Konec ceste na Pokljuki - Viševnik (via Gola Ravan)

Access to starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Lesce exit, then follow signs for Bled and Pokljuka. Continue through Gorje and past the Zatrnik ski slope to Rudno polje on Pokljuka, where there is a large paid parking lot, nearby also a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly further brings us to a junction, where we continue right (left Uskovnica). Follow this road to the former Za Ribnico parking lot, located at the end of the road (nearby are mountain signs for planina Konjščica).
Parking at the end of the road is now prohibited, so park already at Rudno polje, which extends the route by about 40 minutes, but it is more appropriate to choose the marked path that starts already at Rudno polje.
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving towards Bled. Shortly after the Petrol gas station, located just after Bohinjska Bistrica, continue left towards Pokljuka and Jereka. The road first climbs steeply, then after Koriti gradually flattens and brings us to a junction at the bus stop, where we continue right towards Pokljuka, Koprivnik and Jereka (straight Srednja vas). Immediately after the junction we arrive in Jereka, but from the junction in front of the church we continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road starts climbing more steeply again, higher it flattens and continues along Mrzli potok. When joining the road from Bled go left and drive to Rudno polje, where there is a large paid parking lot, nearby also military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly further brings us to a junction, where we continue right (left Uskovnica). Follow this road to the former Za Ribnico parking lot, located at the end of the road (nearby are mountain signs for planina Konjščica).
Parking at the end of the road is now prohibited, so park already at Rudno polje, which extends the route by about 40 minutes, but it is more appropriate to choose the marked path that starts already at Rudno polje.

Traffic regime in the Pokljuka and Uskovnica area from 15.6. to 15.10.

Route description:
From the former parking lot at the end of the road, continue on the wide and initially ascending cart track towards planina Konjščica. The cart track, which immediately enters dense forest, soon flattens and after a few minutes of easy walking turns into a footpath that continues along the left bank of the Ribnica stream. When the path gets close to the mentioned stream, it turns slightly right and ascends more steeply. Higher up, the path flattens and leads us from the forest to the lower edge of the vast Konjščica. Here the path turns slightly left, crosses a streamlet and after a few more steps brings us to the place where the marked path crosses the next streamlet. Just before crossing the mentioned streamlet, an unmarked path branches off to the right towards the marked path Rudno polje - Triglav. Here continue right (left cheese dairy at planina Konjščica, Vodnikov dom at Velem polje, Triglav...), where we first ascend a few steps to leave the stream bed, then the trail temporarily disappears and flattens. Across the pasture area continue east or slightly more to the right, until the trail becomes more distinct. After crossing the torrent gully, the trail becomes more distinct and with nice views of the mountains surrounding planina Konjščica begins to ascend more steeply. Higher the path enters the forest and quickly leads us to the marked path Rudno polje - Triglav, which we reach right on a kind of ridge.
Follow the marked path left downhill, but we walk on it only to the crossing of the first torrent. At the torrent leave the marked path and continue the ascent along the torrent, initially straight uphill. Soon we notice traces of predecessors, a few steps higher we see a nice traceable little trail (alternatively up to here also via the path that branches from the previously mentioned ridge into the forest (the start of the mentioned trail is not visible)). Here the trail crosses the streamlet to the right, then behind it slowly turns left in a semicircle, leading us across a meadow where the trail is not visible. When approaching the streamlet again, we see the trail again, which crosses the streamlet and on the other side begins to ascend transversely. The path then ascends into a small valley where it disappears again. When the valley flattens, continue right, where after a few meters we see the trail again, this time more distinct. From the place where we left the valley we walk only a minute or two, then notice a small cairn along the path, at which the path splits into two parts. The left path leads towards the saddle between Viševnik and Plesišče, the path continuing straight joins the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik at Zlate vode.
From the mentioned junction continue on the left path, which begins to ascend transversely to the left. For some time on the still well traceable trail, we occasionally get views of the Lower Bohinj Mountains and the surroundings of planina Konjščica, then the trail starts to fade. We know we are on the right path because we notice some sawn dwarf pine along the way. After crossing the grass-covered torrent, the trail fades even more, the "path" on this section turns in a long arc semicircularly to the right, where the trail becomes visible again. Follow a few more minutes of traversing or slight ascent to the right and the increasingly traceable path soon brings us to the saddle between Plesišče on the right and Viševnik on the left.
At the mentioned saddle we reach the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik, which we follow left. The path ahead first ascends moderately, then more steeply through a belt of dwarf pine. Higher the dwarf pine ends and the path leads us to a mini saddle, from where a nice view opens. Continue ascending on a steeper and panoramic grassy slope, the path then turns slightly right and in a transverse ascent brings us to the ridge of Viševnik, where an even nicer view towards Rjavina and surrounding mountains opens. The path continues on and along the ridge and for some time ascends only moderately. After a short traverse we arrive below the summit of Viševnik, where the path becomes quite steep (in winter this section is often icy) and in a few minutes leads to the panoramic summit.
Start - planina Konjščica 30 minutes, planina Konjščica - Viševnik 1:45.
The description refers to the situation in July 2014, since then there are also photos from planina Konjščica to Viševnik.

Along the route: Planina Konjščica (1427m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mali Draški vrh

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