Dom v Lepeni - Vrh nad Peski (via Prag)

Access to starting point:
Between Trenta and Bovec, near the village Soča, a road to Lepena branches off. We follow this fully asphalted road to the parking lot at the Dom v Lepeni.

Route description:
From Dr. Klement Jug House in Lepena we continue on a wide marked path in the direction of Krn lakes. After a few minutes of walking a wide and not too steep path splits into two parts. The left one, which is a bit steeper, is the normal way, and the right one, less steep and somewhat longer, is suitable for small children and the elderly. Both paths mostly ascend through the forest to the upper station of the cargo cableway and cross each other a few times along the way. From the upper station of the cargo cableway, we continue on the same path that gently ascends on the wide transport road that quickly brings us to the snow height measurement (every year in April). From here the road starts to descend and leads us past the turn-off to Velika Baba quickly to the next crossing, where we leave the road and continue left downhill on the footpath that in a few minutes brings us to the mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (if we continue on the road, we bypass the mountain hut).
A gentle path then brings us after a few more minutes to the pearl of the Krn mountains. In front of us we see Krn lake and inviting meadows by the lake for a rest. The marked path then leads us on the left side of the lake at the foot of the scree of Mali Šmohor. On the other side of the lake, the path turns a little to the left and ascends a somewhat steeper slope, where somewhat higher an unmarked (upper) path joins us, which in a traversing ascent crosses the scree above Krn lake (this path is a little shorter but exposed to falling stones). The path then turns a little to the right and brings us to extensive deposits of torrential gravel that end on Planina na Polju.
With wonderful views of the nearby peaks we cross the grassy Planina na Polju (on the right side, somewhat off the marked path we will notice a hunting cottage) and behind it we start to ascend a small valley. The path then ascends somewhat more steeply and soon brings us to an unmarked crossing. The marked path to Krnska škrbina turns right here, and we continue straight on the unmarked path, which in a moderate ascent brings us to the Prag saddle, where we step back onto the marked path.
On Prag saddle, where there is a marked crossing, we continue left in the direction of the hut on Planina Razor (right Batognica and Krn, straight down lake in Lužnica) on the path that crosses the slopes of Vrh nad Peski. After approximately 10 minutes of crossing scree under Vrh nad Peski, we will come to a small crossing, where we continue left in the direction of "V. Peski". The path ahead ascends in a few minutes to a small grassy saddle, then continues on an increasingly panoramic and occasionally quite steep path. We follow this panoramic and relatively steep path all the way to Vrh nad Peski, which we reach after a few more minutes of walking.
Dom v Lepeni - Krnsko jezero 2:15, Krnsko jezero - Vrh nad Peski 2:30.

Along the route: Dom pri Krnskih jezerih mountain hut (1385m), The lake Krnsko jezero (1391m), Planina na Polju (1530m), Prag (2068m)

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