Vršič - Travnik (at Mojstrovke)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora or Trenta we drive to the Vršič pass, where we park. The parking lot is chargeable during the tourist season.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the Vršič pass we head to the marked path in the direction of Mala Mojstrovka and Slemenova špica. The path quickly branches, and we choose the left path towards Mala Mojstrovka (right to Slemenova špica and Hanzova pot to Mala Mojstrovka). This is followed by a traverse ascent to the left, where we initially still pass through a belt of shrubs, then we arrive among dwarf pines and a sparse larch forest, through which a wide, mostly stony path leads. After about half an hour of ascent we arrive at a larger scree field, where an unmarked path branches off to the right to Šitno glavo, and we continue transversely across the scree. On the other side of the scree we arrive in a crumbly gully that is exposed to falling rocks. This is followed by about 15 minutes of steep and technically somewhat more difficult ascent along the gully, which ends at a smaller saddle named Vratca pod Mojstrovko.
Here, where we also reach the ridge, we continue right, then with views to the coastal part of the Julian Alps we continue the ascent. The path ahead moves slightly left from the ridge, where we are assisted by a few pitons, then it branches. Slightly to the left the marked path continues that leads below the ridge, while along the ridge the unmarked path to Mala Mojstrovka continues.
The marked path continues to lead us across a scree, over which we ascend transversely with increasingly beautiful views.
A few minutes below the summit of Mala Mojstrovka we leave the marked path and continue left towards the saddle between Mala and Velika Mojstrovka, and from near the saddle an unmarked path leads us into a gully, along which we steeply ascend towards the summit part of Velika Mojstrovka. The slope soon becomes less steep and the path turns right upwards. From here only a short ascent follows over the rocky slope to the eastern summit of Velika Mojstrovka.
From the eastern summit we continue along the ridge in the direction towards the west. The path then soon becomes somewhat more demanding and begins to ascend over a slightly crumbly slope on the southern side of the ridge. The path is marked on this part with numerous cairns. This is followed by an ascent towards the ridge where we soon reach the western summit of Velika Mojstrovka.
Also from the western summit we continue further along a very scenic ridge. The ridge is precipitous on the northern side all the time, but it is wide enough that walking on it does not present major difficulties. Later the slope on the southern side of the ridge also becomes somewhat steeper and there follows a somewhat steeper ascent over the rocky ridge to the summit of Zadnja Mojstrovka.
The path along the ridge further becomes more demanding and if we are not accustomed to walking on demanding unsecured terrains it is advisable that we return a few minutes back, where the southern slopes are not so steep and we descend to an unmarked path that runs somewhat lower along the less steep southern slopes parallel with the ridge. If we continue along the ridge we first descend somewhat along a narrow and quite exposed ridge. The path further gradually becomes again less demanding, then it brings us to a somewhat more grassy slope. On this part there is practically no path and there follows crossing of a steep slope on which there is also some rubble, so this part is dangerous for slipping. A little later there follows yet a steep descent into a narrow notch from which we then have to climb up a very steep slope. Climbing is only for a few steps, but one must be very careful because the slope is exposed. The path then becomes less demanding and brings us to the slopes below Travnik. Here the path turns slightly to the left and begins to ascend over scree fields. Later the path turns to the right and there follows the last ascent over the rocky slope to the summit of Travnik.
We can descend along the ascent path or along an easier path that runs somewhat lower on the southern side parallel to the ridge.

Vršič - Vratca pod Mojstrovko 1:00, Vratca pod Mojstrovko - Velika Mojstrovka (vzhodni vrh) 1:25, Velika Mojstrovka (vzhodni vrh) - Velika Mojstrovka (zahodni vrh) 0:15, Velika Mojstrovka (zahodni vrh) - Zadnja Mojstrovka 0:25, Zadnja Mojstrovka - Travnik 1:15.

On the way: Za Šitom (1760m), Pod Vratci (1895m), Vratca pod Mojstrovko (1941m), Odcep v Veliko dnino (2033m), Velika Mojstrovka (vzhodni vrh) (2366m), Velika Mojstrovka (zahodni vrh) (2369m), Zadnja Mojstrovka (2354m)