Črna Prst
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| Črna Prst | |
|---|---|
 View of Črna Prst from the north-east | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,844 m (6,050 ft) |
| Prominence | 147 m (482 ft)[1] |
| Naming | |
| English translation | black soil |
| Geography | |
  Črna Prst Slovenia | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Municipalities | Tolmin and Radovljica |
| Parent range | Julian Alps |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Early Jurassic |
Črna Prst is a mountain in the southeastern Julian Alps, located at the edge of the Triglav National Park. Standing at 1,844 metres (6,050 ft),[2] it is the 370th–highest peak in Slovenia. In the interwar period, the mountain ridge marked the border between Italy and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[3]
Name
The Slovene name Črna Prst, meaning 'black soil', is derived from the unusual patch of psilomelane (a dark manganese ore)[4] and dark shaley claystones[5] by the summit, clearly visible from the north-east.
Botany
The floral richness of the vast grassy slopes have fascinated botanists and visitors to the mountain world since the late 18th century, in particular the meadows of flowers on Črna Prst. The exceptionally diverse flora are due to the the geography of the ridge, which experiences a mixed alpine and coastal climate, as well as the unique rock composition.[2]
One of the first botanists to visit the mountain may have been Franz Xaver von Wulfen, who in 1789 mentions a sample of Geranium argenteum from Črna Prst sent to him by Karl von Zois. It is unlikely that Zois himself visited the mountain, but his pickers definitely did. The reputation of the mountain was consolidated by botanist Žiga Graf by publications on the flora of the mountain in the 1830s.[6] Muzio Tommasini, mayor of Trieste, visited the mountain in 1840, and interest in the flora of the mountain was furthered after Frederick Augustus II of Saxony visited the mountain in 1841.[7]
Mountain hut
A few metres below the summit on the southern side of the ridge is a mountain hut, called the House of Zorek Jelenčič on Črna Prst (Slovenian: Dom Zorka Jelinčiča na Črni prsti).[8]
In 1954, Mountaineering Association of Most na Soči converted the former Italian military guard hut into a mountain lodge, but it ceased operations in 1958. In 1959, the Alpine Association of Slovenia handed it over to the Mountaineering Association of Podbrdo for management, care and restoration. Over the course of the 1960s, it completely changed its appearance, as the association remodeled, extended and upgraded it.[9] A freight cable car was constructed to aid with maintenance of the hut, with its first ascent taking place on August 3rd, 1976.[10]
Access
The mountain is located along the red trail of the Via Alpina.[11]
There are several marked hiking trails leading to the summit, namely:[8]
- From Bohinjska Bistrica, past the Orožna mountain hut through the Planina za Liscem.
- From Bohinjska Bistrica, optionally up an asphalt road through Ravne, and then through Planina za Črno goro.
- From Podbrdo, past the village of Trtnik and over the Čez Suho pass.
- From Podbrdo, through the village of Bača and over the Vrh Bača saddle.
Alternatively, a significant portion of the way up the mountain can be walked along regional roads:
- Paved local road from Hudajužna, through Stržišče.
- Regional road from Škofja Loka via Petrovo Brdo.
- Regional asphalt road from Most na Soči via Petrovo Brdo.
References
- ^ "Črna Prst". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ a b 30 vrhov : knjižica za pohodnike ob 30. obletnici samostojnosti Slovenije. Tanja Glogovčan, Vesna Žarkovič, Franc Donko, Collegium Graphicum). Ljubljana: Urad Vlade RS za komuniciranje. 2021. ISBN 978-961-6435-63-5. OCLC 1258308108.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Dakskobler, Igor (2017). Rastlinstvo Črne prsti in njena botanična pot = Flora of Črna prst and its botanical trail. Polona Strgar, Peter Strgar, Medium). Stara Fužina: Turizem Bohinj. ISBN 978-961-285-732-5. OCLC 1005223768.
- ^ Jelenc, Danilo (1953). "O raziskovanju mineralnih surovin v LR Sloveniji" [Mineral exploration in the Republic of Slovenia]. Geologija (in Slovenian). 1: 22.
- ^ Buser, Stanko (1986). Tolmač listov Tolmin in Videm (Udine) (in Slovenian). Zvezni geološki zavod. p. 103.
- ^ Dakskobler, Igor; Prapotnik, Nada; Wraber, Tone (2008). "Črna prst, njeni prvi botanični obiskovalci in njene rastlinske posebnosti" [Mt. Črna prst, its first botanical visitors and its floristic features]. Hladnikia (21).
- ^ Švegel, Ivan (1937). "König Friedrich August II. von Sachsens Botanische Wanderungen in den Julischen Alpen vor 100 Jahren" (PDF). Mittheilungen des Thüringischen Botanischen Vereins (in German) (44): 35–41.
- ^ a b Slovenije, Planinska zveza. "Dom Zorka Jelinčiča na Črni prsti". Alpine Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Na Črni prsti". Gore Ljudje (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ Novak, Jani. "KRATKA ZGODOVINA". Planinsko društvo Podbrdo Črna prst (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Hiking the Via Alpina - Stage Črna prst » Rjava skala". www.via-alpina.org. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
