The Krma Valley - Vernar

Access to starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska highway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road further in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village of Dovje, a road branches off to the left from the main road, leading to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma). Follow the road further in the direction of the village Radovna and the valleys Krma and Kot. The relatively steep road then leads us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon flattens and brings us to a crossroads, where a gravel road branches off to the right into the Kot valley. Continue straight on the road that begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma valley (straight Radovna). A little further on, we reach the next crossroads, where we continue to the right in the direction of Krma. The gravel road then leads us to the Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat worse road then leads us to the parking lot in front of the barrier.
b) Drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving in the direction of Jesenice. At Dovje, leave the main road and continue to the right in the direction of Mojstrana and the valleys Vrata, Kot and Krma, and at the following crossroads follow the signs for Krma. The relatively steep road then leads us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon flattens and brings us to a crossroads, where a gravel road branches off to the right into the Kot valley. Continue straight on the road that begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma valley (straight Radovna). A little further on, we reach the next crossroads, where we continue to the right in the direction of Krma. The gravel road then leads us to the Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat worse road then leads us to the parking lot in front of the barrier.

Path description:
From the last parking lot in the Krma valley, called Pri lesi, we continue on a poorer road that continues along the valley and soon brings us to a clearing, where we bypass the nearby object on the left side. We continue on a gravel path that approaches the torrent and crosses it a little further on. On the other side of the torrent, the path transitions into the forest and initially ascends gently, then quite steeply for some time. Higher up, we transition from the forest into a belt of dwarf pines and shrubs, and from the path, beautiful views open up to the nearby walls of the peaks, which descend more gently towards Pokljuka on the other side.
Higher up, somewhere at an altitude of a little more than 1400 m, the path temporarily flattens and brings us to the beautiful grassy plain Vrtača.
After the grassy part, the path begins to ascend again on a path that is often quite slippery in this part, and it flattens on the plain Malo polje.
Here the path turns to the right and splits.
We continue to the left in the direction of Vodnikov dom on Velo polje (straight Planika and Kredarica) on a path that quickly begins to ascend, initially through a larch forest, then upwards over scree. The path over the scree becomes increasingly steep and is dangerous for slipping in snow, which can persist here until mid-summer. Higher up, we ascend transversely to the left under the walls of Vernar, and due to the narrowness of the last part of the path to Bohinjska vratca, there is also an increased danger of falling rocks. Under the vratca, the path turns slightly to the right and steeply ascends to Bohinjska vratca, from where a beautiful view opens.
From Bohinjska vratca, we continue to the right on an unmarked little path that leads upwards along the grassy slope (straight down Vodnikov dom on Velo polje). The grassy slope becomes increasingly steep and is especially very dangerous for slipping when wet. We then follow the steep little path, which runs slightly to the left of the ridge, all the way to the grassy pre-summit at an altitude of 2183 m.
From the pre-summit, we continue along the ridge and initially descend a few meters steeply along the rocky slope. We continue along the ridge, which becomes quite narrow and exposed. We walk mostly on the left side of the ridge, and the direction is also shown by a few cairns. Then follow a few very short climbing sections (grade I-II) and we are already on the summit of Vernar.

Krma - Malo Polje 2:05, Malo Polje - Bohinjska vratca 1:10, Bohinjska vratca - Vernar 0:50.

On the way: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Bohinjska vratca (1979m)