Koča pri Savici - Mali Šmohor

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 Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where you reach a junction and continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake towards Ukanc and Savica Waterfall. Follow this increasingly narrow road to the large car park at Koča pri Savici. The car park is paid.

Path description:
From the car park, head onto the wide hiking path towards Savica Waterfall and Dom na Komni (right path via Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path leads to a marked junction where the tourist path to Savica Waterfall branches right; we continue slightly left or straight along the wide hiking path towards Komna. The path ascends briefly along the Savica, then leads to the first of the marked 48 serpentines. After an hour and a half of moderate ascent through the forest, the path reaches the mentioned 48th serpentine, from which a nice view of Lake Bohinj opens up. Here the path turns slightly right and enters the valley called Pekel, where it ascends gently for a while, then turns right and ascends somewhat steeper again. After a few dozen steps, the path turns left again and ascends parallel to the valley. The further gentle to moderately steep path gradually enters a sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path continues past a small interesting cave, higher up it leads to a junction where the path to Črno jezero branches right; we continue left and further along the wide path. A short traverse ascent follows; at a natural abyss, which is fenced for safety, the path turns right, then ascends to the next junction where the path from Črno jezero joins.
A little further the path forks again; we choose the left path towards Dom na Komni, or we can take the slightly shorter path that continues straight and bypasses Dom na Komni (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
Follows an ascent past the bajta 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 to Koča pod Bogatinom (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač); we soon join the previously mentioned slightly shorter path.
Continue slightly left towards Koča pod Bogatinom and along the wide and fairly scenic path quickly reach Planina na Kraju, where past the pyramid (ossuary at Koča pod Bogatinom - mountaineering memorial) we reach Koča pod Bogatinom, located in the middle of the pasture.
Bypass the hut on the right side and quickly reach a marked junction where the path via Lepa Komna branches right, leading further towards Lanževica or Oslova škrbina; we continue straight, further along the wider gentle path towards Bogatinsko sedlo. On the western part of Planina na Kraju, another path branches left towards Planina Govnjač; we continue for a few more minutes in an easy ascent along the southern side of Kozlov rob. The path flattens for a while and reaches the edge of the Gracija valley, where we begin a traverse ascent, first along the slopes of Srednji vrh, later along the slopes of the subpeak Vrh nad Gracijo. Further on, the path becomes somewhat steeper and with nice views leads to a point where it forks.
We can continue along the mule track that makes a longer serpentine or along the slightly shorter steep path that ascends directly to Bogatinsko sedlo, where both paths join.
From the junction at Bogatinsko sedlo, from where a nice view of Krn and surrounding peaks opens up, head straight down towards Lepena, Prehodci, Krn, Krnsko jezero and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (left Mahavšček and Bogatin, right Lanževica) along a path that gradually begins to descend.
The path continues along the old military mule track, which a few minutes lower leads to slopes overgrown with dwarf pines; a bit lower the path levels out.
Continue past some old structures that are part of the former Rapallo border.
Here in a small valley a passage opens or an old path leads towards Velika Montura; we continue along the marked path that barely noticeably descends to the central part of the Za Lepočami valley, where there are still some well-preserved old Italian buildings.
Here a marked path to Krn via Prehodci and Batognica branches left; we continue westwards along the path that runs along the valley south of Velika Montura, and when we reach the small valley below Mala Montura, another path branches left towards Prehodci or Izvir Tolminke.
The path descends traversely along the small valley overgrown with dwarf pines and sparse larches; when the small valley widens, the path to Mali Šmohor branches left.
Continue towards Mali Šmohor, first walking along a small meadow, after which the path leads into the dwarf pines. After a short ascent through the dwarf pines, the path leads to an old partly overgrown military mule track, along which we ascend through increasingly less overgrown slopes. A pleasant and little-visited path, along which we can observe numerous remnants of the Soča front, leads us in a moderate ascent below the steep walls of Mali Šmohor. Here, due to the danger of falling rocks, it is recommended to wear a helmet. Further, we ascend traversely across the scree, at the end of which the path turns left onto grassy slopes. Along the path we again notice numerous war remnants (caverns, shovels and other iron neatly stacked along the path). The path then ascends to the summit ridge, where it turns right and after a short ascent leads to the panoramic summit.

Start - junction to Črno jezero 2:15, junction to Črno jezero - Matej Koblar memorial plaque 0:10, Matej Koblar memorial plaque - Dom na Komni 0:05, Dom na Komni - Koča pod Bogatinom 0:15, Koča pod Bogatinom - Bogatinsko sedlo 1:15, Bogatinsko sedlo - junction to Velika Montura 0:20, junction to Velika Montura - Za Lepočami 0:15, Za Lepočami - junction to Prehodci 0:20, junction to Prehodci - junction to Mali Šmohor 0:10, junction to Mali Šmohor - Mali Šmohor 1:25.

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), Doliči (1472m), Pod Šmohorjem (1420m)

Trip can be extended to: Veliki Šmohor