Koča pri Savici - Malo Špičje (via Zasavska koča)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and then towards Bohinjska Bistrica. We continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where we reach an intersection, and we continue straight on the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and Savica Falls. We follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at the Savica Hut. The parking lot is payable.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head right towards Black Lake, the Hut at Triglav Lakes and Hotel Zlatorog (straight to Savica Waterfall and Dom na Komni). The trail initially leads along a gravel road that crosses the Savica River via a bridge. Just after the bridge, signs for Komarča direct us left (straight to Hotel Zlatorog) onto a path that is initially still quite wide and relatively gentle through the forest. The path soon begins to ascend more steeply, taking us somewhat higher to a spot where the trail to the Savica Spring and Velika Savica Cave branches off to the left; we continue right along the increasingly steep path.
The well-maintained and relatively wide alpine trail soon gives way to very steep and slippery slopes of Komarča, where the risk of rockfall is also high. The trail continues steeply uphill through the mostly forested wall of Komarča, with safety aids—primarily wire cables—assisting on the more difficult sections.
Higher up, a few views towards Bohinj open from the trail, and it leads us to a short technically demanding section where, with the aid of pegs and a cable, we cross a gully that is not overly exposed. The trail ascends steeply for a bit longer, with some safety features helping us reach the edge of Komarča, from which a fine view of our starting point opens. A short moderately steep climb follows, after which the path begins to descend gently towards Black Lake, which we reach after less than five minutes' further walk.
Near the lake is a signed junction where the path to Planina Viševnik and Pršivec branches right; we bear slightly left, continuing along the marked trail that skirts Black Lake on its right side. On the far side of the lake, the path from Dom na Komni joins from the left, and we proceed along the fairly level trail running along the edge of Lopučniška Valley. Higher up, the path starts to climb moderately, leading us along the brink of sheer cliffs to a small brook that dries up in dry periods.
We continue on the marked trail, which near Bela Skala veers sharply right and climbs steeply. After a few minutes of steep ascent, the path levels out and brings us to a signed junction where the path from Planina Blato—specifically the one over Prode—joins from the right. We go left towards the Hut at Triglav Lakes, following the fairly level trail and arriving at Double Lake after ten minutes' further walk. The marked trail skirts the lake on the right and, before reaching the far side, brings us to a junction where the path to Štapci and Mali Tičarica branches right.
Here we go straight on, reaching the Hut at Triglav Lakes after a few minutes' walk.
From the hut we continue towards Triglav, Dolič, Hribarice, Prehodavci and Veliko Špičje, the trail first passing the dam and the artificial Močivec Lake. The trail bypasses the lake on its right (east) side and then climbs moderately up the Valley of the Triglav Lakes, which is grown over with ever sparser forest.
Still in the zone of sparse forest the trail forks, and we take the slightly right fork heading towards Prehodavci and Hribarice (the left fork goes to Veliko or Lepo Špičje via the Zgornje Komne plateau), leading us first through sparse larch woods, then below the screes of mighty Kopica and later Male Zelnarice. Later the trail climbs a little more and brings us to a minor col from which a fine view opens to Lake in Ledvice.
The marked trail bypasses the lake in question on the right side, continuing across vast scree slopes at the foot of both Zelnarice. Beyond the lake the trail leaves the scree and returns to the Valley of the Triglav Lakes, along which we make a fairly level ascent. Already fully high-mountain in character, the trail climbs more steeply for a short stretch higher up, then levels out completely, bringing us to Green Lake after a few minutes' further walk.
From Green Lake we continue straight towards Prehodavci (right to Hribarice, Dolič and Triglav), and the trail soon forks once more.
We take the left fork, which climbs directly to Zasavska Hut (the right fork goes past Rjavo Lake and is just one or two minutes longer), and after a few minutes' climb it brings us to an indistinct ridge separating Gorenjska from Primorska (the area called Plate).
Here we continue left towards Veliko Špičje (right then left to Trenta and Zadnjica, right to Zasavska Hut, five minutes).
The trail ahead is at first somewhat hard to follow and climbs gently along the left, south side of Zadnja Lopa (2102 m). Further on it becomes steeper and leads onto the slopes of Malo Špičje, where it climbs quite steeply for some time. The marked trail to Veliko Špičje turns left just short of the summit of Malo Špičje, but here we leave it and in a few dozen paces climb to the panoramic summit of Malo Špičje.
Starting point - edge of Komarča 1:35, edge of Komarča - Black Lake 0:05, Black Lake - junction above Lopučniška Valley 1:15, junction above Lopučniška Valley - Double Lake 0:10, Double Lake - Hut at Triglav Lakes 0:05, Hut at Triglav Lakes - fork for Veliko Špičje 0:25, fork for Veliko Špičje - fork for Lake in Ledvice 0:30, fork for Lake in Ledvice - Green Lake 0:45, Green Lake - Plate 0:15, Plate - Malo Špičje 0:55.

On the way: Komarča (810m), Rob Komarče (1295m), Vrh Komarče (1313m), Črno jezero (1294m), Bela skala (1575m), Razpotje nad Lopučniško dolino (1671m), Ruski grob (1686m), Dvojno jezero (1689m), Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (1685m), Močivec (1690m), Odcep za Veliko Špičje (1762m), Odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah (1854m), Lake Jezero v Ledvicah (1831m), Lake Zeleno jezero (1988m), Mlaka v Laštah (1994m), Plate (2056m), Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih (2071m)