Zadnjica - Stenar

Access to the starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, drive over the Vršič pass towards Bovec or vice versa, but only as far as the 50th serpentine of the Vršiška or Ruska road (near the village of Trenta). Here you turn onto a side road, and then park for a few 100 metres in a roadside parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road, which takes you past a few houses (mainly at weekends) in about 15 minutes to a place where the road splits into two parts (there used to be a parking lot at the crossroads, but now parking is prohibited).
From the old parking lot, take the road to the left in the direction of Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih (the road to the right leads to Prehodavci and Dolič). After 15 minutes of further walking, the road leads to the bottom station of the cargo cableway, where it ends.
The ascent continues along a marked footpath (mulatjeri) which climbs moderately through the forest. The path climbs above the valley of the White Stream and quickly leads to very steep slopes (risk of falling rocks), over which a very wide footpath leads. The path then crosses the Veliki Presek ravine, after which you reach a short exposed ledge, which you cross with the help of a rope. The path then returns to the forest, where it climbs moderately in a number of switchbacks. A little further on, the path leads us under a small overhang, where we can see a number of sticks that hikers put up to keep the rock from rolling down into the valley (the sticks are put up more as a joke than for real). The path then crosses a couple of small ravines, and then leads us past a chapel to a larger ravine. With a little care (easy) we cross the aforementioned ravine, after which we climb up to a pleasant resting place (two benches along the way) within a few minutes of further walking. Next, cross another larger ravine (in early summer, the possibility of snowfields), and then the path returns to the forest. Higher up, the forest becomes thinner and the path steeper and more scenic.
The path, which continues to climb along an old mulatier, then passes two more benches and leads to lane of dwarf pines, after which it turns into a rockier world. We continue to climb over small scree fields, along an increasingly scenic path, which leads us higher up to a pleasant little spring.
Only a few 10 steps above the spring, we will come to an unmarked crossroads, where an unmarked path branches off to the right towards Spodnje Kriško jezero (2 minutes), and we continue slightly to the left along a further wide mountain path. The path ahead leads us past small ruins, and we follow it all the way to a marked crossroads, where we continue right in the direction of Pihavec, Bovški Gamsovec, Stenar and the Vrata valley (left Pogačnikov dom 3 minutes). We continue our ascent along an increasingly scenic path, from which the path to Pihavec soon branches off to the right. Continue straight ahead on a moderately steep path, which leads us higher up to Dovška vrata, where the next crossroads is. Here continue straight on in the direction of the Cross and Stenar (sharp right Bovški Gamsovec, right Vrata) along the path which gradually begins to climb towards the Stenar gate. After a few minutes of climbing, the path splits into two parts.
Continue to the right (left Križ) along the increasingly scenic path, which is joined a few steps higher by an unmarked path through the Stenar gate. Continue across the scree slope and walk up to the steep slopes of Stenar, with fine views of Triglav, Bovški Gamsovec, Pihavec and the valley of Trenta. Continue along the scree slope to the Triglav, Bovški Gamsovec, Pihavec and the Trenta valley. From here on, the path begins to climb steeply on the beautifully dissected rocks, then turns sharply to the left, where after a few 10 m it suddenly lies down. Here, or just over 10 m earlier, a pathless approach to Spodnji Stenar branches off to the right, and we continue along the marked path, which again begins to climb steeply. After about 15 minutes of walking on the top slope of the mountain, the increasingly scenic path leads us to the 2501 m high summit.
Zadnjica - Pogačnikov dom 4:00, Pogačnikov dom - Stenar 2:00.

On the way: The lake Spodnje Kriško jezero (1880m), Pogačnikov dom na Kriških podih mountain hut (2050m), Dovška vrata (2180m)

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