end of road on Pokljuka - Vodnikov dom

Access to starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Lesce exit, then follow signs for Bled and Pokljuka. Continue driving 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 a bit further brings us to a junction, where we continue right (left Uskovnica). Follow this road to the former parking lot Za Ribnico, located at the end of the road (nearby are mountain signs for planina Konjščica).
Now parking at the end of the road is 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 ascends 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 at Jereka, but from the junction in front of the church continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road starts ascending more steeply again, higher it flattens and continues along the Mrzli potok stream. When joining the road from Bled go left and drive to Rudno polje, 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 a bit further brings us to a junction, where we continue right (left Uskovnica). Follow this road to the former parking lot Za Ribnico, located at the end of the road (nearby are mountain signs for planina Konjščica).
Now parking at the end of the road is 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.

Path 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 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 planina Konjščica. Here the path turns slightly left, crosses a streamlet and after a few more steps brings us to the cheese dairy on planina Konjščica.
From the cheese dairy, continue on the pleasant path that in a few minutes of gentle ascent brings us to the upper edge of the planina. Here the path enters a belt of dwarf pines and shrubs and gradually starts ascending more steeply. In the upper part of the ascent towards Jezerce, the path from Rudno polje joins from the right, we continue straight on the moderately steep path that in a few more minutes of walking brings us to Jezerce, where the path flattens and turns left (here the path to Srenjski preval branches right).
Follows easy walking to a sign indicating the central area of TNP, then the path begins to ascend moderately along a torrent, initially still a streamlet. Higher up, the path crosses to the right side of the torrent (viewed from the ascent direction) and then transversely ascends to Studorski preval, where a demanding path from Srenjski preval joins from the right.
From the pass, from where a nice view opens to the Bohinj side, continue straight (left Ablanca, right Veliki Draški vrh and sharply right Srenjski preval) on the path that starts descending and after a few steps turns right. Follows a short descent, then the path continues traversing, first the slopes below Veliki Draški vrh and later Tosc. When we reach the bare southern slopes of Tosc we come to a small junction, where an unmarked path to Tosc branches right (the junction to Tosc is marked, but the path to it is not). Just a few steps further, the path from Uskovnica joins quite unobtrusively from the left.
Continue straight on the scenic path that starts turning more to the right, while transitioning to increasingly steep slopes of Tosc. Further on we reach an artificially carved rock ledge, over which runs a wide path exposed to falling rocks (caution - active rockfall!). We cross the mentioned ledge in a slight descent, then the path turns left and for a short time ascends on a somewhat narrower path. Further the path flattens and transitions to less steep slopes. Just a little further we reach a marked junction, where the path from Voje valley joins from the left.
Continue straight towards Vodnikov dom (slightly left Velo polje) on the easy path, from which soon a nice view of Triglav opens. The path further returns under the slopes of Tosc and across scree slopes brings us in a few minutes to Vodnikov dom na Velem polju.
Start - Planina Konjščica 0:30, Planina Konjščica - Klanci 0:40, Klanci - Jezerce 0:05, Jezerce - Studorski preval 0:30, Studorski preval - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:35, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Na Zagonu 0:20, Na Zagonu - Vodnikov dom 0:20.

On the way: Planina Konjščica (1427m), Klanci (1678m), Jezerce (1719m), Izvir pod Studorskim prevalom (1746m), Studorski preval (1892m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m)

Trip can be extended to: Cesar , Koča na Doliču , Vernar (1 h 15 min) , Dom Valentina Staniča (3 h) , Vrh Snežne konte (1 h 45 min) , Šmarjetna glava , Dom Planika (1 h 30 min) , Visoka Vrbanova špica (3 h 10 min) , Begunjski vrh (3 h 30 min) , Triglavski dom na Kredarici , Rjavina (4 h 30 min) , Triglav