Planina Blato - Lake Zeleno 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 we reach a junction, continuing 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 toll and parking fee collection point, but we follow it further to the next junction, turning left (right Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (we drive for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight 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, we reach a marked junction, from where we continue left towards Planina pri Jezeru (slightly right Planina v Lazu and also a steep path towards Planina pri Jezeru).
Continuing on the less steep cart track, which still leads us through the forest, a marked path joins from the left a little further on, leading past Kosijev dom on Vogar, but we continue right and keep walking on the cart track. Higher up, the path leads through a narrow passage, then we cross quite steep slopes where there is a high risk of slipping in ice and snow, otherwise the path is not demanding. At the end of the steep slope, the aforementioned steep path joins inconspicuously from the right, the cart track turns left here and passes into the fairly cold Pungrat valley, where we ascend through mostly spruce forest. When the path levels out higher up, a path joins from the left leading past Planina Vodični vrh, but we keep slightly right and continue walking on 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 the Koča na Planini pri Jezeru stands on a small hill.
At the hut, a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu, but we continue left from the hut and descend to a marked junction where there are also a few shepherds' huts.
We 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 in steep places, after about ten minutes of ascent we reach a point where a path branches left over Krištofojca towards Planina Viševnik, but we continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track leading through gradually sparser forest. A few more minutes of easy walking follow on the path, which later turns slightly right, when the path turns back towards the west we already reach the edge of Planina Dedno polje, from where a walk to the central part of the pasture follows, where there is also a marked junction by the shepherds' huts.
We bypass the shepherds' huts and cheese 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 a path from the nearby hunting hut joins almost imperceptibly from the left. A little further the path leads past another branch towards Planina Viševnik (path along Griva (1758 m)), and in the next few minutes we reach 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 reach 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 forks again.
From the fork, follow the signs for the path over Štapce (straight path over Prodi), 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 levels out and brings 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, the view reaching as far as Krn.
From Štapce, first a steep, well-protected descent follows 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 Prodi and the path from Koča pri Savici (path over Komarča) join us, but we continue right and further 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 Veliko Špičje, where the path first leads past the dam and the artificial Močivec lake. 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 forks, but we continue on the slightly right path, which continues towards Prehodavci and Hribarice (left path to Veliko or Lepo Špičje over the Zgornje Komne plateau) and leads us first still through sparse larch forest, then under the scree of mighty Kopica and later Male Zelnarice. Later the path temporarily ascends a bit more and brings us to a small pass, from which a beautiful view of Jezero v Ledvicah opens up.
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side, continuing over extensive scree 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 it ascends steeply for a short time, then levels out completely and after a few more minutes of walking brings us to Zeleno 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.

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)