Koča pri Savici - Triglav (via Triglavska jezera)

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 Lake Bohinj (Ribčev Laz), where you come to a junction and continue straight ahead on 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.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head right in the direction of Črno jezero, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and Hotel Zlatorog (straight ahead Slap Savica and Dom na Komni). The path initially leads us along a macadam road that crosses the Savica river over a bridge. Just a little beyond the bridge, signs for Komarča direct us left (straight ahead Hotel Zlatorog) onto an initially still quite wide and relatively gentle forest path. The path soon starts to climb more steeply and a bit higher brings us to the place where the path to the source of Savica and the Velika Savica cave branches off to the left, while we continue right along the increasingly steep path.
The well-maintained and relatively wide mountain path soon passes onto very steep and slippery slopes of Komarča, where there is also a high risk of falling rocks. The path ahead climbs steeply along the mostly forested wall of Komarča, where fixed ropes, mainly steel cables, help us on more difficult sections.
Higher up, some views open from the path towards Bohinj, and the path brings us to a short technically demanding section, where with the help of rungs and a steel cable we cross a not very exposed gully. The path ahead still climbs steeply for some time and with the help of some protections brings us to the edge of Komarča, from where a nice view opens to our starting point. A short moderately steep ascent follows, then the path starts to gently descend towards Črno jezero, which we reach in less than five minutes of further walking.
Near the lake, there is a marked junction, where the path to Planina Viševnik and Pršivec branches off to the right, while we continue slightly left and continue the path along the marked trail that bypasses Črno jezero on the right side. On the other side of the lake, the path from Dom na Komni joins from the left, and we continue along a relatively gentle path that continues along the edge of Lopučniška dolina. Higher up, the path starts to moderately ascend and along the edge of overhanging cliffs brings us to a small spring, which dries up in dry periods.
We continue along the marked path, which near Bela skala turns sharply right and climbs steeply. A few minutes of steep ascent follow, then the path flattens and brings us to a marked junction, where the path from Planina Blato joins from the right, namely the path over Prode. We continue left in the direction of Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and continue the path along a relatively gentle path, along which we arrive at Dvojno jezero in ten minutes of further walking. The marked path bypasses the lake on the right side and before we reach the other side brings us to a junction, where the path to Štapce and Mala Tičarica branches off to the right.
Here we continue straight and in a few minutes of further walking arrive at Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih.
From the hut, we continue in the direction of Triglav, Dolič, Hribarice, Prehodavci and Veliko Špičje, where the path first leads us past the dam and the artificial lake Močivec. The path bypasses the lake on the right, eastern side and in continuation moderately ascends through the Valley of the Triglav Lakes, which is overgrown with increasingly sparse forest.
Still in the belt of sparse forest, the path forks, and we continue along the slightly right path that continues towards Prehodavci and Hribarice (left path to Veliko or Lepo Špičje over the plateau Zgornje Komne) and leads us initially still through sparse larch forest, then below the screes of the mighty Kopica and later Mala Zelnarica. Later, the path temporarily climbs a bit more and brings us to a small pass, from which a nice view opens to Jezero v Ledvicah.
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side, where it continues over extensive screes at the foot of both Zelnarice. Behind the lake, the path returns from the screes to the Valley of the Triglav Lakes, along which we continue a relatively gentle ascent. Already a completely high-mountain path, higher up it climbs more steeply for a short time, then flattens completely and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to Zeleno jezero.
At Zeleno jezero, we continue right in the direction of Triglav, Dolič and Hribarice (straight Rjavo jezero and Prehodavci) and start ascending towards the screes under Poprovec, where the path from Prehodavci joins from the left, which leads past Rjavo jezero, while we continue right in the direction towards Hribarice.
A transverse ascent over the scree to the right follows, when we reach the valley under Hribarice we join the path that leads over the Vrata pass (path along the valley Za Kopico, or path along the ridge of Zelnarice).
We continue left towards Triglav, Dolič, Kanjavec and Hribarice (right Vrata pass) and start ascending towards the Hribarice plateau. At the beginning of the Hribarice plateau, the first path to Kanjavec branches off to the left, a bit higher, at the Hribarice saddle, the second one.
From both junctions, we continue straight and follow the signs for Koča na Doliču, behind the Hribarice saddle we start descending over screes between Kanjavec on the left and Mišeljski konec on the right. Lower down, we leave the area of extensive screes and in a few minutes of further walking arrive at the Dolič saddle, where there is a marked junction.
Here we go left in the direction of Koča na Doliču (sharp right Vodnikov dom na Velem polju, right Dom Planika pod Triglavom) to which we arrive in a few minutes of gentle descent.
At the hut, there is a junction, we choose the right path, along which there are signs for Triglav (left Kanjavec, straight Zadnjica and Luknja), a little further the path from Zadnjica joins, which bypasses Koča na Doliču.
Here too we go right, the path continues for some time along a mule track that leads us north and climbs quite steeply. Higher up, the path flattens and brings us to Sedlo (2305 m), where it turns slightly left.
A few easy walking follows with a beautiful view of Triglav and the surrounding mountains, but we must be careful due to the high-mountain karst world, so that we do not fall into some hole, or injure our legs on the jagged karst surface.
The path ahead starts ascending again, to the left an unmarked path branches off to the Triglavska vojašnica Viktorja Emanuela III. (sometimes incorrectly called Morbegna), while we in continuation bypass Glava v Zaplanji on the right eastern side, behind which we join the path that leads over Plemenice.
We head right towards Triglav and ascend over the scree to the start of the climbing part of the path, where we transversely ascend along a well-secured path on an exposed wall. Such a path brings us below the Triglavska or Bovška škrbina, then we steeply ascend to the mentioned notch, where the Gorjanska path from Planika joins us.
We continue left upwards towards Triglav (straight down Planika) along a steep but well-secured path. After a few minutes of further ascent, the steepness eases and only a few minutes of walking along the summit slope of Triglav await us to the top.
Starting point - edge of Komarča 1:35, edge of Komarča - Črno jezero 0:05, Črno jezero - junction above Lopučniška dolina 1:15, junction above Lopučniška dolina - Dvojno jezero 0:10, Dvojno jezero - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih 0:05, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih - branch for Veliko Špičje 0:25, branch for Veliko Špičje - branch to Jezero v Ledvicah 0:30, branch to Jezero v Ledvicah - Zeleno jezero 0:45, Zeleno jezero - junction under Vršaki 0:30, junction under Vršaki - saddle Hribarice 0:30, saddle Hribarice - saddle Dolič 0:30, saddle Dolič - Koča na Doliču 0:05, Koča na Doliču - Sedlo 0:30, Sedlo - junction Zaplanja 0:50, junction Zaplanja - Triglavska škrbina 0:35, Triglavska škrbina - Triglav 0:35.

Along the route: 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), Razpotje nad Rjavim jezerom (2087m), Razpotje pod Vršaki (2192m), Razpotje pod Hribaricami (2292m), Hribarice (2332m), Sedlo Hribarice (2364m), Sedlo Dolič (2165m), Koča na Doliču (2151m), Sedlo (2305m), Razpotje Zaplanja (2512m), Triglavska škrbina (2655m)

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