Kneške Ravne - Zeleni vrh (via Škrbina)

Access to starting point:
From the road Bača pri Modreju - Podbrdo, in the settlement Kneža we turn onto the road in the direction of Kneške Ravne. Further on, we ascend along the road which continues through the valley of the stream Kneža. Initially a quite gentle and partly macadam road, higher up it starts to ascend more steeply; on the steep part the road is mostly asphalt. Higher up, the road splits, and we choose the slightly left road, which is still asphalt and leads towards Kneške Ravne (slightly right macadam road which leads in the direction of the mountain pasture planina v Prodih). Next follows the crossing of the scenic stream Prošček, then we quickly ascend to the parking lot before Kneške Ravne, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, where there is an information board of Kneške Ravne and surroundings, we continue upwards; at the first crossroads, by the NOB monument, we go straight (left homestead pri Jakopu and homestead pri Jaklnu). The road soon turns left, from it a road to the homestead pri Francu also branches off to the right. Here too we go straight, at the next crossroads we go slightly right (slightly left homestead pri Pologarju). The asphalt road splits once again, this time we choose the left path (right one leads to the homestead pri Francu), which loses the asphalt surface and leads us across a grazing fence. Further on we ascend along the cart track, which leads us above an orchard, then turns left and through a belt of forest and across several grazing fences brings us to a junction beside a smaller partly stone bajta. Here we go right, the cart track higher up turns left again, then brings us in a few minutes to the hunting observatory. At the hunting observatory we go sharply right, then from the poor cart track immediately left, straight up the slope. After a short ascent a footpath appears, which mostly ascends transversely through the forest, leading us parallel to the edge of the nearby hayfield. Higher we reach the ridge between Ljubinjske stene and Masovnik, where the footpath becomes more distinct and takes us to the other, western side of the ridge. Next follows crossing of slopes and some gullies, the path along which we notice some old, already quite faded blazes, later starts to ascend transversely. Higher we arrive at overgrown screes and in a few minutes ascend to a junction at the foot of Ljubinjske stene.
We continue left in the direction towards planina Razor (right planina v Prodih and Rut), the path leads us directly below the cliffs, where especially in spring there is an increased possibility of falling rocks. Next follows a transverse ascent and the path brings us into the forest, where it leads us past a spring. After the spring the path steeply ascends temporarily, after two serpentines it flattens again. A little further we cross another grazing fence, the path brings us from the forest to the upper part of planina Kuk, to the area called Močila, where we bypass a few huts along the lower side. Behind the huts we reach a cart road, which we follow to the right (left planina Kuk and parking lot), along it we soon arrive at a junction, where the path to Žabiški Kuk (also Žabijski Kuk) - path past Gradič (old military path) branches off to the right.
We continue in the direction of planina Razor and continue along the gentle macadam road, which crosses the western slopes of Žabiški Kuk. Along the road, from which we occasionally get a nice view to the northwest, where we see Rdeči rob, Vrh nad Peski, Grušnica, Tolminski Migovec and other surrounding mountains, and after approximately 25 minutes of further walking we arrive at the place where the signs for the mountain hut direct us right onto the path that ascends transversely above the road. Only a few minutes of walking follow and the path brings us to Koča na planini Razor.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Globoko, Vogel, Vrh nad Škrbino... along the path which crosses a belt of forest, then splits on the gentle grassy slope.
This time we continue straight in the direction of Vrh nad Škrbino and Dom na Komni (right Vogel, Globoko and Črna prst), along the path which turns slightly to the left and further ascends the slope overgrown with brushwood. After a few minutes the path temporarily flattens, then north of the indistinct summit Kopecko, after a shorter moderate ascent, brings us to the next junction. We continue left in the direction of Škrbina saddle (right Vrh nad Škrbino - south path). Soon after, the path emerges from the brushwood onto interesting slopes, where on our right side we will notice steep rock slabs which form an interesting wall for climbers, but it is not overly steep. Here the "direct path" from Tolminske Ravne also joins from the left, the path ahead ascends transversely across the scree to the Škrbina saddle, located at 1910 m.
When we step onto Škrbina, a nice view opens onto the Bohinj side, and at the junction we continue left in the direction of Kuk (right Vrh nad Škrbino, straight down Dom na Komni and Vogel ski slope). The path ahead starts to ascend transversely across steep slabs, then both the path and the slope become somewhat gentler. The path ahead passes below the short wall of Vrh Kont, then starts to descend gently across occasionally steeper scree. Further on the Primorska side the path also crosses Podrta gora and Mali vrh, then returns to the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, which it reaches right on the saddle between Mali vrh and Zeleni vrh. From here we continue in the same direction, only the path moves from the slopes onto the locally exposed ridge. We follow the marked path, which occasionally ascends quite steeply, then with ever better views, all the way to the grassy Zeleni vrh.
Kneške Ravne - Močila 2:10, Močila - planina Razor 0:35, planina Razor - Škrbina 2:00, Škrbina - Zeleni vrh 1:05.

On the way: Močila (1258m), Koča na planini Razor (1315m), Škrbina (1910m)

Trip can be extended to: Podrta gora , Tolminski Kuk ( 25 min)