Planina Polog - Krn (via Prehodci)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Tolmin, from there we follow the road in the direction of Zatolmin (we leave the main road at the traffic light). In Zatolmin we notice signposts for Javorca, which direct us onto an ascending road towards Javorca. The occasionally quite narrow and in places precipitous road brings us after approximately 8 km of driving to a smaller junction, where the road towards Javorca branches off to the left upwards. We continue straight, and we follow the road only for approximately 100 m, then at an appropriate place by the barrier we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road (road is closed for public traffic), and after a few minutes of easy walking it brings us to the main part of the mountain pasture, where there are a few cottages. Behind the mountain pasture, the road becomes even a little worse, and after a few minutes of additional walking brings us to a junction, where the path towards the mountain pasture Planina na Prodih branches off to the right (access to the mountain pasture is very interesting, because we have to cross river Tolminka, and this is done by a manual cableway). We continue straight, and the road finally changes into a cart track and higher into a well-preserved mule track. After that, the path becomes a little steeper and past two benches and higher past a fresh rockfall (earthquake in Posočje 1998) brings us to a grazing fence, over which we step on the south edge of the mountain pasture under Osojnica. Only a few meters ahead, the path splits into two parts. We continue on the right lower path, on which in a gentle descent, we quickly get to the hunting cottage at the source of Tolminka.
From the source of Tolminka we continue a gentle ascent through the mountain pasture under Osojnica, and from the left soon joins the upper path, which is exposed to active rockfall.
We continue in the direction of "planina Prode and Prehodci" on the path which brings us to a mighty torrent. We cross the torrent and on the other side, we continue left in the direction of Prehodci (slightly right mountain pasture Dobrenjščica). Further, we ascend gently on a well-preserved military mule track, which we can leave a few times, because the marked path runs on "shortcuts". Higher bushes and grass are slowly replaced by scree, and the path turns more and more to the left. A little higher, we again come to a mighty torrent gully, which here already connects with nearby scree slopes falling from nearby Mali and Veliki Kuntar.
Here to the left across the mighty torrent an unmarked path branches off, which leads towards the mountain pasture Planina Lašča and further to Rdeči rob and Mali peski, and we continue right on the marked path, which gradually passes into dense forest. The mule track then ascends in numerous switchbacks and for some time still runs through the forest. Higher the forest thins out and the path turns more and more towards the right, where it brings us to panoramic and steep slopes. Across an artificial and wide ledge a steel cable assists us, which is useful when there is still snow on the ledge (in dry conditions the passage is entirely undemanding). The path ahead once again ascends moderately and in a few minutes brings us to the marked junction at Prehodci.
We continue left in the direction of Krn (right Bogatinsko sedlo and mountain pasture Razor) and continue on a gentle and panoramic path. A little further from the right another path from Krnsko jezero joins us, and we continue in the same direction. The path ahead from the plateau-like terrain again brings us to steep eastern slopes, from which a nice view opens onto the Tolmin side (the area is called Na Tminskem). The path then turns a little to the right and gradually brings us into a smaller high-alpine valley. Here it starts to ascend more steeply and after approximately 20 minutes of additional walking brings us to a large monument to the fallen in World War I.
Here we continue right on the marked path, which ascends across the foot of Mali Peski. Higher the path brings us to numerous remains of World War I, then it ascends slightly more and brings us to the saddle between Mali Peski and Vrh nad Peski (a little further right are Veliki Peski). We continue on the marked path, from which soon to the right an unmarked path to Vrh nad Peski branches off, and we continue straight and bypass the mentioned peak over scree on its south side. After a short traverse we come to Prag, where the path from the lake in Lužnica joins.
At Prag, where there is a marked junction, we continue straight in the direction of Batognica (left downhill lake in Lužnica, right downhill Krnsko jezero) on the path which moderately ascends along the summit slope of Batognica. We follow this increasingly panoramic path to the summit, which we reach after 15 minutes of additional walking.
From Batognica we continue on an initially slightly less visible path, which continues along the left side of the peak. The path, which initially descends only gently, soon brings us into steeper terrain, where we begin to descend more steeply. After a short descent, we come to relatively steep steps, on which we descend steeply. On this section there is a great risk of slipping due to the loose scree on the path. The path ahead gradually flattens and a little further brings us to Krnska škrbina (we can also reach the notch if at Prag we continue on the so-called Northern path, which bypasses the summit of Batognica; the latter is somewhat shorter but also substantially less panoramic).
From the notch we continue straight (left mountain pasture Planina Kuhinja, right Krnsko jezero) on the path which begins to ascend the grassy slope of the mountain. We follow this increasingly panoramic path to the panoramic summit, which we reach after approximately 30 minutes of walking from Krnska škrbina.

On the way: The Tolminka spring (695m), Planina na Zgornjih Prodih (850m), Prehodci (1639m), Prag (2068m), Batognica (2164m)