Dom v Tamarju - Jalovec (via Jalovška škrbina)

Access to the starting point:
First drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue to Rateče. At the junction where the road to Rateče turns right and the road to Itali continues straight ahead, turn left in the direction of Planica. After a short climb, you will reach the ski jumps in Planica, where there are a few large car parks.
As the road to Dom v Tamarju is now closed to public traffic, we have to park already in Planica, which extends the journey by about 45 minutes.

Path description:
First, walk to Dom v Tamarju, and from there continue along the marked mountain trail in the direction of Jalovec and Ponec (Slemen's Spit on the left). The way forward leads us through the forest, which quickly leads us to the next crossroads, where the path to Ponce branches off to the right. Continue in the direction of Jalovec and continue the ascent along the path, which climbs gently through the forest for a short time. When you come out of the forest, you first climb for a while on extensive partly overgrown gravel, and then gradually reach a scree slope that continues towards Jalovec's frost heap. Follow the scree to a marked crossroads, where you continue left (right Kotovo sedlo and Jalovec past the bivouac under Kotovo sedlo) towards the Jalovška notch. The trail continues to climb the scree and then leads to the next crossroads, where we again continue on the left trail (right Kotovo sedlo).
Continue along the right side of the lower edge of the frost, which is crossed at a slightly higher level using the fixed safety gear. On the other side (left, loking up from below) of the fence you reach the entrance to the climbing part of the route. The route turns left in the wall and, with the help of curved wedges, starts to climb steeply along the north to north-west faces of the Shites (the Shites are the 2305 m high peak above Jalovška škrbina). There are some more very exposed traverses, which are aided by pitons. Higher up, the trail flattens out and leads us to Jalovška škrbina, from where we have a fine view of the coastal mountains.
From the stumps, there is a short descent on scree and we join the path from Trenta and Vršič. From here, continue for a short distance across to the right and you will reach a signpost warning you that the route below is marked as a very difficult climbing route.
The route continues on a slight ascent, crossing steep and exposed slopes, before turning right and starting to climb the wall almost straight up. During the ascent of the Goličica wall, we are only helped by a few sparsely measured fixed safety gear. Higher up, the steepness eases, and the path leads to a scree slope on and along which we then climb. The increasingly scenic route then leads us to a place where we have a view through the Jalovški ozebnik into the Tamar valley. Continue along a slightly less steep path over the slopes called Jezerca. A short descent follows and the path leads us to a place where the path from the shelter under Špičko joins us from the left. The path then climbs steeply again and, with a little protection, leads us along a path that is exposed in places to the main ridge of Jalovec. Next, we climb along a narrow and sometimes very exposed ridge, along a path that leads us higher to the place where the path from Kotov saddle joins us from the left. Continue straight ahead and the scenic ridge path quickly leads to the summit.

On the way: Jalovška škrbina (2138m)

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