Štenge - Visoki vrh (via Vretov vrh)

Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Jesenice - West exit and then continue along the regional road towards Kranjska Gora. Follow the road to Belca and continue for a few 100 m, then you will see the beginning of a forest road on your right, leading into the Belka valley. Take the road and follow it to a steep rocky part. Park a few 10 m earlier in a suitable place along the road.

Path description:
Just before the road crosses the steep slope, you will see a small cairn on the left and next to it the start of the path that climbs over the Štenge. The path immediately climbs steeply and is soon joined on the left by a path from a slightly lower starting point. The path then turns right and climbs steeply for some time. Higher up, you will come to a wide track, where you will reach an unmarked crossroads. Continue on the left path (right Visoki vrh through the Za Vršič valley), which becomes technically difficult. The traverse ascends over sometimes quite steep and slip-prone slopes, and then reaches a ridge where the less visible path becomes more difficult to follow. Continue along the ridge, which is sometimes partially overlooked, on a path that sometimes becomes completely lost. Continue in the same direction for some time, then reach a small watering place for game.
From here, continue slightly to the left, where you can still occasionally follow the remains of the track. Higher up, the path leads to a steep wooded slope, over which we climb slightly to the left to a nearby ridge, partly covered with dwarf pines. A barely visible path climbs very steeply ahead, then loses its way and turns to the right, crossing steep slopes at the foot of small cliffs. There is a short climb to the right to reach the Barakarjeva špica ridge. Walk along and along the ridge for some time, and then before reaching the summit of Vretov Peak, the path turns right and crosses the slopes towards the saddle between the aforementioned peak and Visoki vrh. When you reach the saddle, you join a much more beaten track, and we follow it in a cross-climb to the right to the Vršič lookout (which is located slightly to the right of the track).
At the saddle, a few metres below Vršič, continue left (the straight path leads to the road Belca - Sedlič, possibility of descent) and continue along the well-traced path, which begins to climb through the lane of dwarf pines. The path then climbs gently for some time along the edge of steep slopes, before reaching the summit slope of Visoki vrh, where it gradually becomes steeper and steeper. A few more minutes of walking and the increasingly scenic path quickly leads to the summit.

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