Kriška jezera (TILOS / no diving)
Diving is prohibited. The Kriški podi lakes lie in the first protection zone of Triglav National Park, where ZTNP-1 (2010) bans swimming, diving and boating on lakes and watercourses (Art. 15(1)(17)), and the park's 2012 letter to the diving federation objects to diving in the high-mountain lakes; the 2012 atlas sheet itself already noted that the park forbids diving without special permission. The sheet describes four small cirque lakes above the Zadnjica valley, the largest about 140 m long and 8.5 m deep, with water of about 10 °C at the surface and 3 °C at the bottom. They hold no fish, only tiny crustaceans, water beetles and algae, and are very fragile. The entry is kept only so that divers know not to go.
Facts
- Region: Slovenia – Lakes, Rivers & Caves
- Area: Julian Alps & Gorenjska (Bohinj, Bled)
- Depth: 0–8.5 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: low
- Type: bay
- Coordinates: 46.39896, 13.80151
- Highlights: four high-mountain lakes at about 1880–2150 m, Zgornje Kriško jezero – highest lake in Slovenia, no fish, small black and tiny red crustaceans, diving water beetles, green algal carpets on the silty bottom
- Permit: Triglav National Park Act (ZTNP-1, Uradni list RS 52/2010): in the first protection zone swimming, diving and boating on lakes and watercourses are banned (Art. 15(1)(17)). The park manager's 2012 letter (published by SPZ) objects to diving in the high-mountain lakes and allows only Lake Bohinj (no consent) and the Soča at Kršovec (with consent). Do not dive here.
- Issuer / contact: Triglav National Park Public Institute (Javni zavod Triglavski narodni park)
- Website: https://www.tnp.si/
- Tips: Do not dive. The lakes can be visited on foot from the Zadnjica car park (Trenta) on the marked path to Pogačnikov dom, about three hours and 1200 m of ascent. For legal diving in the park the 2012 letter names only Lake Bohinj (no consent needed) and the Soča at Kršovec (with the park's consent). The sheet dates from 2012.