Gozdec - Vrh Laške Planje

Access to starting point:
We drive into the center of Bovec, where from the intersection at the main square we continue on an ascending road which past the post office starts ascending towards the nearby church. We bypass the mentioned church on the left side, and then we arrive at Kaninska vas. Bovec then ends and the road leads us for some time towards the west. At a smaller junction we leave the main asphalt road which leads towards the village Plužna and continue driving on the slightly right road (behind the intersection there are signs for the Gozdec road). Behind the nearby homestead the road splits once again, this time we choose the slightly left road (slightly right Zavrzelno and the starting point of the path to Rombon). Further on we ascend on a macadam road which higher brings us to the B station of the cableway on Kanin. At the B station the road turns sharply left, and then in a traversing ascent after approximately 1 km of further driving brings us to the next intersection. From the mentioned intersection we continue left or straight ahead (sharply right to mountain pasture Krnica), and we follow the road from the intersection only for a short time. Beside the road we soon notice signs for Kanin, and we park about 20 meters further on, on a small parking lot beside the road.
From Trg Golobarskih žrtev to the starting point there are approximately 9 km.

Path description:
From the starting point we return a few steps back, then we head onto the marked path in the direction of Visoki Kanin and Vrh Laške planje. The path immediately starts to ascend steeply, mostly leading us through dense forest, only occasionally opening up some views of the surroundings. During the ascent the path leads us below the cliffs of Turn v Skednju (1555 m). When the cliffs end we arrive at an unmarked junction, where we continue slightly right on the marked path (slightly left unmarked path which leads to Veliki Babanski Skedenj 2121 m), which soon steeply ascends over a short steep slope, where especially when wet there is greater danger of slipping. The steepness soon eases and we arrive at the abandoned mountain pasture Gozdec, which we bypass on the right side.
Further we ascend through increasingly sparse forest, so that from the path some views open up towards Bovška kotlina and Krnsko pogorje. A fairly even ascent follows, and while looking at the walls of Veliki Skedenj we arrive at a small spring located right beside the path. Even further along the still followable path is covered by grass, which after rain, in the morning and forenoon can still be quite wet. 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 hut Koča Petra Skalarja, which burned down in 1972.
We bypass the hut on the left side, then for some time we ascend gently to moderately on more grassy terrain. The path then turns more towards the south, where some steeper ascent follows, the path slowly turns right, so that further we walk mostly towards the west. A few more minutes of easy walking follow and we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left following the Kanin signs, right leads the path towards Dom Petra Skalarja na Kaninu.
The path then with some shorter descents and ascents brings us again to a junction. Right branches off another path towards Dom Petra Skalarja, straight ahead or slightly right leads the path through the valley Zadnji dol to Visoki Kanin, we head left towards Vrh Laške Planje.
From the junction we first ascend mostly on grassy terrain where the path is very poorly visible. The path then soon turns right and further for some time runs towards the northwest almost parallel to the path leading to Visoki Kanin. Later the path turns slightly left and the terrain becomes more rocky. Further we walk for quite some time on Kaninski podi where the path is mostly not visible, so we must be very attentive to the blazes and cairns. At some places the path also ascends more steeply, so we must assist ourselves with hands too. Later the path turns slightly right and brings us to more gravelly terrain beside which we ascend more steeply. Along such a path we then reach a small notch on the left side of the peak Turn pod Laško Planjo.
Here we continue left and begin a very steep ascent on a partly grassy ridge. Here considerable caution is needed, as the ascent is very steep and also dangerous for slipping. We continue further along the ridge, which further becomes somewhat less steep and again more rocky. We follow the ridge all the way to Vrh Laške Planje, which is located on the border between Italy and Slovenia.
The easiest descent is along the ascent path. One must set out for the summit in fine weather, as orientation in fog is very difficult.

On the way: Planina Gozdec (1305m), Old mountain hut on Kanin (1814m)