Dom Planica - Ciprnik (hunting path)
Starting point: Dom Planica (931 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.4784°N 13.727°E 
Path name: hunting path
Time of walking: 2 h 15 min
Difficulty: partly demanding unmarked way, easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 814 m
Altitude difference (by path): 814 m
Map: Kranjska Gora 1:30.000
Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we head to the Jesenice - west (Hrušica) exit, then continue driving in the direction of Kranjska Gora and then towards Rateče. Right next to the settlement Rateče, we turn left towards Planica. Right before we get to the large macadam parking lots, we turn left towards Olympic Sports Centre Dom Planica. We park at an appropriate place by the mentioned hut, or we can also park on one of the previously mentioned parking lots in Planica.
Path description:
From Dom Planica we walk to the nearby boules court, above which we step onto the gravel of the nearby torrent. Further, we gently ascend for a few minutes along the mentioned torrent, after which a cairn directs us left into a belt of dwarf pines, where we step onto a nicely maintained but unmarked hunting path.
The path, which further starts to ascend more steeply through the forest, brings us after approximately 15 minutes of walking from the starting point to a smaller wooden log cabin, which in an emergency serves as a smaller bivouac, otherwise it is intended for cameramen during ski jumps or flights in Planica. At the log cabin, the path temporarily passes onto a smaller ridge, which soon ends on steep forested slopes. When the path enters dense forest, it turns right and starts to ascend steeply. Higher up, the path levels out and gradually leads onto fairly steep slopes that are especially dangerous for slipping when wet. Across these slopes continues a fairly level track, which is usually nicely cleared of leaves, so the path in dry conditions does not present any major danger. After a few minutes of traversing, a somewhat (actually quite) more difficult but marked path from Planica joins from the right (descent option to Planica).
From the junction, we continue along the marked mountain path in the direction of Ciprnik and Vitranc. The path ahead again starts to ascend steeply and slightly higher turns right, quickly bringing us to a panoramic ridge. For some time we ascend along the ridge, from which a nice view opens onto the rugged slope of Ciprnik as well as Jalovec and the Ponc ridge. Higher, the path passes into forest for a while, then returns to a partly exposed ridge and panoramic ridge. Further, the path returns to the forest, where it ascends more steeply for some time, then brings us to the main ridge of Ciprnik, where we join the path from Vitranc.
Here we continue right and ascend for some time longer through the forest, through which beautiful views open up ever more frequently. The forest is soon replaced by dwarf pines, and the path gradually leads onto fairly steep slopes, which are slightly exposed in a few places. We follow this path, which is quite steep in the final section, with views of the surrounding peaks all the way to the panoramic summit, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
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