Planina Blato - Debeli vrh (via planina Laz)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where you reach a junction and continue right towards Stara Fužina. In Stara Fužina, at the junction by the chapel, turn sharply left onto the ascending road towards Planina Blato, Planina Vogar and Voje valley. The road then leads to the toll and parking fee point, from which we follow it further to the next junction, turning left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (after quite some driving), where turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Route description:
From the marked parking lot in front of Planina Blato, go back a bit and head onto a wide and initially steep cart track marked towards Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, reach a marked junction, from which continue slightly right towards Planina v Lazu (left Koča na Planini pri Jezeru).
Further on, the path leads through the forest, gently ascending to a junction a few minutes away, where a steep path branches left towards Planina pri Jezeru.
Here the path to Planina v Lazu turns right and gradually becomes steeper again, traversing through the forest for some time, higher entering the forested valley Pri deklici. The path continues northwest, ascending through spruce forest. Higher, where the forest flattens, reach an unmarked junction, where an unmarked shortcut branches right towards Ogradi and Planina Krstenica; we follow the gentle path to a marked junction near Planina v Lazu.
Here a marked path branches sharply right towards Planina Krstenica and Ogradi, we continue straight towards Planina v Lazu and reach it in a few minutes of moderate descent; there are numerous shepherds' huts, and a cheese dairy in the middle.
At the first huts on the pasture, from the marked junction go right towards Lazovski preval and Vodnikov dom na Velem polju (slightly left Planina pri Jezeru and Planina Dedno polje) and start ascending through sparse forest. A few minutes higher, leave the forest; the path levels out briefly, then becomes steeper, leading past ruins and under Ogradi screes. After a bit more than one hour from Planina v Lazu, reach Lazovski preval, a junction of several paths; turn left onto an unmarked path (slightly left Mišeljski preval and Vodnikov dom, slightly right Planina Jezerce, right Ogradi via unmarked ridge path), which is less trodden further. Follow ascent through dwarf pine belt, above it reach grassy slopes east of Debeli vrh. Here the path turns further left towards the gully in Debeli vrh, aided by numerous cairns. The path crosses the gully and behind it steeply ascends southern grassy slopes. The increasingly scenic path leads to the ridge, then mainly westwards. Follow the wide ridge to the 2362 m forepeak, where many hikers end; the path to the main peak continues west, technically more demanding, difficult and exposed.
From the forepeak, descend into the gully requiring some scrambling, then steeply ascend the exposed slope to the ridge. The ridge path is no longer demanding, summit in a few minutes.
Starting point - Pri deklici 1:00, Pri deklici - junction before Planina v Lazu 0:35, junction before Planina v Lazu - Planina v Lazu 0:05, Planina v Lazu - Lazovski preval 1:05, Lazovski preval - forepeak 1:10, forepeak - Debeli vrh 0:15.

Along the route: Pri deklici (1463m), Razpotje pred Planino v Lazu (1602m), Planina v Lazu (1560m), Lazovški preval (1966m), Predvrh (2362m), Sedlo na Debelem vrhu (2339m)

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