Dolina Krma - Planina Zgornja Krma

Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village of Dovje, the road to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma) branches off to the left from the main road. We follow the road ahead in the direction of the village of Radovna and the valleys of Krma and Kot. The relatively steep road then takes us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon flattens and brings us to a junction, where a gravel road into the Kot valley branches off to the right. We continue straight on the road, which starts to descend. In the middle of the descent, the road into the Krma valley branches off to the right (straight ahead to Radovna). A little further on, we come to the next junction, where we continue right in the direction of Krma. The gravel road then brings us to the Kovinarska koča mountain hut, and we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat rougher road then brings us to the parking lot in front of the barrier.

Route description:
From the last parking lot in the Krma valley, called Pri lesi, we continue on the poorer road, which continues up the valley and soon brings us to a clearing where we bypass the nearby building on the left side. We continue on the gravel path, which approaches the torrent and crosses it a little further on. On the other side of the torrent, the path enters the forest and ascends first gently, then for some time quite steeply. Higher up, we pass from the forest into a belt of dwarf pines and shrubs, and beautiful views open up from the path to the nearby rocky faces of the peaks, which descend more gently towards Pokljuka on the other side.
Higher, at an altitude of a little over 1400 m, the path temporarily flattens and brings us to the beautiful grassy plain Vrtača.
After the grassy section, the path starts to ascend again along a path that is often quite slippery in this section, and it flattens on the Malo polje plain.
Here the path turns right and forks.
To the left, the path to Bohinjska vratca and Vodnikov dom on Velem polju branches off, while we continue straight along the foot of Vernar and easily reach the spring with a trough.
After the trough, the path forks, and we continue straight on the marked path (left is the unmarked shortcut to planina Zgornja Krma). There follows some moderate, and higher up somewhat steeper, ascent through sparse, partly larch forest. Higher up, the path turns left and flattens, and the aforementioned shortcut joins us from the left.
After the merging of both paths, we quickly arrive at the shepherd's hut on planina Zgornja Krma, called Prgarca.
The description refers to the conditions in September 2025, and the photos are from various periods.

Along the route: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Veliki Pršivec (1 h 30 min), Teme (1 h 50 min), Dom Valentina Staniča (2 h 45 min), Vrh Snežne konte (2 h 15 min), Cmir (4 h 45 min), Dom Planika (2 h), Visoka Vrbanova špica (3 h 5 min), Begunjski vrh (3 h 15 min), Triglavski dom na Kredarici (2 h 30 min), Rjavina, Rž (3 h 30 min), Kredarica (2 h 35 min), Triglav

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