The Krma Valley - Triglav (via Planika and Triglavska škrbina)

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 fairly 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 on the road, which starts to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma valley (straight ahead Radovna). A little further on, we reach the next junction, where we continue right towards Krma. The gravel road then brings us to the Kovinarska koča, but we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then brings 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, and at the following junctions follow the signs for Krma. The fairly 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 on the road, which starts to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma valley (straight ahead Radovna). A little further on, we reach the next junction, where we continue right towards Krma. The gravel road then brings us to the Kovinarska koča, but we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then brings us to the parking lot before the barrier.

Path description:
From the last parking lot in the Krma Valley, called Pri lesi, we continue on 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. We continue on 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 the belt of dwarf pines and shrubs, from the path we enjoy beautiful views of the nearby rock faces of the peaks, which descend more gently towards Pokljuka on the other side.
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 starts ascending again on 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, a path branches off towards Bohinjska vrata and Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, but we continue straight and easily continue along the foot of Vernar to a spring with a trough.
After the trough, the path forks again, but we continue straight on the marked path (left unmarked shortcut to planina Zgornja Krma). There follows some moderate ascent, higher up somewhat steeper, through sparse, partly larch forest. Higher up, the path turns left and levels out, and from the left the aforementioned shortcut joins us.
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 towards 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 towards Konjsko sedlo and Dom Planika pod Triglavom, to the right paths lead to Kredarica and Staničev dom pod Triglavom.
We take the left path, which leads below the summit of Kurica and begins to ascend ever more steeply. A few minutes higher, we reach a short rocky step where the path becomes even steeper and especially dangerous for slipping when wet. Above the rocky step, the steepness gradually eases, the path leads us below the rock faces of the nearby peak Oklo, and the path also turns somewhat more to the left. A little further on, the slope temporarily becomes somewhat steeper, but we continue in a slight traverse ascent to Konjsko sedlo, where there is a junction of several paths.
We continue in the direction of Dom Planika pod Triglavom (left Pokljuka, Vodnikov dom na Velem polju, Uskovnica and Stara Fužina, right Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom) and begin a fairly steep ascent towards the west. For a while we approach Mokra skala (2266 m), then the path turns right and passes onto an indistinct ridge where it levels out temporarily. The marked path higher up bypasses a small cirque on the right side, then begins to turn to the left. There follows about ten more minutes of ascent and with beautiful views of the Triglav massif and surrounding mountains we reach Dom Planika pod Triglavom.
At the hut, we head onto the path towards Triglav via Triglavska škrbina, also called the Gorjanska pot. The path ahead first crosses the high-mountain cirque Triglavski kot almost horizontally, where snow persists for most of the year. On the other side of the cirque, the path ascends through scree to the start of the climbing section. The path ascends steeply with the aid of pegs and fixed cables. The well-protected path is exposed to falling rocks, so a helmet is mandatory! The last meters below Triglavska, or Bovška škrbina are less steep but no less dangerous. Ascending on loose sand requires great caution to avoid slipping. At the škrbina, where the path from Dolič joins us and from Plemenic, we continue right upwards on the steep but well-protected path. After a few minutes, the steepness eases and to the summit only a few minutes of ascent on the summit slope await us.
Krma - Zgornja Krma 2:30, Zgornja Krma - Konjsko sedlo 1:00, Konjsko sedlo - Planika 1:00, Planika - Triglav 1:25.

On the way: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Planina Zgornja Krma (1720m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Dom Planika (2401m), Triglavska škrbina (2659m)