The north arete on Mall Mojstrovka had been recommended to us by a number of people, so we set off back to the north face of Mala Mojstrovka, this time heading past the klettersteig and onto the start of the climb.
We found the climb using the following topos, which we found online:
- https://www.slovenskestene.si/smer/severni-raz/
- https://www.bergsteigen.com/touren/klettern/mala-mojstrovka-nordkante/
The climb was very mixed, some some excellent pitches on great rock, but with plenty of easy but almost unprotected pitches up loose rock. It may be related to being out of practice, but I found route finding on the route pretty difficult, especially up the easy sections, however with the use of the above topos I think we just about managed to stay on route most of the time.
Due to the time taken to route find we ended up taking quite a while on the climb, which was added to by the time it took us to commit to the horrendous looking exit as described in the Bergsteigen topo, as it looked so improbable from the start of it.
Eventually we were at the end of the climb and made out way up to the plateau, where we took the direct descent down scree slopes, rather than ascending back to the summit of Mala Mojstrovka.
Max elevation: 2182 m
Min elevation: 1607 m
Total climbing: 583 m
Total descent: -577 m