Planina Blato - Dom Planika (via Grintovica)

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 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 point where toll and parking fees are collected, and we follow it to the next junction, continuing 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 parking lot, continue on the gravel road, which takes us past the barrier in a few steps to a right bend. On the right side of this bend, we will notice the start of a hunting trail, which with the help of a fixed cable leads us across a short very steep slope. The path soon enters the forest and turns slightly to the right, where we step onto a wide eroded cart track (up to here also possible by road, or higher on the cart track). Follow the cart track to the right (straight ahead the hunting trail continues towards Planina Krstenica), which continues to ascend steeply for some time. Follow the cart track, from which a few dead-end branches branch off, to a somewhat larger and partially marked junction, where on one of the trees we notice the inscription Grintovica.
Here we leave the wide cart track and continue on the right somewhat narrower cart track, which ascends gently for some time. The path further descends slightly a few times, then we notice the signs for Grintovica, which direct us right into the dense forest (here we leave the increasingly poor cart track). In the forest, the trail completely disappears, but we continue in the same direction, reaching a larger number of fallen trees. Here we cross a marked path leading from Voje Valley towards Planina Krstenica (due to fallen trees, the crossing is almost imperceptible, but we must still be careful not to continue on the marked path). On the other side of the marked path, we cross a small clearing, the path then returns to the forest behind it and gradually begins to descend more steeply. After a short steep descent, the path levels out, leading us to steep slopes across which we mostly descend transversely. During the crossing, we pass a few short slightly exposed slopes, then the slope levels out, and the path continues with a few short ascents and descents. A bit further, we exit the forest onto the southern part of Planina Zgornja Grintovica, where we notice the first wooden huts. The path further crosses a band of forest and leads us to a water trough, next to which stands Kefova koča. We continue further, again through a band of forest, and follow the path to the upper part of the alpine pasture, where we notice a few more old shepherd dwellings.
At the very upper part of the alpine pasture, on the right side near a collapsing hut, we will notice a wide path that enters the forest and begins to descend transversely towards Planina Spodnja Grintovica. After about ten minutes of descent, we reach the mentioned alpine pasture, where we also join the marked path from Voje Valley, which we follow left (right downhill to Voje) and on the upper part of the alpine pasture re-enter the forest, the path further on is narrower and no longer resembles a mule track. This is followed by a steeper ascent through the forested slopes of Tisovec, which is a side ridge of the Stogov ridge, and higher up, as the path crosses to the northern slopes of this hill, it levels out and enters the indistinct little valley of Jurjevčeva vrtača.
Here, at the beginning of the little valley, a fairly inconspicuous path branches off to the right downhill towards the former Planina Vrtača.
Continue on the marked path, which leads us through gradually sparser forest, and higher up the path turns right and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to a poorly marked junction in the area called Razorje, from which we continue right towards Vodnikov dom na Velem polju (slightly left Planina pod Mišelj vrhom).
This is followed by another steeper ascent along the indistinct ridge of the lesser-known peak Na Zagonu (1819 m), then the path levels out and leads us to a marked junction, where we join the path from Pokljuka or Uskovnica.
Continue left towards Vodnikov dom (sharply left Velo polje, right Pokljuka) and after about 20 minutes of crossing the slopes of Tosca, we arrive at Vodnikov dom na Velem polju, where there is the next junction.
Here too, continue straight towards Triglav, the path begins to ascend transversely along the slopes of Vernar, and higher up it also becomes technically demanding. This is followed by some traversing, aided by a fixed cable, and higher up we reach a steep drop, where with the help of numerous pegs and a fixed cable we ascend stone steps.
The path further levels out, the slope becomes less steep, and near Konjsko sedlo also somewhat more grassy.
We easily descend to Konjsko sedlo, from the marked junction on the saddle we head left towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom (straight Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, right Krma) and begin a fairly steep ascent to the west. For some time we approach Mokra skala (2266 m), then the path turns right and crosses to an indistinct ridge, where it temporarily levels out. The marked path higher up bypasses a small cirque on the right side, then begins to turn to the left. This is followed by about ten more minutes of ascent and with beautiful views of the Triglav massif and surrounding peaks we arrive at Dom Planika pod Triglavom.
Izhodišče - razpotje Na vrhu 1:00, razpotje Na vrhu - planina Zgornja Grintovica 0:30, planina Zgornja Grintovica - planina Spodnja Grintovica 0:10, planina Spodnja Grintovica - Razorje 1:25, Razorje - Na Zagonu 0:25, Na Zagonu - Vodnikov dom 0:20, Vodnikov dom - Konjsko sedlo 0:30, Konjsko sedlo - Planika 1:00.

On the way: Na vrhu (1339m), Planina Zgornja Grintovica (1250m), Planina Spodnja Grintovica (1165m), Jurjevčeva vrtača (1407m), Razorje (1677m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Vodnikov dom (1817m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m)

Trip can be extended to: Triglavski dom na Kredarici , Triglav (1 h 30 min)