Planina Blato - Debeli vrh (čez Planino Krstenico)

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 arrive at 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 toll and parking fee collection point, from there follow it to the next junction, where we continue left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (driving 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 parking lot continue along the gravel road which past the barrier in a few steps brings us to a right-hand bend. On the right side of this bend we will notice the start of the hunting trail, which with the aid of a wire rope leads us across a short but very steep slope. The trail soon enters the forest and turns slightly right, soon crossing a wide logging track (up to here you can also follow the road, or higher the logging track).
Further we ascend along a pleasant forest path running parallel to a fairly steep logging track. Higher up the path turns left and from the right a trail joins which leaves the logging track approx. 15 minutes above Planina Blato.
The hunting trail continues through the forest with a few short steep ascents and after about one hour of walking brings us to a small hunting hut on the left side of the trail. Here a one-minute path branches left to a viewpoint from where Planina Blato can be seen below.
From the hunting hut onwards the path soon leads out of the forest where we rejoin the logging track. Then only another five minutes to Planina Krstenica where a fine view opens up towards Ograde, Krn and the Bohinj-Tolmin mountains, sometimes called Lower Bohinj Mountains.
At the pasture we join the path which leads via Planina Zgornja Grintovica and via the Bušnica approach from Planina Blato, but we keep to the direction/path leading further to Planina Jezerce, Lazovski and Jezerski pass and Vodnikov dom (slightly left Planina v Lazu). Initially several trails crossing the western part of the pasture soon merge into one nice clear trail which first ascends transversely across the slopes of Krsteniški or Mali Stog, then for some time crosses the western slopes of the mentioned peak with little change in altitude. Further the path leads north with fine views of neighbouring Ograde and Jezerski Stog, the path to Krsteniški passes turns somewhat left and ascends transversely to the basin between Ograde on the left and Jezerski Stog on the right. Here the path flattens and after a few minutes further we arrive at the central part of the abandoned Planina Jezerce.
On the pasture continue straight and soon reach an unmarked junction where the marked path turns right. At this junction go slightly left continuing along the trail leading up the valley. Soon another junction, again go left on the less worn trail, right leads to Mišeljski preval.
The trail then runs westwards continuously ascending steep terrain overgrown with brush. The poorly worn trail, partly slightly damaged by torrents, then brings us to Lazovski preval where for a short time we join the marked path.
At Lazovski preval continue briefly towards Planina v Lazu (sharply left Ograde, right Mišeljski preval), then right at the cairn onto an unmarked narrow trail leading higher into the Debeli vrh area and also poorly worn.
Follows ascent through the brush belt, above the brush we reach grassy slopes east of Debeli vrh. Here our path turns even more left towards the gully in Debeli vrh, numerous cairns helping us. The path then crosses the mentioned gully and thereafter steeply ascends the southern grassy slopes. The increasingly scenic path then higher brings us to the ridge from where it continues mainly westwards. Follows walk along the broad ridge to the 2362m high forepeak where many hikers conclude the ascent, the path to the main peak continues westwards but the ascent to the main peak is technically more demanding, the path to it difficult and exposed.
From the forepeak first descend into the gully where a few metres of climbing are required, then steeply ascend the other side of the gully on a somewhat exposed slope to the ridge. The ridge path is no longer demanding and the summit is reached in a few minutes.
Starting point - hunting hut 1:15, hunting hut - Planina Krstenica 0:15, Planina Krstenica - Planina Jezerce 0:30, Planina Jezerce - Lazovski preval 1:00, Lazovski preval - forepeak 1:10, forepeak - Debeli vrh 0:15.

On the way: Lovska koča (1588m), Planina Krstenica (1670m), Planina Jezerce (1720m), Lazovški preval (1969m), Predvrh (2362m), Sedlo na Debelem vrhu (2339m)