Gozd Martuljek - Bivak pod Špikom (direct way)
Starting point: Gozd Martuljek (750 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4821°N 13.8378°E
Path name: direct way
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: demanding
Altitude difference: 674 m
Altitude difference (by path): 674 m
Map: Kranjska Gora 1:30.000
Access to starting point:
From Mojstrana we drive towards Kranjska Gora or vice versa, but only to the village Gozd Martuljek, where we park on a parking lot near the bridge over the river Sava Dolinka (parking lot is located after the bridge, or before, if we come from Kranjska Gora).
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue by the main road towards Kranjska Gora, but only to a spot, where cycling road branches off to the left (by the beginning of the cycling path there are also signposts, which point us on the mentioned road). We follow the cycling road to the first crossroad, where we continue straight on a macadam road (cycling road turns right), which quickly brings us to the next crossroad.
We continue right and we follow for traffic closed road to TNP sign. Further, the path splits into two parts. We continue straight upwards on a steep cart track which is ascending on the right side of gorge Martuljška soteska. Cart track, which is mostly ascending through the forest after 15 minutes brings us on a nice vantage point, where a view opens up towards a valley. The path then goes again in the forest and continues to ascend. A little further from the left joins the path from the waterfall, and a little further, the path towards the bivouac Bivak pod Špikom branches off to the right.
We go on this path, which is at first ascending gently on a cart track. A wide path on which we are ascending then leads us past the rock with the caption "pod Špik".
When the path gets closer to a torrent we run into orientational problem. The path left runs to a torrent and then vanishes, and we continue straight past a smaller boulder on which there is a trail blaze. After that also our path gets closer to a torrent but it doesn't cross it yet. Further, it is ascending on the right side and it crosses it a little later. Crossing isn't difficult, but it is a little harder to ascent from torrent back on the path. This part is long only three meters so it doesn't cause problems. The path ahead is slightly ascending through the forest to the next torrent where there stands a boulder with big blaze. The path ahead starts to ascend steeply on with a forest covered slope. In the middle of this ascent we run into a well and a little ahead on a pleasant bench. Further, the forest becomes thinner and the path brings us on unvegetated slopes below Špik, where we run into torrent deposits of stones. The path here turns slightly right and goes again in the forest. After few minutes of walking of a moderate ascent from torrent deposits we come to bivouac Bivak pod Špikom.
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