Bohinjsko sedlo - Žbajnek

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From Bohinjska Bistrica, we continue left in the direction of Tolmin and Soriška planina. We follow this road to a large parking lot near the ski center Soriška planina.
B) From Železniki, we drive towards Podbrdo or vice versa, but only to the spot where signs for Soriška planina direct us onto an ascending road. We follow this road to a large parking lot at the foot of the ski area Soriška planina.

Route description:
From the parking lot below the ski center Soriška planina, we continue on the asphalt road towards Železniki and Podbrdo. Soon, i.e. after approximately 50 m, we will notice signs for Ratitovec on the left side of the road, which direct us onto a marked footpath; this first descends on a cart track, then turns left and changes into a somewhat harder-to-follow path. The path ahead leads us across a larger grassy clearing, behind it crosses a strip of forest, then brings us to another clearing, where we step onto a wide cart track. We follow the cart track to the right and walk along it to the nearby road, which we reach right on the lower part of a short asphalt section. When we step onto the road, we first ascend, then gradually start descending towards the saddle Mišji grund, where we join the path from Soriška peč.
From here, we continue left on an initially steep cart track in the direction of Ratitovec, which gradually changes into a somewhat less steep footpath. Higher up, the path flattens even more and bypasses a somewhat larger watering place for animals on the right side. From here on, the forest becomes thinner and thinner, so that increasingly beautiful views of Porezen, Blegoš and other surrounding peaks begin to open up from the path. The path ahead ascends transversely for some time, then transitions to a more extensive grassy slope, where we step onto a smaller indistinct saddle.
Here, a "path" branches off to the left to the nearby Žbajnek, whose summit we reach after less than 5 minutes of further walking.

Along the route: Mišji grund (1272m)

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