Vodel - Raskovec

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, where from the roundabout we continue in the direction of Soriška planina and Tolmin. Further on, we drive through Bohinjska Bistrica, then at the beginning of the left turn we continue straight in the direction of the settlement Ravne v Bohinju. From the crossroad onwards we start ascending more steeply, and when the road flattens it brings us to the mentioned village. At the end of the village the asphalt ends, and we drive on a macadam road first through a meadow, then the road passes into the forest, where it first leads past the former mountain hut Planinski dom dr. Janeza Mencingerja (today private house), near which there are two turn-offs to paths to Črna prst, then we drive for quite some time and cross the path Polje - Črna prst, after the mentioned crossing we already arrive at the slopes of Pezdenica, where we semicircularly bypass the mentioned ridge. When on the other side of the ridge the road first turns more noticeably to the right, pay attention as we then park at the first appropriate place by the road. From the spot where the asphalt ends to the starting point is 6.5 km.
B) From Rovtarica or Soriška planina we descend to Bohinjska Bistrica, then at the beginning of the mentioned place we continue left in the direction of the settlement Ravne v Bohinju. From the crossroad onwards we start ascending more steeply, and when the road flattens it brings us to the mentioned village. At the end of the village the asphalt ends, and we drive on a macadam road first through a meadow, then the road passes into the forest, where it first leads past the former mountain hut Planinski dom dr. Janeza Mencingerja (today private house), near which there are two turn-offs to paths to Črna prst, then we drive for quite some time and cross the path Polje - Črna prst, after the mentioned crossing we already arrive at the slopes of Pezdenica, where we semicircularly bypass the mentioned ridge. When on the other side of the ridge the road first turns more noticeably to the right, pay attention as we then park at the first appropriate place by the road. From the spot where the asphalt ends to the starting point is 6.5 km.

Path description:
From the spot where we have parked, we return along the road to the turn, a few tens of meters behind the turn we cross the metal drainage channel (transverse drainage channel across the macadam road), after which we continue sharply right uphill (at the spot where we leave the road there is usually a cairn). There follows a one- or two-minute ascent up the slope straight upwards, where individual cairns show the direction, then we reach a well-visible old hunting path, which we only cross, as the cairns direct us straight upwards onto a worse but mostly followable little path that steeply ascends with the help of individual cairns. On the section where there is more fallen timber, we must follow the little path more carefully, then we arrive at the edge of a quite overgrown torrent gully. In the last part of the gully we steeply ascend diagonally across a partly exposed passage, then we join a better-trodden path, which we follow straight ahead (right in descriptions from starting point Pod Debelo glavo).
The path ahead leads us through a small valley between Pezdenica on the left and Ventije on the right. We walk for a few minutes through the small valley, then we arrive at a clearing, at the edge of which the hunting hut Ventije is located.
Behind the hut we continue for a few more minutes through the small valley, then the path ascends more steeply and, with occasional fine views reaching as far as Triglav, brings us a level higher to more plateau-like terrain, where the path splits into two parts.
We continue on the right path (the left path leads to the watering place and meadow on Dolga Planja), which then gently ascends through a series of smaller valleys surrounded by dwarf pines. A little higher another path branches off to the left to the mentioned watering place, and we continue right, where ahead of us we already see mountain pasture Poljana and above it Raskovec. A slight descent follows, and when we reach the mountain pasture, another path from starting point Pod Debelo glavo joins from the right.
Here we continue left and walk to the nearby shepherd hut.
From the shepherd hut we continue along the right (western) edge of the mountain pasture, but only to the spot where a little path branches off slightly to the right into the dwarf pines. The well-visible path then ascends more steeply and after about 15 minutes of ascent brings us to a less visible junction.
We continue left on a much worse path, which is still followable. From the path, which is becoming ever worse, a passage soon opens towards a hollow that ends on the other side with scree. After a short descent through high grasses surrounded by dwarf pines (the passages are fine) we step to the foot of a not very inviting scree. But the "path" to Raskovec will lead us right over this scree (also possible right and then along the foot of Mali Raskovec, but this "path" is several times impassable due to dwarf pines), which in the lower part is full of large rocks that are not very stable (carefully). A little higher the rocks give way to steep grasses, which soon turn into gravelly scree up which we must ascend. Approximately 50 height meters before the direct ascent to the summit is blocked by a wall, a nice passage opens to the right (cairn). There follows a traverse of mostly rocky slopes that runs along the foot of the northern wall of Raskovec. Further on a nicely passable but somewhat steeper passage opens to an indistinct saddle between Mali and Veliki Raskovec (if below in the hollow we chose the right variant, the two paths join here). From the saddle onwards the path is easier orientationally.
From the saddle we continue left along and on the initially indistinct ridge of Raskovec, which step by step becomes more visible and higher already a little precipitous. We follow this relatively steep ridge all the way to the panoramic summit.
We can descend along the south-western ridge, which brings us in good 5 minutes to the marked path Črna prst - Rodica. If we opt for descent via one of these two summits, in the lower part walking along a macadam road to the starting point awaits us (see map).
Vodel - planina Poljana 1:15, planina Poljana - Raskovec 1:30.

On the way: Lovska koča Ventije (1305m), Planina Poljana (1466m)