Aljažev dom v Vratih - Luknja

Access to starting point:
We drive into Mojstrana, and then we follow the signs for valley Vrata. At first still asphalt, further mostly macadam road, after approximately 12 km from a center of Mojstrana brings us to a large parking lot in the valley Vrata. During the summer season parking fee has to be paid.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on for public traffic closed macadam road, on which past the mountain hut Šlajmerjev dom we quickly get to the mountain hut Aljažev dom v Vratih.
Mountain hut Aljažev dom we bypass on the right side and we continue straight in the direction of Triglav, Sovatna, Luknja (right Škrlatica, bivouac Bivak na Rušju...). We continue on a rough macadam road which past winter room brings us to a marked crossing by the famous wedge (monument to fallen partisans mountaineers).
We again continue straight (left Tominšek route) and gently sloping path leads with nice views on Triglav and Triglav northern wall. When after few minutes of additional walking, we get to beech forest, the path over Sovatna branches off to the right, and we continue straight in the direction of Luknja and Triglav - Čez Prag route. Next follows a short ascent on a cart track, and then blazes point us to the left, on a path, which gets close to a riverbed of Triglavska Bistrica. Here the path leads past a memorial to those who died in the mountains, and a little ahead we get to the next marked crossing.
Left, through the stream continues route Čez Prag, and we continue straight, on the path which gradually starts considerably ascending. The path towards Luknja further is for some time moderately ascending, higher becomes steeper and more panoramic. A bit higher path leads through a lane of bushes and a thin forest, where the footpath towards the nearby bivouac branches off to the right, and we continue on a wider path, which a little ahead brings us out of the lane of a forest. Further, the path becomes even a little steeper, and gradually brings us on the scree below Luknja. The path through the scree is quite slippery, when we get to the foot of the walls, we get also help from steel cables (in dry undemanding, they come in handy mainly on the descent). For a short time, we are steeply ascending just by the wall, and then the path turns a little to the right and a bit higher brings us to a crossing on the saddle Luknja, from where a nice view opens up on mountains above Zadnjica.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2017 (August).

Trip can be extended to: Koča na Doliču (3 h 10 min) , Šmarjetna glava (4 h 25 min) , Bovški Gamsovec (2 h) , Pihavec (2 h) , Morbegna , Glava v Zaplanji (3 h) , Kanjavec (4 h 40 min) , Triglav (4 h)