Turkov rovt (Vrata) - Kredarica (via Za Cmirom)

Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and continue following the road 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). We continue along this road in the direction of the Vrata valley and drive along it until the road marker at approximately 10.5 km. Here, on the left side of the road, we will see a small parking lot and a road that crosses the river. We park in such a way that we do not block the passage across the river (Triglavska Bistrica).

Path description:
From the parking lot we first cross the Bistrica river, then on the other side we head onto the footpath that moderately ascends through the forest (do not continue on the worse road or along the Triglavska Bistrica Path). A bit higher up, a similarly unmarked path joins from the right, leading from Aljažev dom. We continue left and follow the clearly visible trail all the way to the extensive gravel fields above the tree line. Here, a path from the lower starting point almost imperceptibly joins from the left, and we continue slightly right along the well-trodden path.
The path ahead turns right and ascends over scree to the foot of the walls. Along them we turn left and traverse ascending over rubble. Higher up we reach a belt of dwarf pines, where a somewhat less visible path turns towards the left side of the valley (looking in the direction of ascent). We continue over steeper scree, then the path levels and brings us to the upper part of the Za Cmirom valley.
Here the trail becomes less distinct again, so we head to the right side of the valley, where we quickly notice a less trodden but followable path. This traverses ascending towards the saddle on the right (northern) side of Begunjski vrh. About 15 minutes below the saddle the path completely disappears, so we continue the ascent along a steeper gully that brings us to the mentioned saddle.
On the saddle we step onto the marked path Staničev dom – Cmir. We follow it left and after a short traversing ascent we reach Begunjska vratca. From there we continue in the direction of Staničev dom, which we reach after 10 minutes of further walking.
We continue in the direction of Triglav and Triglavski dom na Kredarici (sharply left Kot valley, left Rjavina along the ridge path and Krma valley, right Vrata valley). The path soon turns somewhat to the left and continues south towards the nearby Rž. When we reach the scree fields below Rž, the path turns right and ascends traversing. Later a passage to the summit of Rž opens to the left, but we follow the marked path that gets closer and closer to the ridge between Rž and Kredarica. Here the path becomes technically more demanding and in places exposed, with fixed protection helping on the harder sections. This is followed by a short unsecured descent over crumbly terrain, then we move onto the scenic and occasionally exposed ridge. As we approach the summit of Kredarica, the ridge widens and without major difficulties we reach the summit cairn.

Starting point - Dom Valentina Staniča 4:10, Dom Valentina Staniča - Kredarica 0:55.

On the way: Za Cmirom (2113m), Begunjska vratca (2342m), Dom Valentina Staniča (2332m)