Dom v Lepeni - Lanževica (via Velika Baba)

Access to starting point:
Between Trenta and Bovec in the village Soča, a road in Lepena branches off. This asphalt road we follow to the parking lot at the mountain hut Dom dr. Klementa Juga in Lepena.

Path description:
From the mountain hut Dom dr. Klementa Juga in Lepena we go on the path in the direction of the mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih, Gomiščkovo zavetišče na Krnu and Dom na Komni. Already immediately from the parking lot path passes into the forest, through which it is ascending on a wide mule track. On a mule track, we are mostly moderately ascending (steep variant of ascent in the lower part for some time isn't in use anymore) through the forest, only occasionally a view opens up a little towards the valley and surrounding mountains. During the ascent, we also several times cross the route of a cargo cableway, crossing it is forbidden while operates. After a good hour and a half of walking, the path flattens and only a little further brings us to the upper station of a cargo cableway.
From here ahead path leads by the edge of smaller valley, and it quickly brings us to the spot, where every year in April they measure height of the snow. Next follows a short descent, and then we get to a marked crossing, where we leave a wide path which leads towards the mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih and lake Krnsko jezero and we continue slightly left in the direction of Velika Baba.
From the crossing ahead we short time continue without large changes in altitude, and when from the right joins also the path from the mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih, we continue left and we start at first gently, and then moderately ascending. When a little ahead forest ends, a nice view opens up to mountain walls from Kaluder to Velika Baba. Few minutes we are still relatively gently ascending by the foot of already overgrown scree, and then the path turns right and starts ascending a little more, and in doing so it crosses slopes towards the right. During the diagonal ascent, which on some spots is also exposed to falling stones, increasingly beautiful views opening up on Veliki Šmohor, Krn, Lemež, Debeljak, higher also Kanin, and below us we see lake Dupeljsko jezero and mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih Higher, the path ascends over smaller scree below the notch Zelena škrbina, and then we gradually get to valley between Velika Baba on the left and Velika Montura on the right. After few minutes of ascent through the mentioned valley we get to a crossing, where the marked path on Velika Baba turns left, and straight leads the path on Velika Montura, and we can also get into a valley Za Lepočami and on a saddle Bogatinsko sedlo.
We continue on a marked path in the direction of Velika Baba and at first, we slightly descend, and then we start ascending on a gradually even steeper slopes of Velika Baba. Higher, we reach the eastern ridge of Velika Baba, and on the mentioned spot we leave the marked path which leads to 10 minutes distant peak and we continue right on unmarked, but followable footpath which from the ridge passes on partly with dwarf pines vegetated slopes. During the crossing we pass over on slopes of Predolina, when we reach the ridge, which connects Predolina and Velika Montura, we get to a crossing of unmarked footpaths.
We continue left (right Velika Montura and valley Za Lepočami) and we continue with the crossing of Predolina. After the crossing, we reach the indistinct ridge, on and by which we continue with some shorter ascents and descents. When we get closer to the upper slope of Lanževica, the footpath starts vanishing, and on easier pathless terrain we start ascending steeper towards the summit of Lanževica, which we reach after approximately 20 minutes of additional walking.
The starting point - crossing near the Dom pri Krnskih jezerih 2:00, crossing near the Dom pri Krnskih jezerih 2:00 - ridge of Velika Baba 1:50, ridge of Velika Baba - Lanževica 0:50.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in July 2017 and September 2018.

Trip can be extended to: Velika Baba