Planina Blato - Lake Rjavo jezero (via Štapce)

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 reach a junction and continue right towards Stara Fužina. In Stara Fužina, at the junction by the chapel, turn sharply left onto the ascending road towards Planina Blato, Planina Vogar and Voje Valley. The road then takes us to the place where toll and parking fees are collected, but we follow it further to the next junction, where we continue left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (we drive for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot in front of Planina Blato, return a little back and head onto a wide and initially also steep cart track, along which there are signs for Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, you arrive at a marked junction, from where you continue left towards Planina pri Jezeru (slightly right Planina v Lazu and also the steep path towards Planina pri Jezeru).
Continuing on the less steep cart track that still leads through the forest, a little further on the left joins another marked path leading past Kosijev dom on Vogar, but we continue right and continue walking along the cart track. Higher up, the path leads through a small narrow passage, then crosses quite steep slopes where there is a high risk of slipping on ice and snow, otherwise the path is not demanding. At the end of the steep slope, the previously mentioned steep path joins quite unobtrusively from the right, the cart track turns left here and passes into the rather cool Pungrat valley, where we ascend through mostly spruce forest. When the path flattens higher up, a path joins from the left leading past Planina Vodični vrh, but we keep slightly to the right direction and continue walking along the cart track, along which the forest begins to thin. Only a few minutes of easy walking follow and we step onto the pastures of Planina pri Jezeru, where on a small hill stands Koča na Planini pri Jezeru.
At the hut, a path branches off to the right towards Planina v Lazu, but we continue left from the hut and descend to a marked junction where there are also a few shepherd's huts.
Choose the wider right path along which there are signs for Planina Dedno polje and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (slightly left Pršivec, Planina Viševnik and Črno jezero).
We also continue ascending on the cart track, which is quite rocky on steep sections, after about ten minutes of ascent we arrive at the place where a path branches off to the left over Krištofojca leading towards Planina Viševnik, but we continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track that leads us through gradually sparser forest. A few more minutes of easy walking follow on the path that later turns slightly to the right, when the path turns back towards the west we already reach the edge of Planina Dedno polje, from where a walk follows to the central part of the pasture, where there is also a marked junction by the shepherd's huts.
Bypass the shepherd's huts and dairy on the left side and continue straight towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (right valley Za Kopico). From the pasture onwards we begin to ascend moderately, and from the left an almost unobtrusive path joins from the nearby hunting hut. A little further the path leads past another branch of the path towards Planina Viševnik (path along Griva (1758 m)), and in the next few minutes we arrive at the upper edge of the vast Planina Ovčarija, from where a beautiful view opens up to the Bohinj - Tolmin mountains, sometimes called Lower Bohinj mountains. From here a short descent follows and we arrive at a junction on the northeastern part of the pasture.
Continue slightly right towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and Mala Tičarica (left Planina Viševnik), and the path soon splits again.
From the junction, follow the signs for the path over Štapce (straight path over Prodov), both leading towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih, the right one, which we will continue on, also towards Mala Tičarica and Zelnarice. We soon leave Planina Ovčarija and the path ascends moderately to steeply through increasingly sparse forest, which higher up is replaced by dwarf pines. After a half-hour ascent, the path flattens and takes us to Štapce, where the next marked junction is.
Continue on the left path towards Triglavska jezera (right Mala Tičarica and Zelnarice ridge) and quickly step to the edge, where a beautiful view opens up over part of the Dolina Triglavskih jezer and the mountains surrounding the mentioned valley, with the view reaching as far as Krn.
From Štapce first follows a steep, well-protected descent over a rocky step, then the path passes onto scree, over which we descend to the belt of dwarf pines. A little more descent follows and from the left the path over Prodov and the path from Koča pri Savici (path over Komarčo) join us, but we continue right and then walk along Dvojno jezero. When we leave the lake, only a few dozen steps of easy walking separate us from Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih.
From the hut continue towards Triglav, Dolič, Hribarice, Prehodavci and Veliki Špič, where the path first leads past the dam and artificial lake Močivec. The path bypasses the lake on the right, eastern side and then moderately ascends along Dolina Triglavskih jezer, which is overgrown with increasingly sparse forest.
Still in the belt of sparse forest the path splits, but we continue on the slightly right path, which continues towards Prehodavci and Hribarice (left path to Velika or Lepa Špičja over the Zgornje Komne plateau) and leads us first still through sparse larch forest, then under the screes of mighty Kopica and later Male Zelnarice. Later the path temporarily ascends a bit more and takes us to a small pass, from which a beautiful view opens up to Jezero v Ledvicah.
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side, continuing over extensive screes at the foot of both Zelnarice. After the lake, the path returns from the scree to Dolina Triglavskih jezer, along which we continue a relatively even ascent. Already fully alpine path, higher up steeply ascends for a short time, then completely flattens and after a few minutes of further walking takes us to Zeleno jezero.
From Zeleno jezero continue straight towards Prehodavci (right Hribarice, Dolič and Triglav), and the path soon splits again.
Again continue straight, this time towards Rjavo jezero and Zasavska koča (left Veliko Špičje and Zasavska koča) and after a few minutes of further walking arrive at Rjavo jezero.
Starting point - Planina pri Jezeru 1:00, Planina pri Jezeru - Planina Dedno polje 0:30, Planina Dedno polje - Planina Ovčarija 0:45, Planina Ovčarija - Štapce 0:35, Štapce - Dvojno jezero 0:20, Dvojno jezero - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih 0:05, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih - odcep za Veliko Špičje 0:25, odcep za Veliko Špičje - odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah 0:30, odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah - Zeleno jezero 0:45, Zeleno jezero - Rjavo jezero 0:10.

On the way: Razpotje Pungrat (1255m), Razpotje pod Vodičnim vrhom (1449m), Koča na Planini pri Jezeru (1453m), Razpotje Krištofojca (1512m), Planina Dedno Polje (1560m), Planina Ovčarija (1660m), Štapce (1851m), 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)