Zadnja Trenta (Flori) - Jalovec (via Jalovška škrbina)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora we drive over the Vršič pass towards Bovec or the other way around, but only to the 49th hairpin bend of the Vršič road (near the village of Trenta). Here we turn onto a side road in the direction of the source of the Soča River. The road after a short ascent quickly brings us to the parking lot in front of the hut at the source of the Soča, but we continue left across the bridge and follow the road further to the parking lot at the end of the road (at the parking lot we notice mountain signs for Bavški Grintavec, the waterfalls of Suhi potok and Jalovec).

Route description:
From the parking lot we head right on the footpath towards Jalovec and the shelter under Špiček (the left path leads to Bavški Grintavec). The path from which we have a beautiful view of the already mentioned Bavški Grintavec at the beginning, quickly enters a dense forest, where it begins to climb steeply. The steep path, which almost all the time runs through the forest, brings us after about an hour and a half of walking to a junction, where we continue on the right path towards Jalovec and Mali kot (left to the Shelter under Špiček, Jalovec via the Shelter and Škrbina pod Gradom). The path, which continues through the forest, higher up brings us to the next junction, where the path from Vršič joins from the right. We continue straight upwards towards Jalovec (left Shelter under Špiček, right Vršič) along the path that climbs relatively steeply, first still through the forest, higher up on increasingly scenic slopes below Goličica, Lopa and the Šite.
On this section we mostly climb the southeastern slopes, which higher up become increasingly rocky; when we reach around 1950 meters above sea level, an unmarked trail branches off to the right towards the Šite, but we continue on the marked path, which turns slightly to the left and a little higher climbs to the marked junction below Jalovška škrbina.
Here we go left towards Jalovec (straight Jalovška Škrbina and Tamar valley) and cross the slopes to the entrance into the Goličica wall.
Before entering the climbing section we put on our helmet, and the sign informs us that we will continue the ascent on a very demanding path.
The first part of the ascent through the Goličica wall we do in a slight traverse to the left, then the path turns right and begins to climb up the wall. The path further becomes more and more exposed, with protections only at the most difficult spots, otherwise we have to do most of the ascent without protection (this part of the path is especially very dangerous for slipping on the descent).
Higher up the steepness eases and we reach the scree slopes south of Goličica, along and over which we then climb transversely to the left.
The increasingly scenic path then leads us through Vratca into Ozebnik to the place from where a beautiful view opens into Jalovec's ozebnik and towards the Tamar valley; the path through the ozebnik has been closed for several decades.
We continue on the less steep path, which takes us over the Jalovško sedelce to the junction at Jezerca, which we reach in a slight descent.
Here a path joins from the left that leads past the Shelter under Špiček and which is somewhat better protected than this one through the Goličica wall, but still very demanding; we continue slightly right towards Jalovec.
The path ahead begins to climb steeply again and with the help of only a few protections we climb on a sometimes quite exposed path to the main ridge of Jalovec, where the steepness of the path eases a bit, but it is still very exposed in many places and often drops off steeply on both sides.
Also on the main ridge, which is sometimes quite narrow, there are mostly no protections, and we follow the exceptionally scenic path to the next junction, where the path from Kotovo sedlo joins.
We continue straight and in a few minutes reach the 2645 meter high summit, which many also call the king of the mountains.

Starting point - Planina Trenta 1:30, Planina Trenta - Rutarska Trenta 0:30, Rutarska Trenta - junction below Goličica 1:30, junction below Goličica - Jezerca 1:20, Jezerca - junction on the Jalovec ridge 0:45, junction on the Jalovec ridge - Jalovec 0:05.

Along the route: Planina Trenta (1398m), Rutarska Trenta (1546m), Razpotje pod Goličico (2070m), Vratca v Ozebnik (2327m), Nad kuloarjem (2371m), Jalovško sedelce (2394m), Jezerca (2390m), Razpotje na grebenu Jalovca (2613m)

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