Zadnjica - Pihavec

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, drive over Vršič Pass towards Bovec or vice versa, but only to the 50th hairpin turn of the Vršič or Russian Road (near the village of Trenta). Here turn onto the side road, along which we park after a few hundred meters at the roadside parking lot.

Route description:
The described trail has been CLOSED again since 30.7.2016, as the rockfall is active again.
From the parking lot continue along the road, which past a few houses, mainly weekend cottages, in about 15 minutes brings us to the spot where the road splits into two (there used to be a parking lot at the junction, now parking is prohibited).
From the old parking lot take the left road towards Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih (right road towards Prehodavci and Dolič). After another 15 minutes of walking the road takes us to the lower station of the cargo cableway, where it ends.
Ascend further along the marked hiking path, a mule track that moderately climbs through the forest. The path, climbing above the Beli potok valley, quickly leads to very steep slopes (danger of falling rocks), across which runs a wide track. The path then crosses the Veliki Presek gully, after which we reach a short exposed ledge crossed with the aid of a fixed cable. Further the path returns to the forest, ascending moderately in numerous switchbacks. A bit further it leads under a small overhang, where numerous sticks can be seen that hikers place to prevent the rock from collapsing into the valley (the sticks are more for fun). The path crosses several smaller gullies, then past a chapel leads to a larger gully. With some caution (easy) cross the gully, after which in a few minutes of further walking ascend to a pleasant rest spot (two benches by the path). Further cross another large gully (early summer snow possible), then the path returns to the forest. Higher up the forest thins, the path becomes somewhat steeper and more scenic.
The path continues ascending the old mule track past two more benches into the dwarf pine belt, beyond which it enters rockier terrain. Further ascend over small screes along an increasingly scenic path that higher leads to a pleasant spring (source).
Just a few dozen steps above the mentioned spring we reach an unmarked junction, where to the right an unmarked path branches to Spodnje Kriško jezero (2 min walk), we continue slightly left along the still wide alpine path. The path leads past small ruins to a marked junction, where continue right towards Pihavec, Bovški Gamsovec, Stenar and dolina Vrata (left to Pogačnikov dom 3 min).
Continue ascent along the increasingly scenic path, from which soon to the right branches the path to Pihavec (straight to Stenar, Križ and Vrata).
Continue right, after short ascent an unmarked path from Dovških Vrat joins from the left. Here the path turns right, first crosses screes, then slightly left and begins climbing towards the saddle Čez Kamen. The scree path leads to a rocky step, the only difficult section. Here the path climbs vertically on brackets. Helmet obligatory as there is much loose rock above the brackets on the path. After climbing the rocky step with brackets follows a relatively short ascent along fixed cable. Be very careful here not to dislodge rocks. Then short ascent to saddle Čez Kamen (2331 m). At the saddle the path turns right and runs along the south side of Pihavec westward. At the end it turns slightly right again with a short easy climb to the summit.
Starting point - Na placu 0:15, Na placu - lower cargo cableway station 0:15, lower cargo cableway station - Na Utrci 2:00, Na Utrci - spring below Kriški podi 1:05, spring below Kriški podi - Spodnje Kriško jezero 0:05, Spodnje Kriško jezero - Pogačnikov dom 0:20, Pogačnikov dom - Pihavec 1:15.

Along the route: Na placu (714m), Spodnja postaja tovorne žičnice (797m), Na Utrci (1506m), Izvir pod Kriškimi podi (1877m), Lake Spodnje Kriško jezero (1880m), Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih (2050m), Čez Kamen (2331m)

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