Dovje - Planina Dovška Rožca (via Blažčeva skala)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Jesenice west exit (Hrušica), then continue driving towards Kranjska Gora. Along the main road to Kranjska Gora, we drive to the first turn-off towards Dovje; through the settlement, we follow the signs for Dovška Baba. After crossing the Mlinca stream, where there is an MHE (small hydropower plant), we park at a suitable spot by the road, where there are also mountaineering signposts.
B) First, we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue towards Jesenice. We leave the main road to Jesenice when the signs for Dovje direct us left; through the settlement, we follow the signs for Dovška Baba. After crossing the Mlinca stream, where there is an MHE (small hydropower plant), we park at a suitable spot by the road, where there are also mountaineering signposts.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue along the macadam road in the direction of Jesenice (left: marked path to Dovška Baba). Along the road, we first ascend transversely; during the ascent, nice views of the Julian Alps occasionally open up. Higher up, the road first turns sharply left, then right. At the right bend, we leave it and continue straight onto a cart track that ascends transversely to the left; before reaching a small saddle, we turn right from it onto a beaten path that then bypasses a small, partly wooden house on the left side. The path continues through the forest, passing a wildlife feeding site; after crossing a stream, we go slightly left. Further on, the path levels out temporarily, then ascends through an indistinct valley to a small saddle, where unmarked paths meet.
To the left along the ridge, a path continues that higher up leads to the road towards Planina Dovška Rožca; straight down, the eastern path descends to the road; to the right, a path leads to Blažčeva skala.
We continue right and quickly ascend to the logbook box, bench, and cross on Blažčeva skala.
From the top, we descend to a smaller saddle, then continue along an initially poorly visible path that ascends the ridge, which soon widens into a slope. When the path reaches the slope, it traverses to the right; on a clearing, it widens into a cart track. Higher up, the cart track enters the forest and joins a poorer macadam road; when we reach a wider road, we follow it left. This is followed by an ascent along the macadam road, which higher up passes a barrier, then reaches the saddle between Bela peč and Dovška Baba in a transverse climb, where a marked path from the valley also joins.
We continue the ascent along the road, which after a few more steps brings us to the point where we leave it, as the blazes direct us left onto a steep footpath that ascends further through the forest. Higher up, the path crosses a pasture fence and a short panoramic slope, then returns to the forest, reaching a small unmarked junction. We continue left along the marked path (straight to the spring of Starka well, 1 minute), which steeply ascends again, then turns slightly right, bringing us after a few more minutes to the lower edge of Planina Dovška Rožca. Here the path turns left and after a few minutes' ascent over blooming meadows brings us to the shepherd's hut on Planina Dovška Rožca.
Starting point - Blažčeva skala 1:00, Blažčeva skala - Planina Dovška Rožca 1:40.

On the way: Blažčeva skala (1091m)

Trip can be extended to: Rosenbachsattel/Rožca , Klek , Kleiner Frauenkogel/Koprivnjak , Rosenkogel/Hruški vrh , Frauenkogel/Dovška Baba ( 35 min) , Huhnerkogel/Gubno , Mittagskogel/Kepa