Z Miga na Kuk
July 12th – August 18th 2013
Summary of Exploration
The 2013 ‘Z Miga Na Kuk’ expedition was a highly successful 5-weeks of cave exploration on Migovec. Collectively JSPDT and ICCC cavers added another 1.8 km of new cave passage to System Migovec (already the longest cave in Slovenia) bringing the total to an impressive 27.3 km. The developments were all at depths greater than -500m relative to the entrance, explored on multi day camping trips based at ‘X-Ray’ our underground home each summer since 2010.
2013 findings & report
Union Tour Report (Google Docs)
Surveys
Extended Elevation [ENG] [SLO] (700K PDFs)
Plan [ENG] [SLO] (700K PDFs)
SVG and other content on GitHub
Further resources
GPF Application and Expedition Prospectus
Facebook Event (Z Miga na Kuk 2013) - Contacts + discussion
Migovec Microblog (actively updated between 2011-2013)
Background Info
Location
Tolmin is on the edge of the Julian Alps in Western Slovenia. There is a train station at Most na Soci, and buses come up both from Nova Gorica (Gorizia on the Italian side) and Ljublijana. Cheapest flights are generally to Trieste with Ryanair, but also check out Venice and Easyjet to Ljublijana.
Tolminski Migovec can be seen all the way from the Most na Soci lake, and is most easily accessed by driving up to Tolminske Ravne (912m) which has a fully Tarmac'd road built for the hydro electric facility. The walking track then takes you up to 1500m through switchbacks in the forest (very sticky when it's hot in the valley) to Planina Kal (aka. The Shepherd's Huts). From here take the middle path that heads straight up (via switchbacks) towards Mig before heading north along the edge of the plateau, before the final set of switchbacks and scree to gain the Gateway.
Sponsorship and Thanks
Starless River - Expedition equipment & advice.
Imperial College Trust and Imperial College Union - Tour funding (transport)
Ghar Parau Foundation - Expedition equipment fund (rope!).