Dolina Kot - Kredarica

Access to starting point:
We drive to Mojstrana, then follow the signs for the Kot and Krma valleys. At Kosmačev Pass we leave the road leading further towards Krma, Radovna and Bled and continue driving right onto the side road in the direction of Kot valley. This is followed by driving on a gravel road, which we follow to the mountain direction signs at the end of the drivable road in Lengarjev Rovt.

Route description:
From the end of the road continue along the wider marked path in the direction of Staničev dom and Kredarica, which gently ascends through the forest. After a few minutes we reach the Kotarice scree field, across which we cross transversely to the other side, where the trail reappears.
This is followed by some easy walking through the forest, but after about half an hour of walking the path quickly becomes quite steep and due to the often very slippery ground also dangerous for slipping, especially on the descent, so considerable extra caution is needed on this section. On this part, a few pegs assist us at the more difficult spots. Higher up the steepness eases and the path leads us to the spring Pri studenčku, which dries up on dry days.
Here a unmarked path branches left towards Macesnovec, but we continue straight across the torrent gully, and after the gully we cross a short secured but not particularly demanding section. This is followed by ascent through the dwarf pine belt, higher up we arrive in an increasingly rocky terrain, where we can already nicely see a larger boulder ahead. Here our path is quite unobtrusively crossed by the PP trail (Planica - Pokljuka trail), but we ascend with ever better views to the aforementioned boulder called Debeli kamen.
At Debeli kamen the dwarf pines occasionally end definitively and we continue through increasingly alpine terrain, where we mostly ascend on scree. On this section a nice view opens up towards Ladja on looking back (Ladja is a prominent sheer dwarf pine-covered promontory or peak that rises above Kot valley), and we then ascend to the marked junction, where the climbing path to Vrbanove špice, or Lojze Rekar's path, branches right.
We continue on the left path in the direction of Triglav, Rjavina and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, where the gradient eases and the path leads along the left side of the Pekel basin.
Here first a marked very difficult secured path to Rjavina branches left, but we ascend transversely above the basin along the northwestern slopes of Rjavina. As we approach Dovška vrata a bit further on, a passage opens to the left onto the Rjavina ridge or the passage leads us right to the mentioned gates, from which a marked ridge path leads towards Rjavina, but we continue straight in the direction of the marked path to Dom Valentina Staniča.
Further on we mostly ascend moderately through alpine terrain, following such a path all the way to Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, from where a nice view opens up onto Triglav and the surrounding peaks.
We continue in the direction of Triglav and Triglavski dom na Kredarici (left Rjavina along the ridge path, Krma valley, slightly right Vrata valley, right Begunjski vrh, Cmir and Visoka Vrbanova špica) but the path soon turns somewhat left and continues southwards towards nearby Rž. When we reach the screes below Rž the path turns right and ascends transversely across the screes, where later a passage towards the summit of Rž opens left, but we follow the marked path which increasingly approaches the ridge connecting Rž with Kredarica. Here the path becomes technically demanding and partly exposed, with some fixed protections assisting at the more difficult spots. This is followed by a short unsecured descent over fairly friable terrain, then we reach a panoramic and occasionally still exposed ridge. As we approach the top of Kredarica the ridge widens, and we then reach the cairn on Kredarica without major difficulties.
Starting point - Pri studencu 1:25, Pri studencu - Debeli kamen 1:20, Debeli kamen - Pekel 0:45, Pekel - Dom Valentina Staniča 0:40, Dom Valentina Staniča - Kredarica 0:55.

Along the route: Pri studencu (1330m), Debeli kamen (1810m), Pekel (2089m), Dom Valentina Staniča (2332m)

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