Koča pri Savici - Vrh nad Peski (via Prehodci)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and then towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where you come to a junction, where you continue straight along the left (south) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and Savica Waterfall. Then follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at the Savica mountain hut. The parking lot is paid.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head to the wide footpath in the direction of Savica Waterfall and Dom na Komni (right path over Komarča). Already after a short gentle ascent, the path brings us to a marked junction, where the tourist path to Savica Waterfall 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 alongside the Savica, then brings us to the first of the marked 48 hairpin turns. After an hour and a half of moderate ascent through the forest, the path brings us to the mentioned 48th hairpin turn, from which a beautiful view of Lake Bohinj opens up. Here the path turns slightly to the right and enters the valley called Pekel, where it ascends gently for some time, then turns right and ascends somewhat steeper again. Already after a few dozen steps the path turns left again and continues ascending parallel to the valley. Further on, the gentle to moderately steep path gradually transitions into a sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path ahead leads us past a smaller interesting cave; higher up it brings us to a junction, where the path to Črno jezero branches off to the right, while we continue left and further on the wide path. This is followed by some traversing ascent; at the 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 ahead the path splits again, where we choose the left path in the direction of Dom na Komni, or alternatively 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 we go past a small chapel and follow the signs for Koča pod Bogatinom (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač), where we soon join the previously mentioned slightly shorter path.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Koča pod Bogatinom and along 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, which is located in the middle of the pasture.
We bypass the hut on the right side and quickly arrive at a marked junction, where to the right the path over Lepa Komna branches off, leading further to Lanževica or Oslova škrbina; we continue straight ahead, further on the wider gentle path in the direction of Bogatinsko sedlo. On the western part of Planina na Kraju another path to Planina Govnjač branches off to the left; we continue for a few more minutes in easy ascent along the southern side of Kozji rob. The path ahead levels out completely for some time and transitions to the edge of the Gracija valley, where we begin to ascend transversely, first along the slopes of Srednji vrh, later along the slopes of the pre-summit of Vrh nad Gracijo. Continuing on, the path becomes somewhat steeper and brings us, with beautiful views, to the place where it splits.
We can continue on the mule track, which makes a longer hairpin, or on the somewhat shorter steep path that ascends directly to Bogatinsko sedlo, where both paths join.
From the junction at Bogatinsko sedlo, from where a beautiful view opens onto Krn and the surrounding mountains, we head straight down in the direction of Lepena, Prehodci, Krn, Krnsko jezero and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (left Mahavšček and Bogatin, right Lanževica) along the path that gradually begins to descend.
The path ahead leads along an old military mule track, which a few minutes lower brings us to slopes overgrown with brushwood; a bit lower still, the path flattens.
We continue past some old structures that are part of the former Rapallo border.
Here, in a kind of little valley, a passage opens or an old trail leads toward Velika Montura; we continue on the marked path, which descends barely noticeably to the central part of the valley Za Lepočami, where a few old Italian buildings still stand, quite well preserved.
Here from the marked junction we go left in the direction of Prehodci (straight down to Krnsko jezero and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih), passing some more structures that the Italians built between the two wars for the needs of guarding the Rapallo border. We continue along the scenic path, which in the Smrečje area joins the path leading from Planina Razor to Krn.
We follow the mentioned path to the right toward Prehodci and Krn, where we first ascend gently, followed by a short descent to the junction at Prehodci.
We continue straight toward Krn (left down to Izvir Tolminke and Planina Polog); a little further, the path from Dom pri Krnskih jezerih joins from the right.
Further on we follow the markers for Krn; the path transitions from the plateau-like terrain to steep mostly southeast slopes, from which a beautiful view opens onto the Tolmin side (this part of the path runs through the area called Na Tminskem). Later the path turns slightly right and gradually leads us into a small high-alpine valley, where it begins to ascend more steeply. We continue past the Črna njiva area, then ascend to the large monument to the fallen in World War I, Spomenik Peski.
We continue right on the marked path (here an unmarked path branches left downward, along which one can reach Rdeči rob or descend to the valley or Planina Polog), which ascends transversely below the ridge of Mali Peski, passing some more remnants from the time of the First World War, then reaching the saddle between Mali Pesek on the left and the less known peak Piramida on the right (Piramida is a kind of forepeak of Vrh nad Peski).
This is followed by crossing the scree of Piramida and Vrh nad Peski; when we reach roughly the highest point of the scree crossing, a small path branches off to the right toward Vrh nad Peski (the branch is marked, but the continuing path is not).
We continue in the mentioned direction (straight ahead leads the marked path to Krn and Batognica) and in a few minutes ascend to the grassy Sedlo saddle, where we go left (right Piramida).
The path continues along an increasingly scenic and occasionally quite steep trail. We follow this scenic and relatively steep path all the way to Vrh nad Peski, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
Starting point - junction to Črno jezero 2:15, junction 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 - Sedlo 0:05, Sedlo - Vrh nad Peski 0:10.

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), Sedlo (2098m)