Planina Blato - Lake Jezero v Ledvicah (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 continue following it to the next junction, where we turn left (right Voje). We 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). We follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Path description:
From the marked parking lot in front of Planina Blato, return a bit back and head onto a wide and initially also steep cart track, alongside which there are signs for Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, we arrive at a marked junction, from which we 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 still leads through the forest, a marked path joins from the left shortly afterwards, leading past Kosijev dom on Vogarju; 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 inconspicuously from the right, and the cart track turns left here and enters the rather cool 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; we keep slightly to the right and continue walking on the cart track, alongside 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 hut stands on a small hillock.
At the hut, a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu; we continue left from the hut and descend to a marked junction where there are also a few shepherd huts.
We choose the wider right path, alongside 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 reach the point where the path over Krištofojca branches left towards Planina Viševnik; we continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track, which leads through increasingly sparse forest. A bit more easy walking follows 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 which a walk to the central part of the pasture follows, where there is also a marked junction by the shepherd huts.
We bypass the shepherd 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 passes another branch towards Planina Viševnik (path along Griva (1758 m)); 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 Bohinjsko - Tolminske gore, sometimes called Lower Bohinj Mountains. From here, a short descent follows, and we arrive at a junction on the northeastern part of the pasture.
We 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 lead towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih, the right one, which we will follow, 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 takes us to Štapce, where the next marked junction is.
We 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 that 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, down 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; 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, we continue towards Triglav, Dolič, Hribarice, Prehodavci and Veliki 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 the Dolina Triglavskih jezer, which is overgrown with increasingly sparse forest.
Still in the belt of sparse forest, the path forks; 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 through sparse larch forest, then below the screes of the 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 of Jezero v Ledvicah opens up.
Here we leave the marked path and descend on a poorer trail, which is technically not demanding, to the largest of the Triglav Lakes.
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 - Jezero v Ledvicah 0:05.

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)

Trip can be extended to: The lake Zeleno jezero , The lake Rjavo jezero , Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih , Koča na Doliču , Vodnikov Vršac (Vršac nad Zadnjico) , Mala Zelnarica , Malo Špičje , Velika Zelnarica , Vrh Hribaric , Veliko Špičje , Vršaki (Vzhodni vrh) , Kanjavec , Triglav