Gozdec - Konjc

Access to starting point:
We drive to the center of Bovec, where from the intersection at the main square we continue along the ascending road, which past the post office begins to climb towards the nearby church. We bypass the mentioned church on the left side, then we arrive in Kaninska vas. Bovec then ends, and the road leads us westwards for some time longer. At a small junction we leave the main asphalt road leading towards the village of Plužna and continue driving along the slightly right road (after the intersection there are signs for the Gozdec road). Behind the nearby homestead the road forks once more, and this time we choose the slightly left road (slightly right Zavrzelno and the starting point of the path to Rombon). We continue ascending along the gravel road, which higher up brings us to the B station of the Kanin cable car. At the B station the road turns sharply left, then after approximately 1 km of further driving in a transverse ascent it brings us to the next intersection. From the mentioned intersection we continue left or straight ahead (sharply right to planina Krnica), following the road from the intersection only for a short time. By the road we soon notice signs for Kanin, and we park about 20 meters further on, at a small parking lot beside the road.
From Trg Golobarskih žrtev to the starting point it is approximately 9 km.

Path description:
From the starting point we return a few steps back, then head to the marked path in the direction of Visoki Kanin and Vrh Laške planje. The path immediately begins to ascend steeply, mostly leading through dense forest, with only occasional views of the surroundings. During the ascent the path leads below the cliffs of Turn v Skednju (1555 m). When the cliffs end we arrive at an unmarked junction, where we continue slightly right along the marked path (slightly left unmarked path leading to Veliki Babanski Skedenj 2121 m); this soon steeply climbs over a short steep slope, where especially when wet there is greater risk of slipping. The steepness soon eases and we arrive at the abandoned planina Gozdec, which we bypass on the right side.
We continue ascending through increasingly sparse forest, allowing some views from the path towards Bovška kotlina and Krnsko pogorje. A fairly even ascent follows, and upon sighting the walls of Veliki Skedenj we reach a small spring located to the right by the path. Further on, the easy-to-follow path is covered with grasses that can be quite wet after rain, in the morning and forenoon. After some time the path turns more towards the west and gradually becomes less steep. A few more minutes of scenic ascent follow and we arrive at the ruins of the old koča Petra Skalarja, which burned down in 1972.
We bypass the hut on the left side, then for some time ascend gently to moderately through more grassy terrain. The path then turns more south, creating the feeling we are going in the wrong direction. Some steeper ascent follows, the path slowly turns right, so further on we mostly walk westwards. A few more minutes of easy walking follow and we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right downwards towards Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu (straight to Visoki Kanin and Vrh Laške planje).
After a short descent the path levels out, then crosses the podi terrain. An ascent follows through the high-alpine landscape of Kaninskih podov, where there is mostly no trail but markers are fairly frequent, so orientation in good weather presents no problems, though it is entirely different in fog. The path ahead leads over scree and among barren areas, pits and fissures, so caution is advised; in wet conditions smooth slabs can be quite slippery. Further on we ascend transversely for some time along the slopes of Velika Gnila glava (2114 m), and the path brings us to the next marked junction.
We continue slightly right (left returns to the path towards Vrh Laške planje) and carefully follow the faint trail and markers further. We follow this path, which offers truly beautiful views of the Kanin massif, all the way to Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu, from where an even finer view opens to the east.
Some 10 steps before the hut we leave the marked path and continue right onto easier pathless terrain, up which we climb to the nearby wall of Konjc. A very demanding ascent follows, involving climbing up to UIAA grade II on an exposed slope, reaching the panoramic summit in about 5 minutes.

Gozdec - Planina Gozdec 0:45, Planina Gozdec - Stara koča 1:25, Stara koča - Mali dol 0:30, Mali Dol - razpotje pod Gnilo glavo 0:40, razpotje pod Gnilo glavo - Dom Petra Skalarja 0:55, Dom Petra Skalarja - Konjc 0:10.

On the way: Planina Gozdec (1305m), Old mountain hut on Kanin (1814m), Mali dol (1959m), Razpotje pod Gnilo glavo (2045m), Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu (2260m)