Pečana - Kosmati vrh (Ratitovec)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then we continue driving towards Soriška planina. Higher up, we arrive at a crossroad, where we continue straight towards Železniki (sharply right to Soriška planina), and we follow the main road for approximately 1 km, then we continue right towards Ribčeva planina. Higher up, the asphalt ends, and the macadam road splits into two parts. We continue on the right road, which brings us to Ribčeva planina. At the crossroad above the mountain pasture, we continue right, then in the next two crossroads left. From the second crossroad, where we went left, we drive a few hundred meters to the next crossroad, there we turn right and then drive to the end of the road, where we park. From the crossroad on Bitenjska planina to the starting point is approximately 7.5 km.
B) From Železniki or Podbrdo, first we drive to Soriška planina, then we continue driving towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From the parking lot on Soriška planina we drive approximately another 1 km, then we turn right onto the forest road. At the first crossroad, to which we arrive after less than 2 km of driving from the spot where we left the main road, we continue left, then in the next one, which is located after a few kilometers, slightly right. From the second crossroad onwards we drive a few hundred meters, then at the next crossroad we turn right and drive to the end of the road, where we park in a suitable spot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a wide cart track which starts relatively steeply ascending through the forest. After approximately 10 minutes of walking, the cart track flattens, then a little further it brings us to the cottages on the mountain pasture Pečana.
Above the cottages on the mountain pasture Pečana we step out of the forest and the path quickly brings us to a smaller junction, where we continue straight towards Vratca (right Krekova koča na Ratitovcu). Further, we gently ascend along the right edge of a grassy valley, and the increasingly panoramic path quickly brings us to a marked junction on Vratica.
Here, the path branches off to the left towards the mountain pasture Klom, to the right towards Gladki vrh and further towards Krekova koča. We continue straight and then after a few meters slightly left in the direction of Kosmati vrh (straight down cirque Razor and Prtovč). The path ahead becomes less beaten and in some places harder to follow. A short descent follows, then the path brings us to the edge of the cliffs, where it starts to ascend moderately to occasionally steeply again. Higher, the path moves a little to the left from the ridge and brings us out of the forest onto the panoramic upper slope of Kosmati vrh, where the trail completely disappears. From here only a short ascent follows and an almost pathless route brings us to the summit in a few steps.

Along the route: Planina Pečana (1472m), Vratca (1511m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krekova koča na Ratitovcu, Gladki vrh (Ratitovec)

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