Koča pri Savici - Batognica (via Prehodci)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Bohinjsko jezero (Ribčev Laz), where you reach a crossroads and continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and Savica waterfall. Follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at Koča pri Savici. The parking lot is paid.

Path description:
From the parking lot, head onto the wide footpath in the direction of Slap Savica and Dom na Komni (right path over Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path leads to a marked crossroads, where the tourist path to Slap Savica branches off to the right, while we continue slightly left or straight on the wide footpath in the direction of Komna. The path ahead ascends for a short time along Savica, then leads to the first of the marked 48 switchbacks. After an hour and a half of moderate ascent through the forest, the path leads to the mentioned 48th switchback, from which a beautiful view of Bohinjsko jezero opens. Here the path turns slightly right and transitions into the valley called Pekel, where it ascends gently for some time, then turns right and ascends somewhat steeper again. After just a few dozen steps, the path turns left again and continues ascending parallel to the valley. The path ahead, gentle to moderately steep, gradually transitions into a sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path ahead leads past a small interesting cave, higher up it leads to a crossroads, where the path to Črno jezero branches off to the right, while we continue left and continue on the wide path. This is followed by some transverse ascent, at the natural abyss which is fenced for safety, the path turns right, then ascends to the next crossroads, where the path from Črno jezero joins us.
A little further, the path splits again, we choose the left path in the direction of Dom na Komni, or we can also take the slightly shorter path that continues straight and bypasses Dom na Komni (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
This is followed by an ascent past the hut Pri Hubertu and in a few minutes we reach Dom na Komni.
From Dom na Komni, go past a small chapel and follow the signs for Koča pod Bogatinom (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač), but we soon merge with the previously mentioned slightly shorter path.
Continue slightly left in the direction of Koča pod Bogatinom and on the wide and quite scenic path quickly arrive at Planina na Kraju, where past the pyramid (ossuary at Koča pod Bogatinom - mountain memorial) we reach Koča pod Bogatinom, located in the middle of the pasture.
Bypass the hut on the right side and quickly arrive at a marked crossroads, where the path over Lepa Komna branches off to the right, leading further to Lanževica or Oslova škrbina, but we continue straight, still on the wider gentle path in the direction of Bogatinsko sedlo. On the western part of Planina na Kraju, another path branches off to the left towards Planina Govnjač, but we continue for a few minutes in a gentle ascent on the southern side of Kozlov rob. The path ahead flattens completely for some time and transitions to the edge of the Gracija valley, where we begin transverse ascending, first on the slopes of Srednji vrh, later on the slopes of the pre-summit Vrh nad Gracijo. In the continuation, the path becomes somewhat steeper and leads us with beautiful views to a place where it splits.
We can continue further on the mule track, which makes a longer switchback or on the somewhat shorter steep path that ascends directly to Bogatinsko sedlo, where both paths merge.
From the crossroads at Bogatinsko sedlo, from where a beautiful view of Krn and the surrounding mountains opens, head straight down in the direction of Lepena, Prehodci, Krn, Krnsko jezero and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (left Mahavšček and Bogatin, right Lanževica) on the path that gradually begins to descend.
The path ahead leads on an old military mule track, which a few minutes lower leads to slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, a bit lower the path flattens.
Continue past some old objects that are part of the former Rapallo border.
Here in a kind of small valley, a passage opens or an old trail leads towards Velika Montura, but we continue on the marked path, which descends barely noticeably to the central part of the valley Za Lepočami, where some old Italian buildings stand, which are still quite well preserved.
Here, from the marked crossroads, go left in the direction of Prehodci (straight down Krnsko jezero and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih), where we go past some more objects that the Italians built between the two wars for the needs of guarding the Rapallo border. Continue on the scenic path, which in the Smrečje area joins the path leading from Planina Razor to Krn.
Follow the mentioned path right towards Prehodci and Krn, where we first ascend gently, then a shorter descent to the crossroads at Prehodci follows.
Continue straight towards Krn (left down Izvir Tolminke and Planina Polog), a little further the path from Dom pri Krnskih jezerih joins from the right.
Continue to follow the signs for Krn, the path transitions from the plateau world to the steep mostly southeast slopes, from which a beautiful view of the Tolmin side opens (this part of the path leads through the area called Na Tminskem). Later the path turns slightly right and gradually leads us into a small high mountain valley, where it begins to ascend steeper. Continue past the area Črna njiva, then ascend to the large monument to the fallen in World War I, Spomenik Peski.
Continue right on the marked path (here left down branches an unmarked path, by which we can reach Rdeči rob or descend to the valley or Planina Polog), which ascends transversely under the ridge of Mali Peski, where we go past some remnants from the time of the first world war, then reach the saddle between Mali Peski on the left and the less-known peak Piramida on the right (Piramida is a kind of pre-summit of Vrhovi nad Peski).
This is followed by traversing the scree of Piramida and Vrh nad Peski, when we reach approximately the highest point of traversing the scree, a small path branches off to the right towards Vrh nad Peski (the branch is marked, the path ahead is not), but we continue on the marked path, to which at the end of the scree the path leading past Jezero v Lužnici joins from the left, and we walk to the crossroads at Prag.
At Prag, a path branches slightly to the right that bypasses the summit of Batognica, to the right down we can descend to Krnsko jezero, but we continue straight, or towards the west and begin ascending on the eastern ridge of Batognica. Follow this increasingly scenic path, which in parts moves slightly left to the steep slopes from the ridge, to the summit of Batognica, which we reach after approximately 20 minutes of walking from Prag.
Starting point - branch to Črno jezero 2:15, branch to Črno jezero - Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar 0:10, Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar - Dom na Komni 0:05, Dom na Komni - Koča pod Bogatinom 0:15, Koča pod Bogatinom - Bogatinsko sedlo 1:15, Bogatinsko sedlo - branch for Velika Montura 0:20, branch for Velika Montura - Za Lepočami 0:15, Za Lepočami - Smrečje 0:15, Smrečje - Prehodci 0:15, Prehodci - Spomenik Peski 1:10, Spomenik Peski - branch for Vrh nad Peski 0:25, branch for Vrh nad Peski - Prag 0:10, Prag - Batognica 0:20.

On the way: Jama ob poti na Komno (1303m), Odcep k Črnemu jezeru (1411m), Brezno pod lovsko kočo na Komni (1430m), Spominska plošča Mateju Koblarju (1481m), Pri Hubertu (1492m), Dom na Komni (1520m), Piramida (1520m), Koča pod Bogatinom (1513m), Bogatinsko sedlo (1803m), Odcep za Veliko Monturo (1712m), Za Lepočami (1617m), Smrečje (1642m), Prehodci (1635m), Spomenik Peski (1975m), Odcep za Vrh nad Peski (2059m), Prag (2058m), Kavernenhof (2131m)

Trip can be extended to: Krn ( 45 min)