Konec ceste na Vogar - Mala Tičarica (via Štapce)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and on to Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue towards Bohinjsko jezero (Ribčev laz), at which you will come to a crossroads where you will turn right towards Stara Fužina. At Stara Fužina, at the crossroads by the chapel, turn sharp left onto the ascending road towards mountain pasture Blato, mountain pasture Vogar and the Voje valley. The road leads on to a place where tolls and parking fees are collected, and we follow it on to the next crossroads, where we continue left (right Voje). Follow the road to the next crossroads (we drive for quite some time), where you continue straight on (sharp right mountain pasture Blato). Follow the road past mountain pasture Vogar and follow it to the parking area at the end of the road.
From the toll booth to the starting point is less than 11 km drive, the last half or a bit less is entirely gravel road.

Route description:
At the parking lot, we notice the signs for Planina Viševnik, which direct us to the right onto a wide and initially quite steep tractor logging trail. After a few minutes of steep ascent, the logging trail flattens out, then continues without major changes in altitude further through the forest. When the logging trail turns right, we continue straight on the marked footpath, which initially ascends gently for a short time. When the path becomes steeper, we will notice a cairn on the left side and next to it a path leading to Pršivec (the path later joins the usual path from Vogar), but we continue straight on the steep mountain path. The path ahead ascends steeply through the forest for some time, then temporarily flattens out and leads us to the Abyss at Gamsova glavica (the abyss is explored to a depth of 817 m). Above the abyss, the path transitions into an indistinct and in the upper part also steeper small valley, through which we ascend to a small pass between Pršivec (1761 m) on the left and Gornji Viševnik (1722 m) on the right. Here the path completely flattens out, then continues for some time across the pastures of Gornji Viševnik. On the other side, the path returns to the forest and in a few minutes of descent leads us to Planina Viševnik, in the middle of which stands Bregar's shelter.
From Planina Viševnik, we continue slightly left (sharp left Pršivec, left Črno jezero, slightly right Planina pri Jezeru via Krištofojca, right Planina pri Jezeru) on the path in the direction of Planina Ovčarija and Triglav Lakes. The path ahead first ascends transversely to the left over a steeper slope, then gradually flattens out and leads us into a more plateau-like world. We continue southwest of Griva (1758 m) for some time without major changes in altitude. A bit further, more precisely at the direction signs, an unmarked trail continues straight in the direction of Planina Dedno polje, but we continue sharp left in the direction of Planina Ovčarija. From the direction signs, the path descends slightly, then turns right and continues for some time along some kind of contour or sinkhole. On the other side of the contour, the path begins to ascend moderately again, then flattens out and leads us to the shepherds' huts at Planina Ovčarija.
We continue between the huts along the marked mountain path, which begins to descend moderately. A bit lower, the path leads us past a few more huts, then in a few minutes of further walking leads us to the place where it joins the wider path from Planina Dedno polje. Here we continue left and in a few steps arrive at the next crossroads.
From the junction, we follow the signs for the path over Štapce (straight the path over Prodov), both lead to Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih, the right one, which we will continue, also to Mala Tičarica and Zelnarice. We soon leave Planina Ovčarija and the path ascends moderately to steeply through increasingly sparse forest, which is replaced higher up by dwarf pines. After a half-hour ascent, the path flattens out and leads us to Štapce, where there is the next marked junction.
At Štapce, we continue slightly right in the direction of Tičarica and Zelnarica (slightly left Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih) and continue the ascent along the path, which first ascends through a belt of dwarf pines, then leads us to a short steep and especially in wet conditions slippery jump. Above the jump, the path flattens out and transitions to moderately steep grassy slopes, on which we ascend in a few minutes of further walking to a smaller saddle, where the marked path to Mala Tičarica branches off to the left.
We continue in the mentioned direction (straight Mala Zelnarica) and ascend over the grassy slope to the ridge of Mala Tičarica. Here the path turns right and continues along and beside the ridge. We follow this increasingly scenic path, which just below the summit crosses a short slightly exposed slope, all the way to the summit, which we reach after a few steps of further walking.
Parking lot Hebed - Abyss at Gamsova glavica 0:55, Abyss at Gamsova glavica - Gornji Viševnik 0:10, Gornji Viševnik - Planina Viševnik 0:15, Planina Viševnik - Planina Ovčarija 0:50, Planina Ovčarija - junction at Planina Ovčarija 0:10, junction at Planina Ovčarija - Štapce 0:35, Štapce - junction below Mala Tičarica 0:25, junction below Mala Tičarica - Mala Tičarica 0:10.

Along the route: Brezno pri gamsovi glavici (1608m), Gornji Viševnik (1680m), Planina Viševnik (1625m), Smodlakov brlog (1714m), Planina Ovčarija (1660m), Štapce (1851m), Razpotje pod Malo Tičarico (2008m)

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, panorama, summit register