Planina Blato - Koča na Doliču (via Grintovica)

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 we 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 takes us to the toll and parking fee collection point, and we follow it further to the next junction, continuing left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (we drive for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the gravel road, which takes us past the barrier in a few steps to a right bend. On the right side of this bend, we will notice the start of a hunting trail, which with the aid of a fixed cable leads us across a short very steep slope. The path soon enters the forest and turns slightly to the right, where we step onto a wide eroded cart track (you can also go by road up to here, or higher on the cart track). Follow the cart track to the right (straight ahead the hunting trail continues towards Planina Krstenica), which continues steeply uphill for some time. Follow the cart track, from which a few dead-end branches branch off, to a somewhat larger and partially marked junction, where on one of the trees we notice the inscription Grintovica.
Here we leave the wide cart track and continue along the right somewhat narrower cart track, which continues gently uphill for some time. The path then descends slightly several times, after which we notice the signs for Grintovica, which direct us right into the dense forest (here we leave the increasingly poor cart track). In the forest, the trail completely disappears, but we continue in the same direction, reaching a larger number of fallen trees. Here we cross a marked path leading from Voje Valley towards Planina Krstenica (due to fallen trees, the crossing is almost unnoticeable, but we must still be careful not to continue along the marked path). On the other side of the marked path, we cross a small clearing, and the path returns to the forest behind it and gradually begins to descend more steeply. After a short steep descent, the path levels out, leading us to steep slopes across which we mostly descend transversely. During the crossing, we pass a few short slightly exposed slopes, after which the slope levels out, and the path continues with a few shorter ascents and descents. A bit further, we exit the forest onto the southern part of Planina Zgornja Grintovica, where we notice the first wooden huts. The path then crosses a band of forest and leads us to a water trough, next to which stands Kefova koča. We continue further, again through a band of forest, and follow the path to the upper part of the alpine pasture, where we notice a few more old shepherds' huts.
At the very upper part of the alpine pasture, on the right side near a collapsing hut, we will notice a wide trail that enters the forest and begins to descend transversely towards Planina Spodnja Grintovica. After about ten minutes of descent, we reach the mentioned alpine pasture, where we also join the marked path from Voje Valley, which we follow left (right downhill to Voje), and on the upper part of the alpine pasture we re-enter the forest; the path further on is narrower and no longer resembles a mulatiera. This is followed by a steeper ascent through the forested slopes of Tisovec, which is a side ridge of the Stogov ridge; higher up, as the path crosses to the northern slopes of this hill, it levels out and enters an indistinct little valley called Jurjevčeva vrtača.
Here, at the beginning of the little valley, a fairly unnoticeable trail branches off to the right downhill towards the former Planina Vrtača.
Continue along the marked path, which leads us through gradually sparser forest; higher up, the path turns right and after a few more minutes of walking brings us to a poorly marked junction in the area called Razorje, from which we continue slightly left (right marked path towards Vodnikov dom on Velem polju) along a path that completely levels out and brings us in a few more minutes to a drying-up lake near Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
We bypass the little lake on the right side, then on a small pass we reach the marked path Planina pod Mišelj vrhom - Velo polje.
Continue right towards Velo polje and descend to Malo polje, where the path leads us along an interesting winding stream; on the other side of Malo polje, we ascend to the pass separating Malo polje from Velim polje.
Here, a path from Pokljuka or Uskovnica joins us from the right, but we keep to the left direction and after a short descent arrive at Velo polje.
From the alpine pasture, continue slightly right, or straight ahead, along the path that crosses the extensive alpine pasture. On the other side of the alpine pasture, we reach stone barriers that prevent torrents from burying this wonderful alpine pasture. Just a few meters before the mentioned stone barrier, the path turns slightly left and ascends into sparse, mostly larch forest. The path then turns even more to the left and leads us along gentle and slightly vegetated grassy slopes to the previously mentioned torrent, where a path passing by Vodnikov dom joins us from the right. The path continues gently uphill along the torrent for some time, then steeply ascends below the cliffs of Šmarjetna glava. The steepness then quickly eases, and the increasingly rocky path leads us below the cliffs and scree of surrounding peaks to the Dolič saddle, where there is a marked junction.
Continue straight ahead (left Hribarice, right Dom Planika pod Triglavom) along the path that begins to descend gradually and brings us to Koča na Doliču in less than ten minutes.
Izhodišče - razpotje Na vrhu 1:00, razpotje Na vrhu - planina Zgornja Grintovica 0:30, planina Zgornja Grintovica - planina Spodnja Grintovica 0:10, planina Spodnja Grintovica - Razorje 1:25, Razorje - presihajoče jezero 0:20, presihajoče jezero - Malo polje 0:10, Malo polje - Velo polje 0:20, Velo polje - sedlo Dolič 1:40, sedlo Dolič - Koča na Doliču 0:05.

On the way: Na vrhu (1339m), Planina Zgornja Grintovica (1250m), Planina Spodnja Grintovica (1165m), Jurjevčeva vrtača (1407m), Razorje (1667m), Presihajoče jezero (1645m), Malo polje (1660m), Velo polje (1680m), Velska dolina (1738m), Sedlo Dolič (2165m)

Trip can be extended to: Mišelj vrh , Šmarjetna glava , Dom Planika , Mišeljski Konec , Triglavski dom na Kredarici , Morbegna , Kanjavec , Kanjavec (West peak) , Triglav