farmstead lies about 150m along the road, but about 25m before the buildings take the track signed to the left, ‘Trupejevo poldne 2hr’. The Pri Hlebnjat farm sells delicious homemade cheeses, kislo mleko (sour milk, a Slovene speciality), yoghurt, skuta (a type of cottage cheese) and honey.
Alternative start
Walk or drive up the Srednji Vrh road from Gozd Martuljek, 4km east of Kranjska Gora, to reach the small parking area just below a large building hidden in the trees. Continue on foot a few metres up the road – almost immediately it forks with a track heading right, but go straight on signed route 2. A sign on a tree near the fork says ‘Trupejevo poldne 2hr’. The road bends round to the left and passes between the attractive farm buildings and houses of Srednji Vrh. About 25m past Pri Hlebnjat farmhouse, take the track on the right, again signed ‘Trupejevo poldne 2hr’.
Almost immediately the track forks – the right fork makes its way up the small field and can be seen to make a short cut, but to avoid erosion of the delicate planina habitat take the left fork, a gravel cart track that enters the trees within 100m. Look back across the valley just before you enter the wood to get a good view of the very fine conical shaped mountain, Špik. The track soon bears right and climbs gently, with gaps through the trees continuing to offer splendid views over the little farmstead roofs of Srednji vrh towards the Martuljek cirque across the valley.
View from the path to the incredible cirque of peaks above Gozd Martuljek
In about 5min the track forks again; ignore the left fork, which just leads to an attractive old wooden hay barn, and continue on along the now level track where the small river Jerman (more of a fast-flowing stream) can be heard to your right. About 25m beyond the fork, pass an amazing old beech tree with an incredible girth – a remnant of the time when the beech were hewn for charcoal to fuel the iron furnaces in the valley. Continue straight on and ignore a right fork that leads down towards the stream.
The path begins to ascend more steadily as it climbs through a fine mix of pine and beech, crossing numerous tributary streams and springs feeding into the Jerman. After walking up the track for about 50min from Srednji Vrh, you encounter a short section of path that is prone to winter avalanche damage; you may see where trees have been knocked down by the force of the snow.
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