Zadnja Trenta (Flori) - Zapotok waterfalls
Starting point: Zadnja Trenta (Flori) (962 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4043°N 13.7098°E
Time of walking: 1 h 20 min
Difficulty: partly demanding unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 178 m
Altitude difference (by path): 200 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over mountain pass Vršič we drive towards Bovec or vice versa, but only to 49th hairpin turn of Vršič road (near the village Trenta). Here we go on a side road in the direction of source of river Soča. The road after a shorter ascent quickly brings us to the parking lot before the mountain hut Koča pri izviru Soče, but we continue left over a bridge and follow the road ahead to the parking lot at the end of the road (by parking lot we notice signposts for Bavški Grintavec, waterfalls of Suhi potok and Jalovec).
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road which is closed with a gate in the direction of Bavški Grintavec. We continue slightly left on the road which runs by the riverbed of the stream Suhi potok, to the right leads the path towards Zavetišče pod Špičkom and Jalovec. For some time we still walk on the mentioned road, and then the path crosses the mentioned riverbed. At the crossing, we have to pay attention because footpath here isn't visible. And on the other side we can notice a wooden pillar with signs. On the other side a gentle path at first leads past few private cottages and then for some time runs through the forest by the left side of the riverbed. Further, we will by the path also notice quite a lot of fallen trees, which are consequences of avalanches. A little later the path brings us to a marked crossing where to the right continues the marked path towards Planina Zapotok and Bavški Grintavec. Here we leave the mentioned path and we go left where signs for Zapotok waterfalls point us to.
From the crossing, we continue on a gentle path and then follows crossing of gravel terrain of a torrent. The path then brings us into the forest where we continue along the stream Suhi potok. The path here leads left above the stream and later descends to the stream and it brings us to a poorly visible crossing.
Ahead on stream bed leads the path to the first waterfall, which is approximately 15 meters high. After seeing the waterfall we return to the mentioned crossing and we cross the stream on the other side where we can notice few cairns.
The path again brings us into the forest and it turns to the left. Here we start ascending steeper and we soon come above the first waterfall, which with some caution we can view from the panoramic points by the path. We continue through the forest and from the path, we can also notice two smaller waterfalls with a pool. We soon come up to the next little bigger double waterfall. Here we can also descend to a riverbed and view the mentioned waterfall close up.
After viewing the waterfall we return to the beaten path and we continue with the ascent through the forest. When we come above the mentioned double waterfall, the path soon turns to the left and descends towards the riverbed of the stream. At the spot where we descend towards the riverbed of the stream to the right also branches off the path which runs to the vantage point from where we can see the largest waterfall. The mentioned path becomes further very poorly visible.
Further, we walk entirely by the stream and later we cross it to the left side where we will notice again a better beaten footpath. Here also a view opens up on the mighty upper waterfall, which approximately at the halfway divides into two beams. The footpath then soon ends and if we want to ascend also to the pool below the upper waterfall we have to continue on a riverbed of the stream. This is possible only when there isn't too much water in the stream. But also in this case the last ascent is very difficult and runs on a slippery rock.
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