Koča pri Savici - Lake Krnsko jezero

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, exit at Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and further to Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev Laz), at which you arrive at an intersection where you continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and 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 head on a wide footpath in the direction of Slap Savica and Dom na Komni (right path over Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path brings us to a marked junction, where the tourist path to Slap Savica branches off to the right, but we continue slightly left or straight on the wide footpath in the direction of Komna. The path then 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 of Lake Bohinj opens. Here the path turns slightly to the 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 then ascends parallel to the valley. Further on, the gentle to moderately steep path gradually enters a sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path then 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, but we continue left and further on the wide path. This is followed by some transverse ascent; 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.
Just a little further, the path splits again, but we choose the left path in the direction of Dom na Komni, or we can also take the somewhat shorter path that continues straight and bypasses Dom na Komni (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
This is followed by an ascent past the hut Pri Hubertu and in a few minutes we reach Dom na Komni.
From Dom na Komni, we go past a small chapel and follow the signs for Koča pod Bogatinom (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač), but we soon merge with the previously mentioned somewhat shorter path.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Koča pod Bogatinom and along the wide and fairly scenic path quickly arrive at Planina na Kraju, where past the pyramid (ossuary at Koča pod Bogatinom - mountain memorial obelisk) we reach Koča pod Bogatinom, which is located in the middle of the pasture.
We bypass the hut on the right side and quickly arrive at a marked junction, where the path over Lepa Komna branches off to the right, which leads further to Lanževica or Oslova škrbina, but we continue straight, further on the wider gentle path in the direction of Bogatinsko sedlo. On the western part of Planina na Kraju, another path branches off to the left towards Planina Govnjač, but we continue for a few minutes in a light ascent on the southern side of Kozlov rob. The path then levels out for some time and enters the edge of the Gracija valley, where we begin to ascend transversely, first on the slopes of Srednji vrh, later on the slopes of the pre-peak Vrh nad Gracijo. In the continuation, the path becomes somewhat steeper and with beautiful views brings us to the place where it splits.
We can continue further on the mulatjera, which makes a longer switchback or on the somewhat shorter steep path that ascends directly to Bogatinsko sedlo, where both paths merge.
From the junction at Bogatinsko sedlo, from where a beautiful view of Krn and the surrounding mountains opens, we head straight down in the direction of Lepena, Prehodci, Krn, Krnsko jezero and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (left Mahavšček and Bogatin, right Lanževica) along the path that gradually begins to descend.
The path then leads us along the old military mulatjera, which a few minutes lower brings us to slopes overgrown with dwarf pine, a bit lower the path levels out.
We continue past some old objects that are part of the former Rapallo border.
Here in a kind of valley, a passage opens or an old trail leads to Velika Montura, but we continue on the marked path, which descends barely noticeably to the central part of the Za Lepočami valley, where some old Italian buildings stand, which are still quite well preserved.
Here the marked path to Krn via Prehodci and Batognica branches off to the left, but we continue further to the west along the path that leads through the valley south of Velika Montura, and when we arrive in the valley under Mala Montura, another path branches off to the left towards Prehodci or the source of Tolminka.
The path then temporarily descends through the valley overgrown with dwarf pine and sparse larches, when the valley widens, the path to Mali Šmohor branches off to the left.
This is followed by a few minutes of easy walking and we arrive at the southern edge of Planina Duplje, where we keep to the left directions, or signs for Krnsko jezero and Krn (right planšarija on Planina Duplje, Dom pri Krnskih jezerih and Lepena).
In the continuation, we ascend slightly to the saddle between Mali Šmohor on the left and Glava on the right.
From here follows only a short descent to Krnsko jezero, from which a beautiful view of Krn opens.
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 - Koča pod Bogatinom 0:15, Koča pod Bogatinom - Bogatinsko sedlo 1:15, Bogatinsko sedlo - branch for Velika Montura 0:20, branch for Velika Montura - Za Lepočami 0:15, Za Lepočami - branch for Prehodci 0:20, branch for Prehodci - branch for Mali Šmohor 0:10, branch for Mali Šmohor - Planina Duplje 0:05, Planina Duplje - Krnsko jezero 0:10.

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), Piramida (1520m), Koča pod Bogatinom (1513m), Bogatinsko sedlo (1803m), Odcep za Veliko Monturo (1712m), Za Lepočami (1617m), Doliči (1472m), Pod Šmohorjem (1420m), Planina Duplje (1371m), Preval pri Krnskem jezeru (1401m)

Trip can be extended to: Planina na Polju , Veliki Šmohor , Vogel (above Lepena) , Veliki Lemež , Batognica , Vrh nad Peski , Gomiščkovo zavetišče na Krnu , Krn (2 h 40 min)