Planina Kuhinja - Planica below Krn
Starting point: Planina Kuhinja (991 m)
Lat/Lon: | 46,2413°N 13,663°E |
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Time of walking: 1 h 20 min
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain
Altitude difference: 385 m
Altitude difference po putu: 405 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
From Tolmin, drive towards Kobarid or vice versa, but only until you reach the point where the signs for Kamno direct you to the right (or left from Kobarid) across the bridge. Follow the relatively narrow and ascending road towards the village Vrsno and higher up Krn. From Krn, continue towards the hut at mountain pasture Kuhinja. Park in the parking lot located just a few minutes before the hut (no further driving is allowed).
Path description:
From the parking lot, take the bottom left road towards the Hut at mountain pasture Kitchen. The path initially leads along a road that crosses lane of sparse forest, and then splits into two parts.
The right-hand path bypasses Koča na planini Kuhinja and is slightly shorter, while the left-hand path, which continues along the road, leads past the aforementioned hut.
A little above the hut, the two paths merge again, and we continue our ascent along the gently sloping path in the direction of Krno. Higher up, the path climbs moderately and quickly leads us over a scenic slope to a nearby forest road, which we follow to the left (straight along the Krn footpath). Walk along the road for a while, and we follow it to the first sharp right turn, in the middle of which the signs for the chapel at Planica direct us left (straight) to cart track, which is soon accompanied by an old mulatier. After a short climb, the path enters a dense forest and briefly descends. The path then turns to the right and crosses some ravines and steep slopes, but as the path is wide enough it is not particularly dangerous. The slope then flattens out and the path leads out of the forest to the grazing areas of the saddle between Planica and Plečany. On a wide pass, a faint path branches off sharply to the right, leading to the top of Planica, and we continue straight on and after 3 minutes of further walking we reach the chapel at Planica.
From the chapel we return to the nearby pass, and from there we continue along the initially well-traced path, which begins to climb northwards. Higher up, the path, which is becoming less visible, turns slightly to the right and starts to disappear among the grasses and bushes, and we continue to the left on a grassy ridge, which is overlooked, and we climb up to a wire fence (the upper edge of the pasture). Continue over the fence and up the steep and increasingly overgrown slope on a pathless path to an undistinguished and overgrown summit.
From the first peak you can continue along the trackless path to the second peak of Planica, 15 minutes away.
In the fog, orientation in the upper part is quite difficult.
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