Koča pri Savici - Bogatin (via planina Govnjač)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Bohinj Lake (Ribčev Laz), where you reach a junction and continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and the Savica waterfall. Follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at Koča pri Savici. The parking lot is paid.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we set off on the wide footpath in the direction of Slap Savica and Dom na Komni (right the path over Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path already brings us to a marked junction, where the tourist path to Slap Savica branches off to the right, while we continue slightly left or straight on the wide footpath towards Komna. The path ahead ascends for a short time along the Savica, then brings us to the first of the marked 48 switchbacks. After an hour and a half of moderate ascent through the forest, the path brings us to the mentioned 48th switchback, from which a beautiful view opens onto Bohinjsko jezero. Here the path turns slightly right and enters the valley called Pekel, where it ascends gently for some time, then turns right and ascends somewhat steeper again. After just a few dozen steps, the path turns left again and continues ascending parallel to the valley. The gentle to moderately steep path ahead gradually transitions into sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path ahead leads us past a small interesting cave, higher up it brings us to a junction where the path to Črno jezero branches off to the right, while we continue left and proceed further on the wide path. Some traversing ascent follows; at the natural abyss, which is fenced for safety, the path turns right, then ascends to the next junction, where the path from Črno jezero joins us.
A little further ahead, the path splits again; we choose the left path towards Dom na Komni, or we can also take the slightly shorter path that continues straight and bypasses Dom na Komni (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
The ascent follows past the bajta Pri Hubertu, and in a few minutes we reach Dom na Komni.
From Dom na Komni, we pass a small chapel, then turn left towards Planina Govnjač, Vogel, and Mahavšček (right Koča pod Bogatinom, Bogatinsko sedlo, and Krn) along the path that soon after the hut begins to descend more steeply and after about five minutes of further walking brings us to a marked junction, where we continue right towards Planina Govnjač (slightly left Vogel and Škrbina).
The path ahead follows the old military mule track, initially ascending a little before gradually descending. A few minutes of walking through dwarf pines follow, and we arrive at Planina Govnjač, where there are some ruins and an information board.
From the information board, we continue on the poorly visible path towards Mahavšček (left Vogel, right Planina na Kraju), which after a few steps brings us to numerous ruins (the hinterland of the Krn battlefield during World War I). On the other side of these ruins, we reach the next direction sign, offering two options for continuing.
We continue straight towards "Mahavšček - shortcut" (slightly right Mahavšček; on the TNP map 1:50.000 PZS, the "shortcut" is marked as a marked path) on the initially poorly visible path that soon becomes clearer and then begins to ascend more steeply below steep cliffs. The path, traversing and crossing several small scree slopes, flattens higher up, and the gentler path joins from the right.
We resume the ascent on the old military mule track, which a little higher brings us to a pleasant and relatively large grassy plain. In the upper part of the plain, the path turns right and begins moderately ascending along a small valley. Just a few steps further, the small valley forks (here we notice a cairn marking the start of an unmarked trail to Tolminski Kuk), while the marked path continues along the edge of the right branch. The path ahead leads past several small depressions before beginning to ascend more steeply over the initially grassy slope. Higher up, the path crosses a small scree slope, then, with increasingly beautiful views, brings us to the marked junction below Vrh Škrli.
We continue right towards Bogatin and Mahavšček (left Tolminski Kuk) along the old military mule track, which first traverses the shady slopes of Vrh Škrli before bringing us to the main ridge of the Bohinjsko-Tolminske gore, where the path continues easily ascending for some time. Higher up, the ridge narrows slightly, and the path begins to ascend more steeply towards Mahavšček, whose summit we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
From Mahavšček, we descend along the scenic ridge path northward, which after about 15 minutes of descent brings us to the saddle between Mahavšček and Bogatin.
Here, an unmarked trail branches slightly left, bypassing the summit of Bogatin on the left (western) side, while we continue straight on the steep and somewhat exposed ridge path, which after a little more than ten minutes brings us to the summit of Bogatin.

Starting point - branch to Črno jezero 2:15, branch to Črno jezero - Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar 0:10, Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar - Dom na Komni 0:05, Dom na Komni - junction below Izpica 0:05, junction below Izpica - Planina Govnjač 0:25, Planina Govnjač - branch to Tolminski Kuk 0:45, branch to Tolminski Kuk - junction below Vrh Škrli 0:35, junction below Vrh Škrli - Mahavšček 0:30, Mahavšček - Bogatin 0:30.

On the way: Jama ob poti na Komno (1303m), Odcep k Črnemu jezeru (1411m), Brezno pod lovsko kočo na Komni (1430m), Spominska plošča Mateju Koblarju (1481m), Pri Hubertu (1492m), Dom na Komni (1520m), Razpotje pod Izpico (1474m), Planina Govnjač (1480m), Razcep Škrli (1675m), Razpotje pod vrhom Škrli (1864m), Mahavšček (2008m), Sedlo med Bogatinom in Mahavščkom (1909m)