Planina Kuk - Tolminski Kuk
Starting point: Planina Kuk (1150 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2112°N 13.7872°E
Time of walking: 4 h 30 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 935 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1100 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
Between Most na Soči and Tolmin, the road branches off in Poljubinj. From Poljubinj we drive ahead towards the village Ljubinj, where behind the church we turn left towards the mountain pasture Razor and Stador. The road brings us to the parking lot on the mountain pasture Stador, where nearby there is a mountain hut. We drive further on the mountain pasture Lom and further on the road following the signs mountain pasture Planina Razor. At the altitude 1150 meters we come on the mountain pasture Planina Kuk, where there is a parking lot on which we park. Further driving is forbidden.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on for traffic closed road which after few ten strides brings us on the mountain pasture Planina Kuk, where in the summer time we can buy homemade milk product (sour milk, cheese, curd).
The road ahead starts gently ascending and eventually brings us to the next gate. After the gate, the path goes into the forest and is barely ascending, and occasionally the path even slightly descends. After one hour of walking, the path brings us on the mountain pasture Razor, where there is the mountain hut.
From the mountain hut, we go on the path in the direction of Škrbina and Vogel. After few minutes of gentle walk path brings us to the next crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of Škrbina (right Vogel).
The path ahead turns slightly towards the left and it is moderately ascending over slopes covered with dwarf pines. And when the path brings us to the next crossing at an altitude of approximately 1500 meters, we continue left in the direction of saddle Škrbina (right Vrh nad Škrbino - south path). The path soon after that comes from dwarf pines on an interesting slopes, where we will on our right side notice a steep rocky plates, which form for climbers interesting wall, which isn't too steep. The path ahead ascends diagonally over the scree to a saddle Škrbina, which is situated at an altitude 1910 meters.
When we step on Škrbina, a nice view opens up on Gorenjska side, and at the crossing, we continue left in the direction of Kuk (right Vrh nad Škrbino, straight downwards mountain pasture Planina za Migovcem, Komna, Vogel and Ukanc). The path ahead starts ascending diagonally over steep plates, and then both path and also slope flatten out a little. The path ahead passes below shorter wall of Vrh Kont, and then starts gently descending over occasionally steeper scree. The path ahead on Primorska side crosses also Podrta gora and Mali vrh, and then returns on the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, which reaches right on the saddle between Mali vrh and Zeleni vrh. From here we continue in the same direction, only that path from the slopes passes on in parts exposed ridge. The marked path, which occasionally relatively steeply ascends, then with increasingly beautiful views, we follow all the way to grassy Zeleni vrh.
From Zeleni vrh we descend on a marked path which starts descending steeper towards the west. The slope on which we are descending quickly narrows and the path brings us on narrow and slightly exposed ridge. Here the path flattens, and we quickly reach the small saddle, from which we start ascending towards Tolminski Kuk. Above the small saddle follows a short steep ascent, and then the path passes on the ridge, on and by which we are ascending to the highest peak of Spodnje Bohinjske gore.
Planina Kuk - Planina Razor 1:00 Planina Razor - Škrbina 2:00, Škrbina - Tolminski Kuk 1:30.
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