Zadnjica - Kriški rob

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, drive over Vršič Pass towards Bovec or vice versa, but only to the 50th hairpin turn of the Vršič or Russian road (near the village of Trenta). Here, turn onto the side road, along which after a few hundred meters park at the parking lot by the road.

Path description:
From the parking lot continue along the road, which takes us past a few houses, mainly weekend cottages, in about 15 minutes to the point where the road forks into two parts (there used to be a parking lot at the junction, but parking is now prohibited).
From the old parking lot, take the left road towards Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih (the right road leads towards Prehodavci and Dolič). After another 15 minutes of walking, the road brings us to the lower station of the cargo cableway, where it ends.
Continue the ascent on the marked footpath, mulatjera, which moderately ascends through the forest. The path, ascending above the valley of Beli potok, quickly brings us to very steep slopes (danger of falling rocks), across which a wide path leads. The path further crosses the gully Veliki Presek, after which we reach a short exposed ledge, crossed with the aid of a fixed cable. Further the path returns to the forest, where it moderately ascends in numerous switchbacks. Somewhat further the path brings us under a small overhang, where we can observe numerous sticks placed by hikers to prevent the rock from collapsing into the valley (the sticks are placed more for fun than seriously). The path further crosses a few smaller gullies, then past a chapel brings us to a larger gully. With some caution (easy) we cross the mentioned gully, after which in a few minutes of further walking we ascend to a pleasant rest area (two benches by the path). Further we cross another larger gully (possibility of snowfield in early summer), then the path returns to the forest. Higher the forest becomes sparser, the path somewhat steeper and increasingly scenic.
The path, continuing to ascend along the old mulatjera, then past another two benches brings us into the dwarf pine belt, after which we enter a more rocky terrain. Further we ascend over smaller screes along an increasingly scenic path, which higher brings us to a pleasant spring (source).
Just a few dozen steps above the mentioned spring, we arrive at an unmarked junction, where an unmarked path branches right towards Spodnje Kriško jezero, which is two minutes walk away, we continue slightly left along the still wide alpine path. The path further leads past small ruins, we follow it all the way to the marked junction, where the path from Vrata valley joins from the right. Continue left and after two minutes of further walking arrive at Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih.
Just a few dozen steps above the mentioned spring, we arrive at an unmarked junction, where an unmarked path branches right towards Spodnje Kriško jezero, which is two minutes walk away, we continue slightly left along the still wide alpine path. The path further leads past small ruins, we follow it all the way to the marked junction, where the path from Vrata valley joins from the right. Continue left and after two minutes of further walking arrive at Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih.
From the hut continue past the upper station of the cargo cableway, along the marked path, which in two minutes of slight descent brings us to a marked junction, where we continue slightly right towards Križ and Škrlatica (left Razor and Planja). Further moderately ascend across the vast Kriške pode along the path that past a spring and numerous sinks brings us to a less noticeable junction (small cairn at the junction). Continue left (straight Zgornje Kriško jezero 5 minutes) along the marked path, which briefly ascends more steeply, then turns right, where it crosses a smaller scree.
At the place where we cross the scree leave the marked path and continue the ascent steeply upwards beside the scree. Higher the scree narrows and the "path" brings us into a smaller partly gravelly gully (mainly on descent danger of slipping), up which we ascend to its top. At the top of the gully continue right and after a few steps of easy scrambling step onto the summit slope, up which we then ascend to the summit in a few steps.
The summit can also be reached by continuing along the marked path to the saddle between Kriški rob and Križ and then ascending the steep grassy slope to the top. This path is somewhat longer and in dry conditions also slightly easier.
Starting point - Na placu 0:15, Na placu - lower station of cargo cableway 0:15, lower station of cargo cableway - Na Utrci 2.00, Na Utrci spring under Kriški podi 1:05, spring under Kriški podi - Spodnje Kriško jezero 0:05, Spodnje Kriško jezero - Pogačnikov dom 0:20, Pogačnikov dom - Kriški rob 1:15.

On the way: Na placu (714m), Spodnja postaja tovorne žičnice (797m), Na Utrci (1506m), Izvir pod Kriškimi podi (1877m), Lake Spodnje Kriško jezero (1880m), Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih (2050m)