Today I set off along the gully Za Vratam. I arrived quite late at the turnoff for Jermanca, a little before nine, and at that time there was already quite a lot parked at this turnoff. From this I concluded that there was no more space at Jermanca (last week I barely managed to find one space up there), so I parked here and continued on foot along the road. Well, at Jermanca there was still space for quite a few cars.
I continued into Repov kot and at 1270 m turned onto a clearly visible fork to the left. Then I followed the path that first crossed to the gully, crossed it, and then climbed up steep grass on its left side. In places this path was quite poorly visible, but with some attention it could be followed. A few times some kind of side paths misled me, but I quickly returned to the right path.
At a little over 1400 m the gully can be seen from the path, but it seemed to me it was still too early to enter, which also did not look simple here, so I continued climbing. At 1450 m the path then turned sharply left away from the gully. Here a poorly trodden path branched off to the right, which immediately reached dwarf pine that had already overgrown it quite well. According to the aerial photo there was about 50 m of this dwarf pine between me and the gully. No thanks.
I went back down to the place where I last saw the gully, and near the cable tried to descend into it along a very steep rocky-grassy slope. At first it went well, but at the end a good two-meter high, smooth, almost vertical slab awaited me. It had some cracks, but all placed "wrong" and facing the wrong way. I did not dare over it, but from this place I noticed that the gully opens a little lower. So I climbed back to the path, along which I then descended and looked for a passage into the gully on the left. Soon I noticed a path that went left across the meadow and over a rock between the trees. Along this path I then reached the gully in a few steps without any problem, at 1400 m.
In the gully we walk on piled (but mostly stable) rocks and boulders, slabs and scree. There is also some gravel, but not much. Occasionally we climb over some small step, but in the lower part of the ascent through the gully the climbing nowhere exceeds grade I.
At 1700 m we reach a fork in the gullies. Here I went into the right gully. This one is considerably narrower than the lower part (especially the bottom of the gully is quite narrow) and steeper. All the time I went along the bottom of the gully, although there were quite a few possibilities for bypasses, mainly on the left. Along the bottom of the gully there was quite a bit of climbing. This was mostly easy, grade I, but two chimneys were a bit harder, I would say grade II. For me these were the hardest places on the tour. I think these two chimneys could be bypassed, but I am not sure.
After about 100 m of ascent the gully opens, and on the right we see the first exit onto the Planjava meadows. I continued ascending toward the second exit. Here we climb on steep, scree terrain. I went more or less straight up, so there was some very easy climbing, but with careful route choice this could probably be avoided. A little below the end of the exit we reach a higher step. I climbed around it on the left (grade I), as coffee recommends. In the continuation there is still some steep, gravelly terrain that is strenuous but not demanding.
After exiting the gully I climbed to the edge and along it continued to Sukalnik. Here it is no longer demanding, but it is steep. Mostly we walk on grass. The views are great.
At this point I already had quite a bit of walking behind me, and quite a long descent ahead, so I did not continue toward Planjava, but descended to Kamniško Sedlo for coffee and beer. By the way, they already charge 4 EUR for coffee. Then I descended along the scree slope and continued along the marked path and road. The marked path was very busy and there were also quite a few people at the hut.