Dolina Krma - Triglav (via Planika and Mali Triglav)

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 off to the 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 off to the right into the Kot valley. Continue straight along the road, which begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, the road to the Krma valley branches off to the right (straight on 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 to follow. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then brings us to the parking lot before the barrier.
b) Drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue the drive 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 following 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 off to the right into the Kot valley. Continue straight along the road, which begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, the road to the Krma valley branches off to the right (straight on 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 to follow. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then brings us to the parking lot before the barrier.

Route description:
From the last parking lot in the Krma Valley, called Pri lesi, we continue along the poor road that continues along the valley and soon brings us to a clearing where we bypass the nearby building on the left side. We continue along the gravel path that approaches the torrent and crosses it a little further on. On the other side of the torrent, the path enters the forest and ascends first gently, then quite steeply for some time. Higher up, we leave the forest for the belt of dwarf pines and bushes, and beautiful views open up from the path to the nearby walls of the peaks that descend more gently towards Pokljuka on the other side.
Higher, 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 on the Malo polje plain.
Here the path turns right and forks.
To the left branches the path towards Bohinjska vrata and Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, we continue straight and easily along the foot of Vernar to the spring with a trough.
After the trough the path forks, 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 the path turns left and levels out, and from the left the aforementioned shortcut joins.
After the junction of both paths we quickly reach the shepherd's hut on planina Zgornja Krma, called Prgarca.
From here the path continues in a moderate ascent to the west and brings us to the last spring along the path, above the spring the path forks again.
To the left the path continues over Kurica leading to Konjsko sedlo and Dom Planika pod Triglavom, to the right paths lead to Kredarica and Staničev dom pod Triglavom.
We choose the left path that leads under the summit of Kurica and begins to ascend more and more steeply. A few minutes higher we reach a short rocky step, where the path becomes even steeper and especially in wet conditions dangerous for slipping. Above the rocky step the gradient gradually eases, the path leads us under the walls of the nearby peak Oklo, and the path also turns somewhat more to the left. A little further the slope temporarily becomes somewhat steeper, and we continue in a slight traversing ascent to Konjsko sedlo, where there is a junction of several paths.
Continue in the direction of Dom Planika pod Triglavom (left Pokljuka, Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, Uskovnica and Stara Fužina, right Triglavski dom on Kredarici and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom) and begin a fairly steep ascent to the west. For some time we approach Mokra skala (2266 m), then the path turns right and goes onto an indistinct ridge, where it levels out temporarily. The marked path higher bypasses a small cirque on the right side, then starts turning to the left. Another approximately ten minutes of ascent follows and with beautiful views of the Triglav massif and surrounding mountains we reach Dom Planika pod Triglavom.
We bypass the mountain hut on the right side and continue towards Triglav via Mali Triglav (slightly left Triglav via Triglavska or Bovška škrbina, sharply left Koča na Doliču), where we first descend slightly, then begin to ascend the gradually steeper slope. Soon we reach the rocky section, where we ascend transversely along an exposed ledge, after this section the path temporarily becomes easier. Further on the path turns right and ascends through scree to the climbing section, directed by a larger mark visible from afar.
We continue the ascent along the prominent secured gully, where with the aid of a fixed cable we climb to a nice viewpoint, where the path turns left. A steep ascent follows through rugged terrain, where frequent fixed protections assist us mainly on the more difficult and exposed sections.
Higher we reach the ridge of Mali Triglav, where we join the usually more frequented path from Kredarica.
Continue straight or slightly left (right down Kredarica) and quickly reach the summit of Mali Triglav.
From Mali Triglav there follows some slight descent along an occasionally less exposed ridge, when we start 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 cables and individual pegs, and up to the summit on fine days there can be congestion due to passing. 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 the Aljažev stolp, located on the summit of Triglav, the highest mountain of the Julian Alps and Slovenia.
Krma - Zgornja Krma 2:30, Zgornja Krma - Konjsko sedlo 1:00, Konjsko sedlo - Planika 1:00, Planika - Mali Triglav 0:55, Mali Triglav - Triglav 0:35.

Along the route: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Planina Zgornja Krma (1720m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Dom Planika (2401m), Mali Triglav (2725m)

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