The Krma Valley - Visoka Vrbanova špica

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 parking lot, we continue on the road past the gate to extensive deposits of gravel. Next follows few minutes of easy walking on gravel to a marked but sometimes poorly visible crossing. Walking path continues straight, and blazes point us to the right over a torrent into the forest, where the path starts slightly ascending. Only after approximately 40 minutes of walking, the path becomes steeper, but not that much. A moderately steep path at the altitude of 1300m brings us out of the forest into dwarf pines. Here nice views are starting to open up on the nearby walls of peaks above Krma. Ascent doesn't last long, because the path soon descends for few meters and brings us on nice plain Vrtača. The walk through a nice grassy plain is very pleasant and panoramic. And on the other side, the path again starts ascending, this time through a thin forest. This ascent also doesn't last long, it gets interrupted by plain Malo polje, where the path turns right. Next follows moderately steep ascent past a trough with water to the mountain pasture Zgornja Krma, where there stands a shepherd hut.
Only few minutes above the mountain pasture, the path brings us to a crossing at a well. We continue right in the direction of Kredarica and Staničev dom (left Planika). A gently sloping path after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the next crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut Staničev dom (left Kredarica). We continue almost horizontal on the path which crosses a lane of thin larch forest. After that, the path passes out of the forest on panoramic slopes and turns a little to the left. Further, we are moderately ascending on the slopes between Pungrt and Apnenica. The path higher passes into rocky terrain western slopes of Rjavina and below Dovška vratca turns sharply to the left. Further, we are slightly ascending towards the slopes of Rž (mountain with natural window, which is well visible from the path), where from the left joins the path from the saddle Konjsko sedlo. We continue right and the path quickly brings us to the next crossing, where the path on Rjavina branches off to the right. We continue straight (direction Staničev dom) on the path which starts descending and in few minutes of descent brings us to the mountain hut Dom Valentina Staniča.
From the mountain hut, we continue straight in the direction of Begunjski vrh, Visoka Vrbanova špica and Cmir. Quite gently sloping path after only few minutes of additional walking brings us on a saddle Begunjski preval, where the path on Vrbanove špice branches off to the right. More panoramic and relatively easy path then in few minutes brings us to the summit of Visoka Vrbanova špica.
Krma - Zgornja Krma 2:30, Zgornja Krma - Staničev dom 2:45, Staničev dom - Visoka Vrbanova špica 20 minutes.

On the way: Planina Zgornja Krma (1720m), Dom Valentina Staniča (2332m)