Dom v Lepeni - Mali Šmohor
Starting point: Dom v Lepeni (700 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3037°N 13.6814°E
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: demanding
Altitude difference: 1239 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1239 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Between Trenta and Bovec in the village Soča, a road in Lepena branches off. This asphalt road we follow to a parking lot at the mountain hut Dom v Lepeni.
Path description:
From Dr. Klement Jug House in Lepena we continue on a wide marked path in the direction of Krn lakes. After few minutes of walking a wide and not too steep path splits into two parts. The left one which is a bit steeper is a normal way and right one less steep and longer is suitable for small children and the elderly. Paths cross each other few times and are mostly ascending through the forest until we get to the upper station of the cargo cableway. From the upper station of the cargo cableway, we continue on the same path that is gently ascending on the wide transport road that quickly brings us to the measurements of the snow (every year in April). From here the road starts to descend, leads us past the turn-off to Velika Baba and it quickly brings us to the next crossing where we leave the road and continue down left on the footpath that in few minutes brings us to the mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (if we would continue on the road, we avoid the mountain hut).
From the mountain hut, we continue straight in the direction of Krn and Krn lake on a gentle path that soon joins the path that avoids the mountain hut. We continue past a shepherd hut behind which we come to the next crossing, where we continue left in the direction of Komna and Mali Šmohor (right Krn). The wide and gentle path after few minutes of gentle ascent points us right in the direction of Mali Šmohor (straight saddle Bogatinsko sedlo and Komna).
Further, we at first continue on a smaller meadow, after which the path leads into a dwarf pine. After a short ascent through dwarf pines path brings us on the old partly overgrown military mule track on which we are then ascending over less vegetated slopes. Pleasant and a little-visited path by which we can observe numerous remains of Isonzo front, in a moderate ascent brings us below the steep walls of Mali Šmohor. Here because of the danger of falling stones, it is recommended to put on a helmet. Ahead we are ascending diagonally over the scree, at the end of which path turns left on grassy slopes. By the path, we then again notice numerous remains of war (tunnels, shovels and other iron, which is nicely settled). The path then ascends to the upper ridge, where it turns right and after a short ascent, it brings us to the summit.
Lepena - Dom pri Krnskih jezerih 2:00, Dom pri Krnskih jezerih - Mali Šmohor 2:00.
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