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Hi,
In my opinion best to leave one car at Savica in Bohinj and with other go to Pokljuka (Rudno polje). First day past Vodnik hut and Planika to Triglav then to Dolič (Tržaška koča) sleep. Second day over Hribarci and whole Seven Lakes valley over Komarča back to Savica. Both days approx 8-9 hours walk. Depends on fitness and enjoying the path.

Kašna pasture?

4 or 6 point crampons are more than enough for what you need. I have 6 points, bought them at Iglu sport and have been happy with them for years. Such crampons have points under the sole, but not in front. You simply mount them on any boot.

I'm for Friday or Saturday in December. During weekdays not ok in my opinion.

Double Lake. And Marko is ˝at home˝ there anyway.

Well obviously we'll really meet at Boč, so now we need to agree on the date asap, because probably at Boč in December there's no free space anytime. Štajerci, if you've prevailed on the forum I suggest you take over the further organization. So collect sign-ups, reserve space etc. I'll happily come to eat and drink.

Since this year Slovenian hikers' day was on Krim, I suggest that location. Such a practice could then continue in the following years too. So where Slovenian hikers' day is, there the New Year's party. Thus we avoid the debate why there, why not here etc.

My first hike dates to 1988. Then I got a logbook where control points were named specifically. So Litija, Liberga, Moravče and Čatež. When I filled that logbook, in 2002 I got a similar one with all the aforementioned control points. So in fourteen years no change. On new logbooks it says start, 2nd stamp, 3rd stamp and finish. In some intermediate period I remember there was option to go through Primskovo, but the route still went through Moravče after. Now the southern route avoids Moravče. It also avoids Gobnik, where the core of Levstik's Journey from Litija to Čatež was born. Facts are clear. Writer Fran Levstik's path follows the northern route (read it). Another fact is that the hike organizers are from the southern route area and it's quite clear why later, when the hike reached 20000 hikers, this route was born too. I won't say this route isn't nice, but it's not original, because on it you can't experience what our poet experienced. I walk the southern route other weekends of the year, but on St. Martin's Saturday definitely the northern one.

Both routes are nice, but the fact is that the northern route is the "original". Levstik's work, A Journey from Litija to Čatež, describes this so-called northern route. The southern route came much later, when dollar signs started appearing in the organizers' eyes.
Everyone decide for themselves. I'm going the northern one this year for the 19th time.

Sincere congrats for the summit. But I'd add, you never conquer the mountain, you ascend it and are happy it let you down to its feet.

Summited!

For me this year the hike from Ljubljana to Triglav stayed most in memory. It was mid-August. On Thursday we with friends around 18h started the path. First time we slept at tourist farm Gonte under Grmada. Next day over Tošč, Pasje Ravni, Poljan to hut on Blegoš, where we slept second time. Third day through Zali Log to Soriska planina, then to Bohinjska Bistrica and to hut on Uskovnica. Next morning over Vodnik hut only to Dolič, where due to bad weather we waited until next day. Next day to Triglav and descent to Pokljuka. The atmosphere on the way was excellent and despite blisters and pains in legs and shoulders we decided to repeat it next year. Other hikers welcome too.

Then go train somewhere else. Why exactly Triglav, because at this time it's the most crowded and question if the training is quality considering the column sometimes moves snail-like to the top.

I also think it's Kašna planina or Kranjsko reber. Did you go via path from Črnivec?

For the path from Vrata I wouldn't say it's deserted as it's the most used path for ascent to Škrlatica. In the middle part there is some scrub but no excessive overgrowth. If you really want to go to Škrlatica it would be better to climb it first day, because after a day of Bovški Gamsovec and Razor one might lose enthusiasm for Škrlatica too.