Planina Blato - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (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 Dolina Voje. The road then leads to the toll and parking fee collection point, from there follow it to the next junction, turning left (right Voje). Follow the road to the next junction (after driving for quite some time), where you turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot before Planina Blato.

Route description:
From the marked parking lot in front of Planina Blato, return a little back and head onto the wide and initially also steep cart track, along which there are signs for Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, you reach 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, which continues to lead through the forest, a marked path joins from the left a little further on, leading past Kosijev dom on Vogarju, but we continue right and keep walking on the cart track. Higher up, the path leads through a 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 aforementioned steep path joins quite unobtrusively from the right, the cart track turns left here and enters the fairly cold Pungrat valley, where we ascend through mostly spruce forest. When the path levels out higher up, another path joins from the left leading past Planina Vodični vrh, but we keep slightly to the right and continue walking on the cart track, beside which the forest begins to thin. 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 shepherd's dwellings.
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).
Continuing ascent on the cart track, which is quite rocky on steep sections, after about ten minutes of ascent we reach the point where a path over Krištofojca branches left towards Planina Viševnik, but we continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track leading through gradually sparser forest. A bit more easy walking follows on the path, which later turns slightly right, and when the path turns back towards the west, we 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 shepherd's huts.
Bypass the shepherd's huts and cheese dairy on the left side and continue straight towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (right Dolina Za Kopico). From the pasture onwards, we begin a moderate ascent, and a path from the nearby hunting hut joins almost unobtrusively from the left. A little further, the path passes another branch 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 the Lower Bohinj mountains. From here a short descent follows and we reach a junction in 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 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 Zelnaric 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 a steep, well-protected descent over a rocky step follows, then the path goes 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 Komarča) join us, but we continue right and in the continuation walk along Dvojno jezero. When we leave the lake, only a few dozen steps of easy walking separate us from Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih.
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.

Along the route: 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)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom na Komni, Planina Lopučnica, The lake Jezero v Ledvicah (1 h), Rušnata glava, The lake Zeleno jezero, The lake Rjavo jezero, Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih, Mala Tičarica, Velika Tičarica, Koča na Doliču, Kopica, Vodnikov Vršac (Vršac nad Zadnjico), Čelo, Mala Zelnarica, Malo Špičje, Velika Zelnarica, Vrh Hribaric, Veliko Špičje (2 h 30 min), Vršaki (Vzhodni vrh), Kanjavec, Triglav

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