Dom v Planici - Mala Mojstrovka (via Grlo)
Starting point: Dom v Planici (834 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.476°N 13.7241°E
Path name: via Grlo
Time of walking: 4 h 45 min
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1498 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1500 m
Map: Kranjska Gora 1:30.000
Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Jesenice - west (Hrušica), and then we continue driving towards Kranjska Gora and forward towards Rateče. Only few 100 meters before the border crossing Rateče we continue left, and we continue driving in the direction of Planica. After a short ascent, the road brings us to ski jumping hills in Planica, and we park here on one of the many large parking lots.
Path description:
From the parking lot in Planica, on a footpath or road we walk almost to the mountain hut Dom v Tamarju (40 minutes).
Only about 100 meters before hut, mountain signposts for Slemenova špica, Mala Mojstrovka and Vršič point us to the left on the path which already after few steps it brings us out of the forest on an ample gravel terrain. The path ahead is gently ascending slightly towards the left to end of mighty gully, which we see in front of us. The path then brings us right into a gully through which path continues. Ahead we are ascending through the gully upwards and in doing so, we are looking for passages, which are after every heavy rains elsewhere. The path through the gully is otherwise marked but a lot of trail blazes are turned upside down and there where the trail blaze is, the passage is often almost impossible. Entire approximately 45 minutes long passage through the gully is also exposed to falling stones. Ascent through the gully is difficult, but nowhere exposed. From the gully we step out on a saddle Grlo, where joins the barely noticeable unmarked path from the valley of Mala Pišnica.
We continue right in the direction of Slemenova špica and Vršič. The path ahead crosses a shorter lane of a forest and a little higher brings us on the scree, which path in a gentle ascent crosses to the steep slopes. Here the path steeply ascends, and we get help from some iron spikes and a steel cable. Ahead we are ascending on a moderately overgrown slope relatively steeply upwards to the spot, where we join the path Vršič - Slemenova špica.
Here we continue left in the direction of Vršič (right Slemenova špica) and we continue on a pleasant path which runs through a thin larch forest. Further path for a short time slightly ascends, and then in few minutes of additional walking brings us on a saddle Vratca, where there is a crossing of marked and unmarked path.
We continue right in the direction of Mojstrovka (left unmarked path on Prednje Robičje, straight downwards Vršič) on the path which runs below the mountain walls of Šitna glava. After few 10 strides of additional walking Hanza route on Mala Mojstrovka branches off to the left upwards (straight Slemenova špica on an unmarked path). The path ahead with the help of numerous iron spikes steeply ascends and higher brings us to first steel cables, which are then our "permanent" companion. Still very well secured path then leads us on exposed ledges and gullies steep upwards. The path which is exposed to falling stones gradually flattens and from the left joins an unmarked path from Šitna glava. After additional few minutes steepness additionally decreases and the path brings us on more plain terrain, which we bypass on the right side. Further, the path gets closer to the ridge and in front of us, we notice Mangart and Jalovec. Here the path turns slightly left and it brings us to steep part. With the help of some iron spikes, and mainly without fixed safety gear we ascend on a steep upper slope of Mala Mojstrovka to its panoramic summit.
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