NC Planica - Kotovo sedlo (on scree)

Access to starting point:
First we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving towards Rateče. At the intersection where the road branches off to the right towards Rateče, and straight ahead continues towards Italy, we turn left in the direction of Planica. After a short ascent we arrive at the ski jumps in Planica, where there are several larger parking lots.
Since the road to Dom v Tamarju is now closed to public traffic we have to park already in Planica, which lengthens our path by about 45 minutes.

Route description:
From Planica we continue along the macadam road towards Dom v Tamarju, before the road enters the forest it splits into two parts. We continue along the slightly right road in the direction of the footpath to Tamar (slightly left the drivable road which is closed to public traffic).
The path ahead leads us along the road which passes the last parking lot of NC Planica, enters the forest and in winter is converted into a cross-country ski track. This is followed by an ascent along a gentle road that mostly runs through the forest. When the path leaves the forest, there are viewing boards with signs along the path indicating what can be seen. Higher up the forest thins out several times or we leave it for a while so that beautiful views open up to the mountains rising above Planica and Tamar. When we are already quite close to Dom v Tamarju a wonderful view of Jalovec opens up and the path splits.
We continue slightly left (slightly right the source of Nadiža) and about a minute later join the drivable road along which we pass a chapel and arrive at the mountain hut Dom v Tamarju.
We continue on the marked mountain path in the direction of Jalovec and Ponce (left Slemenova špica). The path ahead leads through the forest which quickly brings us to the next junction where the path to Ponce branches off to the right. We continue in the direction of Jalovec and continue the ascent along the path which ascends gently through the forest for a short time. When we come out of the forest we first ascend for some time over extensive partly overgrown scree fields then gradually reach the scree that continues towards Jalovec's ozebnik. Along the scree we ascend to the marked junction where we continue left (right Kotovo sedlo and Jalovec via bivak pod Kotovim sedlom) in the direction of Jalovška škrbina. Further the path continues ascending along the scree then brings us to the next junction where we continue right in the direction of Kotovo sedlo (slightly left Jalovec via Jalovška škrbina).
The path ahead ascends transversely to the right and gradually passes onto less steep slopes. Higher up the path flattens more and leads us past several large boulders to a junction where a somewhat more demanding path joins from the right. We continue left and after a few minutes of further ascent we climb to Kotovo sedlo.

Planica - Dom v Tamarju 0:45, Dom v Tamarju - razpotje Mali kot 1:30, razpotje Mali kot - razcep pod Ozebnikom 0:55, razcep pod Ozebnikom - razpotje Veliki kot 0:35, razpotje Veliki kot - Kotovo sedlo 0:10.

Along the route: Dom v Tamarju (1108m), Odcep za Ponce (1119m), Helioport Pod Brkico (1357m), Razpotje Mali kot (1564m), Razcep pod Ozebnikom (1864m), Razpotje Veliki kot (2067m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Jalovec

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