tomaz117 - Recent messages

Hi,

as Enka and Tomco suggested, I took the circular path, over Žmavčarje and back past Cojzove. I have to say the suggestion and decision was right (thanks for the advice to both). The climbing part wasn't that demanding either, so I completed the whole path without problems.
THE ONLY problem was today's weather. Me and some hikers I met coming down from Skuta, we all checked Arso weather, which really around 9am still showed sun, but up top dense fog. So will have to go up again

Hello,

I plan to visit Skuta, still deciding on the starting point. Somehow for SPP I would go from Ravenske koče to Češka koča and over Mlinarsko sedlo to Skuta, the other is from Suhadolnik.
Regarding climbing, I generally have no problems, but based on what I've read, I'm just curious about the descent from Mlinarsko sedlo? Is it as demanding as written? If I were to compare, up to Storžič via Žrelo is no problem, but going down the same path is not for me. Is this descent similar?

Thank you very much for answers in advance.

Hello,

last week I finally tackled the really wonderful circular route Ljubenske Rastke-Smrekovec-Komen-Travnik-Ljubenske Rastke.
The best thing about all this was of course the weather, it rained the day before, so no heat.
Start very easy from Ljubenske Rastke for a while on asphalt, then I branched off (Krumpej) and then to the hut on Smrekovcu. From there to the top of Smrekovec and then along the entire ridge to the top of Travnik and then also to the hut on Travnik itself. There I met a friendly older gentleman who described in detail the history regarding this ridge and also the hut on Travnik. After all that, nicely slowly back to the valley to the start.
Distance hiked 25km, elevation 1467m. Walking for over 6 hours, without stops. Started at 6:00, finished at 14:00. So really fantastic tour, which I'll surely repeat.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, based on the above mentioned routes I'll probably go for the one described above, meaning parked at the starting point for Komen at the bend, and start towards Travnik. Then along the ridge to Smrekovec and back.

The ridge path also doesn't look demanding, so I hope for a nice trip in these parts

Hello,

in warmer days (I reckon June) I plan to do a part of SPP, which would include Ljubenske Rastke - Dom na Smrekovcu - Komen - Veliki Travnik - Koča na Travniku - Ljubenske Rastke.
Since I'm not exactly from around here, I'd need some rough advice on the planned route, is it suitable for a circular tour? How much time would it take?

Also, on the official mountaineering association website some sections to Dom na Smrekovcu are closed, maybe some obstacle on this route because of that?

Hello,

a bit late but still I can report.
In the end I decided for the tour Bukovnik-Grohat-Raduha (via climbing path)-Loka-Durce-Grohat-Bukovnik.

The weather forecast was good, but on the climbing path I had the bad luck to be caught by fog. So no views from the top, which means I'll have to repeat the tour in the future.

Overall the path was fine, the climbing one wasn't that demanding for me personally, but caution on such paths is still necessary. Especially when fog caught me, the rocks were very slippery! The rest of the path isn't demanding, the circular tour took me just over 6 hours in total.

I definitely recommend the tour, and I'll repeat it in the future too.

First, thanks for all replies.

This last suggestion is quite sensible, so maybe I'll decide for that tour.

One earlier comment was also to visit the hut at Travnik, but that would significantly lengthen the path. If I knew that end of Slovenia better, planning would of course be easier.

Start/finish must be from the same location because I'm going alone. Also, I consider my fitness, where a tour of 6-8 hours is still ok, the rest is already the limit and I wouldn't overdo it.

I'll leave impressions from the path, if maybe useful for someone.

Hello,

doing SPP, about halfway and this week plan to visit Raduha.

Plan to do circular route Bukovnik-Grohat-Raduha (via climbing)-Loka-Durce-Grohat-Bukovnik.

In this thread lots published about all paths but no description of this circular route. (Or I only found it takes ca. 8h and best start from Loka.)

So how do you recommend tackling this path, from which direction? Is 8h timing right?

Also for climbing path several comments, some say it's not climbing, some very demanding. Better avoid it?

Sorry in advance if already described somewhere, sadly didn't find. Thanks in advance for reply(ies).