Vršič - Velika Mojstrovka (zahodni vrh)

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

Route description:
From the parking lot at the Vršič Pass we head onto the marked path in the direction of Mala Mojstrovka and Slemenova špica. The path quickly branches, and we choose the left path towards Mala Mojstrovka (right Slemenova špica and Hanzova pot to Mala Mojstrovka). This is followed by a traversing ascent to the left, where we first still go through a belt of bushes, then we arrive among dwarf pines and a sparse larch forest, through which a wide, mostly stony path leads. After about half an hour of ascent we arrive at a larger scree field, where an unmarked path branches off to the right to Šitna glava, and we continue transversely across the scree field. On the other side of the scree field we arrive in a loose gully which is exposed to falling rocks. This is followed by about 15 minutes of steep and somewhat technically more difficult ascent through the gully, which ends at a smaller saddle called Vratca pod Mojstrovko.
Here, where we also reach the ridge, we continue right, then with views of the Primorska part of the Julian Alps we continue the ascent. The path ahead moves slightly to the left from the ridge, where we are helped by a few pitons, then it branches. Slightly to the left continues the marked path which leads below the ridge, while along the ridge continues the unmarked path to Mala Mojstrovka.
The marked path then leads us across a scree field, over which we ascend transversely with ever better 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, and from near the saddle an unmarked path leads us into a gully, through 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 over the 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 starts ascending over a slightly loose slope on the southern side of the ridge. The path is marked on this part with many cairns. This is followed by an ascent towards the ridge where we soon reach the western summit of Velika Mojstrovka.

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.

Along the route: Za Šitom (1760m), Pod Vratci (1895m), Vratca pod Mojstrovko (1941m), Odcep v Veliko dnino (2033m), Velika Mojstrovka (vzhodni vrh) (2366m)

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