Vršič - Kol

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora or Trenta we drive to the Vršič pass, where we park. The parking lot is paid during the tourist season.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the Vršič pass we head to the marked path in the direction of Mala Mojstrovka and Slemenova špica. The path quickly splits and we choose the left path towards Mala Mojstrovka (right to Slemenova špica and Hanzova pot to Mala Mojstrovka). This is followed by a traverse ascent to the left, where we first go through a belt of shrubs, then arrive among dwarf pines and a sparse larch forest through which a wide, mostly rocky path leads. After about half an hour of ascent we reach a larger scree slope where an unmarked path branches off to the right to Šitna glava; we continue transversely across the scree. On the other side of the scree we arrive in a crumbly gully that is exposed to falling rocks. This is followed by about 15 minutes of steep and technically somewhat more difficult ascent along the gully that ends at a smaller saddle named Vratca pod Mojstrovko.
Here, where we also reach the ridge, we continue to the right, then with views of the coastal part of the Julian Alps we continue the ascent. The path ahead moves slightly to the left from the ridge where a few pitons help us, then it splits. Slightly to the left continues the marked path that leads below the ridge, while along the ridge continues the unmarked path to Mala Mojstrovka.
The marked path further leads us across a scree over which we ascend transversely with increasingly beautiful views.
A few minutes below the summit of Mala Mojstrovka we leave the marked path and continue left towards the saddle between Mala and Velika Mojstrovka; from near the saddle an unmarked path leads us into a gully along which we steeply ascend towards the summit part of Velika Mojstrovka. The slope soon becomes less steep and the path turns right upwards. From here follows only a short ascent along a rocky slope to the eastern summit of Velika Mojstrovka.
From the eastern summit we continue along the ridge in the direction towards the west. The path then soon becomes somewhat more demanding and begins to ascend along a slightly crumbly slope on the southern side of the ridge. The path in this section is marked with numerous cairns. This is followed by an ascent towards the ridge where we soon reach the western summit of Velika Mojstrovka.
Also from the western summit we continue further along a very panoramic ridge. The ridge is constantly precipitous on the northern side, but it is wide enough so that walking along it does not present major difficulties. Later the slope on the southern side of the ridge also becomes somewhat steeper and there follows an even somewhat steeper ascent along the rocky ridge to the summit of Zadnja Mojstrovka.
The path along the ridge further becomes more demanding and if we are not used to walking on demanding unsecured terrain it is recommended that we return a few minutes back where the southern slopes are not so steep and descend to an unmarked path that runs somewhat lower along less steep southern slopes parallel to the ridge. If we continue along the ridge we first descend a bit along a narrow and quite exposed ridge. The path further gradually becomes less demanding again, then it brings us to a somewhat more grassy slope. In this section there is practically no path and there follows a traverse of a steep slope on which there is also some rubble so that this part is dangerous for slipping. A little after that follows a steep descent into a narrow notch from which we then have to climb up a very steep slope. Climbing is only for a few steps but we need to be very careful because the slope is exposed. The path then becomes less demanding and brings us to the slopes below Travnik. Here the path turns slightly to the left and begins to ascend across screes. Later the path turns to the right and there follows the last ascent along a rocky slope to the summit of Travnik.
From Travnik we continue along the ridge and begin to descend. We can avoid the steep ridge slightly to the south side and then traverse the slope parallel to the ridge. At the end we turn right and there follows a short ascent to the summit of Kol.
We can descend along the ascent path or along an easier path that runs somewhat lower on the southern side parallel to the ridge.

Vršič - Vratca pod Mojstrovko 1:00, Vratca pod Mojstrovko - Velika Mojstrovka (eastern summit) 1:25, Velika Mojstrovka (eastern summit) - Velika Mojstrovka (western summit) 0:15, Velika Mojstrovka (western summit) - Zadnja Mojstrovka 0:25, Zadnja Mojstrovka - Travnik 1:15, Travnik - Kol 0:15.

Along the route: Za Šitom (1760m), Pod Vratci (1895m), Vratca pod Mojstrovko (1941m), Odcep v Veliko dnino (2033m), Velika Mojstrovka (vzhodni vrh) (2366m), Velika Mojstrovka (zahodni vrh) (2369m), Zadnja Mojstrovka (2354m), Travnik (at Mojstrovke) (2379m)

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