (2484m), Mali Triglav (2725m)

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