Struca is amusing to look at in its S to W view. As the name says it appears as a bread loaf pouring onto the Veliki Podi karstic grounds. Veliki Podi are the Big Grounds, a big terrace lying between Grintovec to the W (bivouac), and the S (SE) ridge of Skuta to the E.

Above the Ledine terrace and hut, the N and NW faces offer a few Alpine routes, as the Skuta N face does.

A climbers imagination is mostly stimulated by the W face, its compact limestone and its enormous overhang (a famous Aid-climb in the 1960's).
The Struca S face offers moderate Alpine climbs (trad) on perfect rock and is therefore popular.

Getting There

Struca in the S view

-See the Skuta & Dolgi Hrbet pages, as well as the range main page for general info.
-The Gamsov Skret unmarked and demanding approach route (var. b) leads us to Veliki Podi, below the S and W Struca walls.
-A marked and secured mountain-hiking path leads to the Struca summit before continuing towards the Skuta summit.

Red Tape

Here

Camping

Here

External Links

Slovenske stene, Slovene walls, guide book
Kamniska Bistrica climbing guide, PZS, Ljubljana 1995
Jezersko (N) climbing guide (PZS), 1999
1:25000 map

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