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Planina Zapleč - Krnčica (from Planina Zaprikraj over Vršič)

Starting point: Planina Zapleč (1201 m)

Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2833°N 13.6308°E

Destination: Krnčica (2142 m)

Path name: from Planina Zaprikraj over Vršič

Time of walking: 4 h

Difficulty: partly demanding unmarked way

Difficulty of skiing: no data

Altitude difference: 941 m

Altitude difference (by path): 941 m

Map: Triglavski narodni park 1:50000

Author: atoamac

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Access to starting point:
From Drežnica above Kobarid on an asphalt road to Drežniške Ravne, then on sometimes a little worn out macadam forest road to a parking lot in front of the mountain pasture Zapleč.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road over mountain pasture Zapleč to the neighbouring mountain pasture Zaprikraj. On the right we look for a footpath which runs on the ridge. On the ridge, we follow a beaten path, among remains of Italian military positions from Isonzo front, past peaks Vršič, Vrh Ruš, Oblo Brdo to wide saddle Vrata, from where on a wide pathless ridge we reach the peak of Krnčica.

On the way: Planina Zaprikraj (1208m), Vršič (1897m), Vrh Ruš (1864m), Oblo brdo (1957m), sedlo Vrata (1938m), Lopatnik (2012m), Skutnik (2074m)

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