Dom v Tamarju - Slemenova špica (via Grlo)
Starting point: Dom v Tamarju (1108 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.476°N 13.7241°E
Path name: via Grlo
Time of walking: 2 h 10 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: more demanding
Altitude difference: 803 m
Altitude difference (by path): 803 m
Map: Kranjska Gora 1:30.000
Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, we drive towards the border crossing Rateče, but only to a spot, where (in the village Rateče) road in Planica and valley Tamar branches off to the left. The road which moderately ascends soon brings us to a large parking lot at ski jumping hills in Planica. From here we continue on a macadam road in the direction of Dom in Tamar, which we then follow to the parking lot, which is located near the mountain hut.
The road into a valley Tamar is now closed. This extends the path for approximately 1 hour.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we descend on the road two minutes back towards Planica to signs for Slemenova špica. We go 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. Further, we are ascending on a moderately overgrown slope relatively steeply upwards to the spot, where we join the path from Vršič.
Here we continue right on the path which only occasionally ascends steeper and soon brings us to lakes on Sleme from which there is a nice view towards Jalovec. Further, we continue slightly towards the right past the inscription box to the summit of Slemenova špica, which we reach in few minutes of additional walking.
On the way: Grlo (1457m)
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