Dolina Krma - Vodnikov dom

Access to starting point:
a) We exit the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and continue following the road in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village of Dovje, the road leading to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma) branches off to the left from the main road. We continue along the road in the direction of the village of Radovna and the Krma and Kot valleys. The relatively steep road then leads us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon flattens and brings us to an intersection, where a gravel road branches off to the right into the Kot valley. We continue straight ahead on the road that begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma valley (straight ahead to Radovna). A little further on we reach the next intersection, where we continue right in the direction of Krma. The gravel road then brings us to Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat poorer road then brings us to the parking lot in front of the barrier.
b) We drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving in the direction of Jesenice. At Dovje we leave the main road and continue right in the direction of Mojstrana and the valleys of Vrata, Kot and Krma, following the signs for Krma at the following intersections. The relatively steep road then leads us past the TNP sign, after which the road soon flattens and brings us to an intersection, where a gravel road branches off to the right into the Kot valley. We continue straight ahead on the road that begins to descend. In the middle of the descent, a road branches off to the right into the Krma valley (straight ahead to Radovna). A little further on we reach the next intersection, where we continue right in the direction of Krma. The gravel road then brings us to Kovinarska koča, and we follow it further. The occasionally somewhat poorer road then brings us to the parking lot in front of the barrier.

Route description:
From the last parking lot in the Krma valley, named Pri lesi, we continue along the poorer road that continues through the valley and soon brings us to a clearing, where we bypass the nearby building on the left side. We continue along the gravelly path, which approaches the torrent and a little further crosses it as well. On the other side of the torrent the path enters the forest and initially still gently, then for some time quite steeply ascends. Higher up we exit the forest into a belt of dwarf pine and shrubs, and from the path beautiful views open up to the nearby rock walls of the peaks, which on the other side slope more gently towards Pokljuka.

Higher up, somewhere at an altitude of a little more than 1400 m the path temporarily levels out and brings us to the beautiful grassy plain Vrtača.

After the grassy part the path begins to ascend again along a path that is often quite slippery in this part, which levels out on the Malo polje plain.

Here the path turns right and branches.

We continue left in the direction of Vodnikov dom na Velem polju (straight Planika and Kredarica) along the path that quickly begins to ascend first through the larch forest, then up the scree slope. The path on the scree becomes increasingly steeper and is dangerous for slipping in snow, which can remain here until mid-summer. Higher up we ascend transversely to the left below the walls of Vernar and due to the narrowness of the last part of the path to Bohinjska vratca there is also an increased danger of falling rocks. Below the vratca the path turns slightly to the right and steeply ascends to Bohinjska vratca, from where a nice view opens up.

At Bohinjska vratca an unmarked path branches off to the right to Vernar (higher up the path turns into very demanding off-trail terrain), we begin to descend towards Vodnikov dom, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes of descent.

Krma - Malo Polje 2:05, Malo Polje - Bohinjska vratca 1:10, Bohinjska vratca - Vodnikov dom 0:15.

Along the route: Vrtača (1430m), Malo polje (1585m), Bohinjska vratca (1975m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Cesar, Koča na Doliču (2 h), Vernar, Dom Valentina Staniča, Vrh Snežne konte, Šmarjetna glava (2 h 40 min), Dom Planika, Visoka Vrbanova špica, Begunjski vrh, Triglavski dom na Kredarici, Rjavina, Triglav

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