Planina Zapleč - Krn

Access to starting point:
From Tolmin or Bovec we drive to Kobarid, from there we follow the road in the direction of Drežnica (turn-off of the road is from Kobarid bypass). We continue through a bridge over the river Soča and immediately after the bridge we turn left in the direction of Drežnica. In Drežnica we come to the crossroad, where branches off to the left road in the village Magozd, and we continue a little further to the next crossroad, where we turn left in the direction of Drežniške Ravne. The road then brings us to a crossroad in Drežniške Ravne, where we turn right upward in the direction of Krasji vrh. At the next crossroad, we again turn right and we follow the road to a trough with water, where the asphalt ends. We then follow the macadam road quite a few kilometers to a parking lot by the road in front of the sign TNP and a grazing fence.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot where we cross a grazing fence, a signpost for Krn and the saddle Vrata points us right on a footpath. The path, which runs on a slightly grassy mule track, at first ascends diagonally and then ascends for a long time in long zig-zags on a grassy slope. The path, which is slightly less beaten, is otherwise marked with rare blazes, mostly in the shape of red lines. Later, the path leads for a shorter time on a slope, which is partly vegetated with bushes. Further, we are still ascending in long zig-zags on a grassy slope. Higher up, when we get closer to the ridge, the path crosses a slope to the right and brings us to a crossing, which is marked with an inscription on a rock.
To the left leads the path towards the saddle Vrata, and we continue straight where an inscription points us to Krn.
The path from the crossing soon brings us to exposed slopes, which we further cross in ascent towards the east. The path here runs on an old military mule track and leads us through a short tunnel. Next follows a hairpin ascent on a steep slope, which brings us to a crossing below Krnčica.
To the left upwards leads the path towards the summit Krnčica, to which there are only a few minutes of ascent. If we want to bypass the peak, we continue straight where signs point us to Krn.
If we continue straight on a mule track, we cross steep slopes, after which a path from the left soon joins, which runs over the peak Krnčica.
Further, we still cross steep slopes towards the southeast, and by the path, we notice many remains from the times of the First World War. Later, the path gets very close to the ridge and soon brings us to a crossing. To the left leads the path through Srednji vrh, to which it is only a few tens of meters, and if we continue straight, we bypass the peak on the south side. The paths then soon join again.
The path then brings us to the left northern side of the ridge and starts descending slightly on mostly grassy terrain. The path here is slightly less beaten, but it is mostly marked with red triangles and lines. The path then leads us to slightly more rocky terrain and brings us to the scree on the northern side of Krn. The scree we then mostly cross in a gentle ascent towards the east. In early summer, we can still encounter snow fields on this part of the path. The path on the scree then brings us to the eastern side of Krn, where the terrain becomes more grassy again. Our path then soon joins a better-beaten path from Krnsko jezero.
From here follows a short ascent to notch Krnska škrbina, where there is a marked crossing. From the notch, we continue right (sharply left Prag, left Batognica, and straight mountain pasture Planina Kuhinja) on the path, which starts ascending on a grassy slope of the mountain. We follow this scenic path to the top which we reach after approximately 30 minutes of walking from Krnska škrbina.
From the top, we can descend to the mountain hut Gomiškovo zavetišče in 5 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition at the end of June 2024.

On the way: Krnčica (2142m), Srednji vrh (at Krn) (2134m), Krnska škrbina (2058m)