Matkov kot - Mrzla gora (via eastern ridge)
Starting point: Matkov kot (850 m)
Path name: via eastern ridge
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 1353 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1360 m
Map: Grintovci 1:25000, KSA 1:50000
Access to starting point:
We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or over Kranjski rak) and further towards Logarska dolina. Soon after the village Solčava we come to a crossroads, where a road branches off to the left into Logarska dolina, and we continue straight another approx. 1000 m towards Pavličevo sedlo and then we turn left over a bridge towards Matkov kot. We park at a suitable place.
Path description:
A wide path leads us across scree past the hunting cottage on our left side. Blazes direct us to the right side into the forest, where the path gently rises towards the head of the valley. In a good hour we get to a steeper part of the valley, where the forest ends. The path, interrupted by a deep ravine with boulders, climbs up to an overhanging rock face beneath which lies the natural wonder – Matkov škaf. Up to this point the walk took us approximately 2 hours.
From the logbook at Škaf we cross an exposed ledge towards the right and then in zig-zags we continue on a steep rugged crumbly slope. In half an hour we are at the steep gully, which we overcome with the help of steel cables. Above it, we continue on a steep, exposed terrain towards a rocky barrier above us, below which there usually lies a snow field. The passage into the rocks and over them depends on the amount of snow. When snowless the path leads us very exposed along a ledge to the right to the end and then with the help of pegs several tens of meters steeply upwards. We follow the blazes a little to the left and when we cross the gully the serious problems on this part of the path end. In zig-zags we ascend to cirque Latvica, and from here through it we reach the eastern ridge of Mrzla gora. After that, the path becomes again demanding and follows the ridge, in parts exposed and modestly secured, bringing us to the top of Mrzla gora after approx. 1 hour.
The path is only modestly protected with fixed safety gear, and there is even less of it than on the trail from Okrešelj.
The described path to Mrzla gora demands a skilled and experienced mountaineer!
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