Photo: Cristian Vieriu ↗THE JOURNEY IN DETAIL
The mountain on the national flag.
Triglav is the highest point of Slovenia and the Julian Alps, the mountain on the national coat of arms. The route up the Krma valley to the Kredarica hut and the cabled summit ridge over Mali Triglav makes a perfect first taste of Alpine ground with no glacier or crampons. Four days, two nights in the mountains and a descent through the Vrata valley.
- The cabled ridge over Mali Triglav
- Kredarica, the highest hut in Slovenia
- The Aljaž tower on the summit
- The Vrata valley and Triglav’s north face
With old friends or new ones
Join a group or arrange a separate departure for your own team. Before travelling, we get to know each other, discuss everyone's experience and find suitable dates. You can also prepare together.
DAY BY DAY
Your daily itinerary.
A provisional itinerary. Weather, group readiness and local conditions may change the order and length of the stages.
- DAY 1 · Briefing and a walk
Ljubljana, Bled and a briefing
We meet in Ljubljana in the afternoon and drive an hour to Bled (500 m). A walk round the lake, ferrata sets fitted, and a route and weather briefing with the guides. Dinner in town and an early night.
Overnight: Hotel in Bled - DAY 2 · 1,650 m of ascent, 7 hours
Up the Krma valley to Kredarica
Transfer to the Krma valley (870 m). A long but never steep climb through forest and alpine pasture to the Kredarica hut (2,515 m): 1,650 m of ascent in six to seven hours. After dinner we watch the sun set on the summit ridge we will climb in the morning.
Overnight: Kredarica hut, 2,515 m - DAY 3 · Summit 2,864 m, 4 hours
The summit over Mali Triglav
Off at 6 am while the ridge is empty. Cables and rungs over Mali Triglav (2,725 m) lead to the 2,864 m summit in an hour and a half to two hours. Back to the hut for breakfast, then a rest afternoon and a short walk to what remains of the Triglav glacier.
Overnight: Kredarica hut, 2,515 m - DAY 4 · 1,500 m of descent, 5 hours
Down the Prag into the Vrata valley
Down the Prag path with its cables and rungs beneath Triglav’s north face to the Aljažev dom (1,015 m): 1,500 m of descent in four to five hours. Lunch at the hut and a transfer to Ljubljana by 5 pm.
Overnight: —
Included in the estimated price
Hotel in Bled, 1 night, breakfast
Kredarica hut, 2 nights, half board
Local IFMGA mountain guides, 1:4
Transfers Ljubljana — Bled — Krma — Vrata
Helmet and ferrata set hire
Triglav National Park fee
Not included in the price
Flights to the meeting point
Personal travel insurance and visas
Personal equipment
Single-room supplements and personal expenses
Lunches on the road
Dinner in Bled
Private room supplement in the hut
YOUR PREPARATION
Arrive ready for the route.
Ordinary hill fitness for seven to eight hours with 1,600 m of ascent and calm on exposed cables. Ivan provides a short training plan and a climbing-wall session to get used to a via ferrata set.
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BEFORE WE MEET ON THE TRAIL
What to prepare in advance
- Footwear and warm layers for the specific mountain and season
- Sunglasses, gloves and spare mittens
- A headtorch and personal equipment from the guide's list
- For Kazbek: agreed crampons, harness and ice axe
Once we choose a date, we agree on the equipment list, meeting point and transfer time. Please wait until the programme is confirmed before booking flights.