Vršič - Jalovec (via zavetišče pod Špičkom)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, we drive towards Bovec or vice versa, but only to the Vršič Pass, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot on the Vršič Pass we walk to a smaller wooden cottage where they sell various souvenirs. Here we will notice a footpath that turns right in front of the cottage and after a few steps brings us to a junction, where we continue on the left path that starts to descend (the right path leads to Mojstrovka). At the beginning of the descent we will notice on a somewhat larger rock the inscription Jalovec, which tells us that we are on the right path.
The path ahead descends diagonally across a smaller scree slope, crosses a short strip of bushes or sparse forest and brings us below steep cliffs. A gentle ascent follows, then the path brings us to two successive secured passages (undemanding). The path ahead gradually enters the forest and, except for a few short ascents, starts to descend. After approximately two hours of walking from the Vršič Pass, we will arrive at a marked junction, where we continue in the direction of the shelter Zavetišče pod Špičkom (right to Jalovec).
There follow a few successive junctions, but we continue to follow the path in the direction of the shelter Zavetišče pod Špičkom. Only after a good 2 hours of walking does the path start to ascend more steeply. Already after a short ascent we emerge from the forest and from the path, which for a while runs below steep slopes, soon a nearby view opens up onto Špiček (the peak under which the shelter is located). The increasingly panoramic path then slowly turns to the left, where higher up the path from Zadnja Trenta joins.
We continue straight in the direction of the shelter Zavetišče pod Špičkom on a path that passes into scree terrain. The path, from which beautiful views open onto the peaks above Zgornje Posočje, then brings us higher to a small junction, where the path to Jalovec branches off to the right. We continue straight and on the path alongside which we notice some interesting inscriptions (verses) we arrive at the shelter Zavetišče pod Špičkom in a few minutes.
From here we continue right slightly downhill in the direction of Jalovec, past a rock with an interesting inscription to the entry into the more demanding part of the path (we can also reach here via a path that does not ascend to the shelter and is approximately 15 minutes shorter). The path ahead ascends along an initially relatively well-secured rocky ridge, then steeply up the wall of the lesser-known Veliki Ozebnik. The steepness then gradually eases and the path turns slightly to the right, crossing steep and slippery slopes below Veliki Ozebnik. The path on this section is poorly secured and very exposed to falling rocks (helmet mandatory). The path ahead crosses a shorter exposed gully and then brings us into softer grassy terrain. The path ahead descends gently and brings us to the high-mountain plain called Jezerce. A short ascent follows and from the right the path from Jalovška škrbina joins. The path then ascends steeply again and with some minor fixed protections along locally quite exposed sections brings us to the main ridge of Jalovec. Ahead we ascend the narrow and occasionally very exposed ridge on a path that higher brings us to the point where from the left the path from Kotovo sedlo joins. We continue straight and the panoramic ridge path quickly brings us to the summit.
Vršič - Zavetišče pod Špičkom 4:00, Zavetišče pod Špičkom - Jalovec 2:30.

On the way: Zavetišče pod Špičkom mountain hut (2064m)