Gozd Martuljek - The Upper Martuljek waterfall (cart track)
Starting point: Gozd Martuljek (750 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4821°N 13.8378°E
Path name: cart track
Time of walking: 1 h 40 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: very demanding
Altitude difference: 400 m
Altitude difference (by path): 480 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 continue in the direction of the cottage Ingotova koča. The path ahead brings us to a crossing, where we continue straight, the path left runs to the cottage Ingotova koča to which is two minutes of walking.
The path ahead is at first ascending gently but only for some time. After that, the path crosses a well and on the other side steeply ascends. Steepness starts decreasing and the path brings us to a crossing, where we continue left (straight bivouac Za Akom). Further, in a gentle ascent, we cross steep slopes, which are in wet slightly dangerous for slipping. Crossing soon brings us to a gorge, where there is waterfall. The path at first with the help of fixed safety gear descends to water, which with some smaller problems we cross. The path ahead in few steps ascends to point from which waterfall is clearly visible. Here we end the ascent or we ascend on a secured, but quite wet path below the waterfall. Ascent to the waterfall is difficult and exposed to falling stones.
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