Planina Blato - Pršivec

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway, 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 and continue right over the bridge in the direction of Stara Fužina. In Stara Fužina, at the junction by the chapel, turn sharply left onto the ascending road in the direction of Planina Blato, Planina Vogar and Voje Valley (marked with signposts). The road brings you to a parking lot where a road toll or parking fee is collected (depending on whether you drive further or park). The toll in 2009 is 10 €. Drive along a narrow, winding, partly asphalted, partly macadam road, which ascends moderately, past the turn-off for Voje and then for quite some time along a mostly asphalted road to the next junction, where you turn sharply right from the asphalt onto a macadam road in the direction of Planina Blato (the asphalted branch of the road straight ahead leads to Planina Vogar). On the macadam road, then drive a short time further to the parking lot above Planina Blato, which is at the end of the road, a few dozen metres past the information board and signposts for Planina pri Jezeru and Laz, which you see during the drive on your left side.

Path description:
From the parking lot on Planina Blato, go back along the road a little to the signposts at the steep, wide cart track, which is closed to traffic with a metal gate. The cart track, which first ascends steeply and then moderately, brings us after ten minutes of walking to a junction, where we turn left (straight to Planina v Lazu). Then follow the cart track through the forest all the way to the hut on Planina pri Jezeru. Here a view opens up on the surrounding hills.
At the hut, go left slightly downwards to the signposts, which direct us left steeply upwards along the grassy slope past some huts (direction Planina Viševnik and Pršivec). The path is barely visible at the beginning, only a little higher above the huts it becomes easier to follow, then it is well visible all the time and excellently marked. The path then goes into the forest and the steepness soon eases. Follows walking on a mostly rocky path, which in places ascends somewhat more steeply, but overall the steepness is moderate. After approx. 40 minutes of walking from Planina pri Jezeru, we come out of the forest again. Here ahead of us we already see Planina Viševnik on which stands Bregarjevo zavetišče, which is open during the summer season. Here you can quench your thirst with various drinks, overnight stays are also possible.
From the Planina, continue left in the direction of Pršivec along the path which ascends transversely towards the western part of the Planina. The path then turns even more left and begins to ascend more steeply, again along a mostly rocky path, past some smaller birches. The path then descends slightly and before it starts ascending steeply again towards the summit of Pršivec, we reach Majska jama (pit cave explored to a depth of 592 m), the entrance to which we see on our right side under blackened rocks. After the steep ascent, then after approximately 20 minutes of further walking along the increasingly panoramic slope, we arrive at the summit. The view from the summit is beautiful in all directions, below us we can see Lake Bohinj.

On the way: Koča na Planini pri Jezeru mountain hut (1453m), Planina Viševnik (1625m)