Konec ceste na Vogar - Velika Tičarica (via Štapce)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, we exit at Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. We continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev Laz), at which we arrive at an intersection where we continue right in the direction of Stara Fužina. In Stara Fužina, at the intersection by the chapel, we turn sharply left onto the ascending road in the direction of Planina Blato, Planina Vogar and Voje Valley. The road then leads us to the place where toll and parking fees are collected, and we follow it further to the next intersection, where we continue left (right Voje). We then follow the road to the next intersection (we drive for quite some time), where we continue straight (sharp right Planina Blato). We then follow the road past Planina Vogar and drive along it to the parking lot at the end of the road.

Route description:
At the parking lot, we notice signs for Planina Viševnik, which direct us right onto a wide and initially quite steep tractor track. After a few minutes of steep ascent, the track levels out, then continues without major changes in height further through the forest. When the track 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 levels 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, along 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 levels 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 across a steeper slope, then gradually levels out and leads us to a more plateau-like terrain. We continue the path southwest of Griva (1758 m) for some time without major changes in height. A bit further, exactly at the direction signs, an unmarked trail continues straight towards 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 starts to ascend moderately again, then levels out and leads us to the shepherd's huts on Planina Ovčarija.
We continue between the huts on 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 junction.
From the junction, we follow the signs for the path over Štapce (straight path over Prodi), both leading towards the Hut at Triglav Lakes, the right one, which we will continue on, also towards Mala Tičarica and Zelnarice. We soon leave Planina Ovčarija and the path ascends moderately to steeply through increasingly sparse forest, which higher up is replaced by dwarf pines. After a half-hour ascent, the path levels out and leads us to Štapce, where there is the next marked junction.
At Štapce, we continue slightly right in the direction of Tičarice and Zelnarice (slightly left Hut at Triglav Lakes) and continue the ascent on the path that first ascends through a belt of dwarf pines, then leads us to a short steep and especially in wet conditions dangerous for slipping jump. Above the jump, the path levels out and transitions to moderately steep grassy slopes, along which in a few minutes of further walking we ascend to a small saddle, where a marked path branches left to Mala Tičarica, to which it is about ten minutes of ascent.
We continue in the direction of Zelnarice on a relatively gentle path, which first traverses the slopes of Mala and then Velika Tičarice. Just a few tens of meters after the sign "Ne trgaj cvetja!" (inscription on the wall), we leave the marked path and continue the ascent left on pathless terrain upward. We ascend on a grassy slope towards the ridge of Velika Tičarice. In the upper part of the ascent towards the ridge, the slope becomes quite steep and also dangerous for slipping. On this although short part of the ascent, great caution is needed.
When we reach the ridge, we continue left and on a somewhat less demanding slope soon reach the summit of Velika Tičarice.
Parking 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 0:05, junction at Planina Ovčarija - Štapce 0:35, Štapce - junction below Mala Tičarica 0:25, junction below Mala Tičarica - branch for Velika Tičarica 0:20, branch for Velika Tičarica - Velika Tičarica 0:15.

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), Odcep za Veliko Tičarico (2020m)

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