Kupljenik - Babji zob

Access to starting point:
A) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the Lesce exit, then continue driving towards Bled and further towards Bohinj. When Bled ends, first the road towards Bohinjska Bela branches off to the right, approximately 1.5 km further, at the top of the hill the road towards the village Kupljenik branches off to the left. Continue towards Kupljenik and continue driving on the ascending asphalt road, which we follow to the mentioned settlement. In the settlement, on the part where there are no houses, we arrive at the left hairpin turn, in the middle of which a short road to the marked parking lot branches off to the right.
B) First drive to Podbrdo and from there to Bohinjska Bistrica (by car shuttle train or over Soriška planina). From Bohinjska Bistrica continue driving towards Bled. Before arriving at Bled, we will come to a crossroads where the road towards the village Kupljenik branches off to the right (the turn-off from the main road is marked). Continue towards Kupljenik and continue driving on the ascending asphalt road, which we follow to the mentioned settlement. In the settlement, on the part where there are no houses, we arrive at the left hairpin turn, in the middle of which a short road to the marked parking lot branches off to the right.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot, continue on the poorer road in the direction of the cave under Babji zob and Babji zob. The road first leads along the edge of the pasture, from where a nice view temporarily opens up reaching all the way to the highest peaks of the Karavanks, then after the left bend, where we notice the mountain signposts, it gradually enters the forest. We walk on the road for a few minutes, then at a relatively new junction of macadam roads continue slightly left (at the time of the description the junction was not marked) on the cart track, which after a few metres turns even more to the left (straight [to] Jama pod Babjim zobom). There follows an ascent through the forest; a few minutes higher the cart track brings us to a scenic hay meadow, where a wooden hut stands at its lower edge, and a nice view opens towards Lake Bled and part of the Karavanks around Golica. The cart track brings us just a little higher to another hay meadow, where the signs lead right onto an initially less noticeable path that enters the forest. Once we enter the forest, the path becomes easy to follow, and it starts to ascend more steeply. A few minutes higher we cross a new, not yet fully completed forest road, above which the marked path ascends quite steeply through the forest. When the path turns right it levels off somewhat, then ascends transversely to the right across increasingly steep slopes. Higher up the slope becomes even steeper, but the path is relatively wide, so traversing it causes no major difficulties, though in wet conditions, snow or leaves more caution is needed, especially on the descent, to avoid slipping. When the path bypasses some rocky pillars it turns left, enters a small valley, and a few steps further also emerges from the forest onto Planina Prihod, which has just the right name since we have reached the edge of Jelovica.
When we reach the mountain pasture we continue straight or slightly right, then step onto a cart track where the path from Planina Vršana and Danejeva planina joins us. The cart track soon turns into a footpath which, with the "help" of a signpost, leads us onto a precipitous ridge. The path mostly runs a few metres left of the drop, so there is no major slipping hazard; we must be careful primarily when we step a few paces right off the marked path for a nice view. The path, from which beautiful views open up through the treetops towards Bled, Bohinjska Bela and the highest peaks of the Julian Alps, brings us to the forepeak, where a less noticeable path branches left towards the nearby Planina Ricman.
Continue straight along the path, which starts to descend visibly. After a few minutes the descent ends, and only a short moderate ascent separates us from the viewpoint and the summit logbook box of Babji zob.
Kupljenik - Planina Prihod 1:00, Planina Prihod - Babji zob 30 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (April).

On the way: Planina Prihod (1017m)