Zadnjica - Planja

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

Path description:
From the parking lot we continue along the road, which takes us past a few houses, mainly weekend cottages, in about 15 minutes to the place where the road forks into two parts (at the intersection there was once a parking lot, today parking is prohibited).
From the old parking lot we head to the left road in the direction of Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih (the right road leads towards Prehodavci and Dolič). After 15 minutes of further walking the road takes us to the lower station of the cargo cable car, where it ends.
We continue the ascent along the marked footpath, the mule track, which moderately ascends through the forest. The path, which ascends above the valley of Beli potok, quickly takes 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 come to a short exposed ledge, across which we proceed with the help of a steel cable. Further the path returns to the forest, where it moderately ascends in numerous switchbacks. A bit further the path takes us under a smaller overhang, where we can observe numerous sticks that hikers place so that the rock does not roll into the valley (the sticks are placed more for fun than seriously). The path further crosses a few smaller gullies, then takes us past a small chapel to a larger gully. With some caution (easy) we cross the mentioned gully after which in a few minutes of further walking we climb to a pleasant resting place (two benches by the path). Next we cross another larger gully (in early summer possibility of snowfield), then the path returns to the forest. Higher up the forest becomes sparser, the path somewhat steeper and increasingly scenic.
The path, which continues to ascend along the old mule track, then takes us past two more benches into a belt of dwarf pines, after which we enter a more rocky world. Further we ascend across smaller scree slopes, along an increasingly scenic path, which higher brings us to a pleasant little spring (spring).
Just a few dozen steps above the mentioned spring, we will come to an unmarked junction, where an unmarked path branches off to the right towards Spodnje Kriško jezero to which there are two minutes of walking, we however continue slightly left along the still wide mountain path. The path further leads us past smaller ruins, we follow it all the way to the marked junction, where the path from the Vrata valley joins us from the right. We continue left and after two minutes of further walking we arrive at Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih.
Just a few dozen steps above the mentioned spring, we will come to an unmarked junction, where an unmarked path branches off to the right towards Spodnje Kriško jezero to which there are two minutes of walking, we however continue slightly left along the still wide mountain path. The path further leads us past smaller ruins, we follow it all the way to the marked junction, where the path from the Vrata valley joins us from the right. We continue left and after two minutes of further walking we arrive at Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih.
From Pogačnikov dom we continue in the direction of Razor and Križ along the path, which slightly descends and in a few steps takes us to the next junction, where we go left (right Križ, Škrlatica and Krnica).
The path further leads us left transversely across the scree slope, where we also descend a bit, then the path is stopped by a rock step. We climb it with the help of protections and at the top of the step we continue left along the exposed rock slab. On the other side of the slab we again find ourselves on the scree and along it continue further towards the Planja saddle, where the path from Vršič also joins us.
We continue left in the direction of Planja (straight down Vršič, right Razor) along the path, which in a traversing ascent with the help of protections climbs to the summit slopes of the mountain. Here the steepness eases and the increasingly scenic path, from which beautiful views open to the highest peaks of the Julian Alps, in a few further minutes brings us to the spacious summit.
Starting point - Na placu 0:15, Na placu - lower station of the cargo cable car 0:15, lower station of the cargo cable car - 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 - Planja saddle 1:05, Planja saddle - Planja 0:30.

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), Sedlo Planja (2352m)