Kokrska and Jezerska Kočna and Grintovec - circular from Planina Suhadolnik (conditions Sun. 18.6.2017)
Already 8 years have passed since my last crossing of the tops of this KSA tris, … so there was a bigger dilemma at the start in which direction to do them. And since the path over Taško and Grdi graben and to Dolce is still more demanding, this time we decide to start here, even though the approach from the bivouac over the scree upwards to the subpeak of Kokrska Kočna is quite unpleasant and in summer can also be very very hot.
First, it's necessary to praise the renovated and this year really very good signs and markers on the path, not many hikers go over Taško and Grdi graben, so grasses and bushes have overgrown the path in many places, in wet or slippery conditions avoid these paths, as due to exposure it can be dangerous for slipping in many places. The approach along the fixed cables on Kočna helps us, at all open and airy spots they are still in place and serve their purpose. Perhaps it would be necessary, solely for safety, to install some aid also in the preduh or under the belly, on the marked path Jezerska Kočna - Dolška Škrbina, but that's another topic and I don't want the "forumites" to expound here in the continuation and compete in guessing or philosophizing what would be or not, if it were or not.... The forum is after all intended for "conditions description".
Continuation of the path from Škrbina towards Grintovec and ascent to it from its north side is easier than the previous crossing of the Kočnas, currently there are two spots with about 5-6m of snow to cross, but even that has days counted. On the north side of Grintovec, above the junction to Mlinarsko sedlo and the summit, I noticed a new, more logical marked path, which is easier and more scenic than the previous traverse, where there was always a lot of scree and sand. Here too the direction signs and markers are freshly painted.
The described path from Suhadolnik is in general quite long and strenuous (all together about 11-12 hours), so the descent past Kokrsko sedlo and Cojzova hut is quite welcome to prevent dehydration and boost energy, and even from here to the parking under Suhadolnik another two hours of walking await you - for downhill at the end choose left and the easier old path, so the circular loops and figure-eights will be nicer too.