Dom v Lepeni - Velika Baba

Access to starting point:
Between Trenta and Bovec, in the village of Soča, a road to Lepena branches off. We follow this fully asphalted road to the parking lot at the Dom dr. Klementa Juga in Lepena.

Path description:
From the Dom dr. Klementa Juga in Lepena we continue on a wide marked path in the direction of the Krn Lakes. The wide and not too steep path splits into two parts after a few minutes of walking. The left one, which is somewhat steeper, is the usual one; the right, gentler and somewhat longer one is suitable for small children and the elderly. Both paths mostly ascend through the forest to the upper station of the cableway and cross each other several times along the way. From the upper station of the cargo cableway we continue on the same path, which gently ascends along the wide transport road that quickly brings us to the snow height measurement (every year in April).
The path ahead starts to descend and after a few steps brings us to a poorly visible junction. We turn left onto a poorly visible footpath that gently descends across a small meadow. The path turn-off is marked (direction Velika Baba).
If we continue straight ahead, the path brings us to the Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (10 min).

The path to Velika Baba brings us after that meadow into a short stretch of forest, after which the path from the Dom pri Krnskih jezerih joins us. The path ahead gently ascends through tall grass and after a few minutes brings us to the slopes below Velika Baba. The path ahead barely noticeably ascends to the left, then makes a turn to the right. Ahead we ascend transversely across the scree in a moderate ascent. On this section beautiful views open up towards Krn. This is followed by a few minutes of steep ascent among dwarf pines to the point where the path brings us below the steep walls of Velika Baba. The path below the wall is nicely routed across the scree, which is partly already overgrown with grass. The path ahead brings us into a small valley between Velika Baba on the left and Velika Montura on the right. On this section the path brings us to a smaller orientation loop.
The path brings us to a junction of marked and unmarked paths.
We turn left in the direction of Velika Baba, a few steps downhill. The path then ascends across a partly grassy and partly rocky slope overgrown with dwarf pines. The path, which in the final section becomes somewhat steeper, quickly brings us with ever better views to the summit of this panoramic mountain.