Koča pri Savici - Tolminski Kuk (via Dom na Komni and Škrbina)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and forward towards Bohinjska Bistrica. We continue driving towards the lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight on left (south) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and waterfall Slap Savica. This more and more narrow road, we then follow to a large parking lot at the mountain hut Savica. The parking lot is payable.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a wide footpath in the direction of waterfall Savica and Dom na Komni. After a short gentle ascent the path already brings us to a marked crossing, where the tourist path towards the waterfall Savica branches off to the right, and we continue slightly left or straight on the wide path in the direction of Komna. The path ahead is for a short time still ascending by Savica, and then it brings us on the first of 48 marked hairpin turns. After an hour and a half of a moderate ascent through the forest, the path brings us to the mentioned 48th hairpin turn, from which a beautiful view opens up on lake Bohinj. Here the path turns a little to the right and passes into a valley named Pekel, where for some time it is ascending gently, and then turns to the right and it ascends a little steeper again. Already after few 10 strides the path turns left again and is then ascending parallel with the valley. Ahead gentle to moderately steep path, gradually passes into thinner forest, from which we can soon see the mountain hut Dom na Komni. The path ahead leads us past a smaller artificial cave, and higher also past a natural abyss, which is fenced, so that the hikers don't fall in it. Further, the path ascends a little steeper and after few steps of additional walking brings us to a crossing, where the path towards the lake Črno jezero branches off to the right.
We continue straight on a wide path (mule track), which only a little higher brings us to the next crossing. We again continue left (right mountain hut Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih) on the path which ascends even a little steeper and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the mountain hut Dom na Komni.
From the hut, we continue left in the direction of the mountain pasture Govnjač, Vogel and Mahavšček (right saddle Bogatinsko sedlo and Krn) on the path which soon after the mountain hut starts steeply descending. The path soon flattens and after good 5 minutes from Dom na Komni brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Govnjač and Vogel (on the mentioned crossing we can continue also straight on a little shorter, but in parts quite an overgrown path, which cuts mountain pasture Govnjač). The path ahead runs on an old military mule track and it is with the exception of few shorter ascents, descending. After approximately 30 minutes of walking from Dom na Komni, we come to the information board on the mentioned mountain pasture.
From the mountain pasture Govnjač we continue sharply left in the direction of Vogel (straight Mahavšček, right mountain hut Koča pod Bogatinom) and we continue on a wide footpath, that is gently ascending towards the east. Next follows a short descent, and then the path starts crossing moderately steep and with dwarf pines vegetated slopes above pastures area named Krošnja. Here from the left joins already mentioned and approximately 15 minutes shorter path from Dom na Komni, and we continue straight and we diagonally ascend on a small saddle between the peaks Mohor and Pleše. Here we cross a grazing fence and we leave plateau Spodnja Komna. The path ahead passes on the east slopes of the peak Mohor, and from the path which is for some time moderately descending, a nice view opens up on Lake Bohinj and Ski hotel on Vogel. When the descent ends, the path turns a little to the right and starts ascending through a lane of bushes. Higher slope flattens, and bushes are replaced by dwarf pines, and footpath turns slightly to the left. Few minutes of easy walking follows on the path which past some karst abysses and cracks, brings us to the mountain pasture Planina za Migovcem, which we recognize by old abandoned border building, larger meadow and poorly visible crossing, where from the left joins unmarked footpath from Ukanška Suha or Ukanc.
From the mountain pasture, we continue straight on a marked path towards Vogel. The path after transient few meters descent starts ascending and it brings us to a marked crossing, where we leave the path which leads towards Vogel. Here we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na planini Razor, on the path which starts ascending diagonally towards the right. After a shorter crossing, the path leads us past a smaller valley, where we step from the slopes of Bohinjski Migovec on more rocky slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here the path turns a little to the right and over small rough scree brings us to a smaller gully, after which we go into a very short lane of dwarf pines. Above the dwarf pines, the path for a short time steeply ascends, and then it flattens and crosses steep scree towards the right (this part is usually in the early summer still covered with snow, therefore then crampons and ice axe are mandatory). The path ahead on the left side bypasses a smaller sinkhole, in which through the entire year stays snow. On the other side of the sinkhole, the path starts ascending steeply towards the notch Škrbina, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes of additional ascent.
When we step on Škrbina, a nice view opens up on Primorska side, and at the crossing, we continue right in the direction of Kuk (left Vrh nad Škrbino, straight downwards mountain hut Koča na planini Razor). The path ahead starts ascending diagonally over steep plates, and then both path and also slope flatten out a little. The path ahead passes below shorter wall of Vrh Kont, and then starts gently descending over occasionally steeper scree. The path ahead on Primorska side crosses also Podrta gora and Mali vrh, and then returns on the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, which reaches right on the saddle between Mali vrh and Zeleni vrh. From here we continue in the same direction, only that path from the slopes passes on in parts exposed ridge. The marked path, which occasionally relatively steeply ascends, then with increasingly beautiful views, we follow all the way to grassy Zeleni vrh.
From Zeleni vrh we descend on a marked path which starts descending steeper towards the west. The slope on which we are descending quickly narrows and the path brings us on narrow and slightly exposed ridge. Here the path flattens, and we quickly reach the small saddle, from which we start ascending towards Tolminski Kuk. Above the small saddle follows a short steep ascent, and then the path passes on the ridge, on and by which we are ascending to the highest peak of Spodnje Bohinjske gore.

On the way: Dom na Komni mountain hut (1520m), Planina Govnjač (1480m), Planina za Migovcem (1600m), Škrbina (1910m), Zeleni vrh (2052m)

Trip can be extended to: Podrta gora