Koča pri Savici - Planina na Polju

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 Bohinjsko jezero (Ribčev laz), where we reach a junction, from which we continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and Slap Savica. Follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at Koča Savica. The parking lot is paid.

Route description:
From the parking lot, head to the wide footpath in the direction of Slap Savica and Dom na Komni (right path over Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path leads us to a marked junction, where the tourist path to Slap Savica branches off to the right, and we continue slightly left or straight along the wide footpath in the direction of Komna. The path continues to ascend gently along Savica for a short time, then leads us to the first of the marked 48 serpentines. After one and a half hours of moderate ascent through the forest, the path leads us to the mentioned 48th serpentine, from which a nice view of Bohinjsko jezero opens up. 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. Further on, the gentle to moderately steep path gradually enters a sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path leads past a small interesting cave, higher up it brings us to a junction, where the path to Črno jezero branches off to the right, and we continue left and further along the wide path. There follows some traverse ascent; at a natural chasm that 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 on, the path forks again, and 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).
Then follows an ascent past the bajta Pri Hubertu, and in a few minutes we reach Dom na Komni.
From Dom na Komni, go past a small chapel and follow the signs for Koča pod Bogatinom (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač), and we soon join the previously mentioned somewhat shorter path.
Continue slightly left in the direction of Koča pod Bogatinom and along the wide and fairly panoramic path quickly arrive at Planina na Kraju, where past the pyramid (ossuary at Koča pod Bogatinom - mountaineering memorial) we reach Koča pod Bogatinom, which is located in the middle of the pasture.
Bypass the hut on the right side and quickly reach a marked junction, where the path over Lepa Komna branches off to the right, leading further towards Lanževica or Oslova škrbina, and we continue straight, further along the wider gentle path in the direction of Bogatinsko sedlo. On the western part of Planina na Kraju, another path towards Planina Govnjač branches off to the left, and we continue for a few more minutes in an easy ascent along the southern side of Kozlov rob. The path then completely levels out for a while and reaches the edge of the Gracije valley, where we begin traversing upwards, first along the slopes of Srednji vrh, later along the slopes of the forepeak Vrh nad Gracijo. Further on, the path becomes somewhat steeper and with nice views brings us to the point where it forks.
We can continue along the mule track that makes a longer serpentine or along the somewhat shorter steep path that ascends directly to Bogatinsko sedlo, where both paths join.
From the junction at Bogatinsko sedlo, from where a nice view of Krn and the surrounding mountains opens up, 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 further leads along the old military mule track, which already a few minutes lower brings us to slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, a bit lower the path levels out.
Continue past some old structures that are part of the former Rapallo border.
Here, in a kind of small valley, a passage opens or an old trail leads towards Velika Montura, but we continue along the marked path that hardly noticeably descends to the central part of the Za Lepočami valley, where there are still some old Italian buildings that are quite well preserved.
Here, a marked path to Krn via Prehodci and Batognica branches off to the left, and we continue further west, specifically along the path that leads through the valley south of Velika Montura; when we arrive in the small valley below Mala Montura, another path towards Prehodci or Izvir Tolminke branches off to the left.
The path further descends traversely through the small valley overgrown with dwarf pines and sparse larches; when the small valley widens, a path to Mali Šmohor branches off to the left.
Then follows 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 shepherd's hut on Planina Duplje, Dom pri Krnskih jezerih and Lepena).
Further on, we ascend slightly to the saddle between Mali Šmohor on the left and Glava on the right.
From here, only a short descent to Krnsko jezero follows, from which a nice view of Krn opens up.
The marked path that continues higher into the Krn area bypasses Krnsko jezero on the left, southern side, where we initially walk on the screes of Mali Šmohor. When we leave the lake shore, we first continue easily along already partly overgrown scree, then the path turns slightly left and for a short time ascends more steeply along a steeper slope. At the top of the steep section, a path joins us from the left that runs transversely across the scree but is mostly abandoned due to the danger of falling rocks; then the slope levels out, the path turns slightly right, and brings us along torrent deposits of rocks and sand to the grassy Planina na Polju, where on the right side we notice a hunting hut.
Starting point - junction to Črno jezero 2:15, junction 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 - junction to Velika Montura 0:20, junction to Velika Montura - Za Lepočami 0:15, Za Lepočami - junction to Prehodci 0:20, junction to Prehodci - junction to Mali Šmohor 0:10, junction to Mali Šmohor - Planina Duplje 0:05, Planina Duplje - Krnsko jezero 0:10, Krnsko jezero - Planina na Polju 0:30.

Along the route: 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), Lake Krnsko jezero (1391m)

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