Planina Blato - Lake Rjavo jezero (Za Kopico)

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, continuing left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (after quite some driving), turning sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to 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 slightly back and head to the wide and initially 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 steep path towards Planina pri Jezeru).
Continuing on the less steep cart track that still leads through the forest, a little further a marked path leading past Kosijev dom on Vogar joins from the left, but we continue right and keep walking on the cart track. Higher, the path leads through a small narrow passage, then crosses quite steep slopes where there is great danger of slipping in ice and snow, otherwise the path is not demanding. At the end of the steep slope, the aforementioned steep path joins unobtrusively from the right, the cart track turns left here and passes into the fairly cool Pungrat valley, where we ascend through mostly spruce forest. When higher up the path levels out, a path leading past Planina Vodični vrh joins from the left, but we keep slightly to the right direction and continue walking on the cart track, alongside which the forest begins to thin. Only a few minutes of easy walking remain and we step onto the pastures of Planina pri Jezeru, where Koča na Planini pri Jezeru stands on a small rise.
At the hut, a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu, but we continue left from the hut and descend to the marked junction, where there are also some shepherds' huts.
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).
Also continuing, we ascend on the cart track, which is quite rocky on steep places; after about ten minutes of ascent we arrive at the place where a path over Krištofojca branches left towards Planina Viševnik, but we continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track that leads us through gradually sparser forest. A few more minutes of easy walking follow on the path, which later turns somewhat 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 planina follows, where by the shepherds' huts there is also a marked junction.
Here we leave the wide path that leads straight towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and nearby Planina Ovčarija and continue with the path right towards Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih, Vratca pass and Hribarice saddle. The path further leads past some huts on the planina, behind which a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu, Planina Krstenica and Vodnikov dom na Velem polju, but we continue straight to the northwest part of the planina, where the path begins to ascend. Here the path first leads past the dry animal watering place, then the path becomes steeper and ascends through mostly coniferous forest of spruces and larches. After about thirty minutes of steep ascent, the path levels and brings us to a kind of saddle between Kovačičeva glava on the left and Kredo on the right.
A little further from the saddle, which can be traced to the name Stog, an unmarked path branches right towards Slatna, and the first nice views open to the mountains rising above the Za Kopico valley. A traverse ascent follows above the abandoned Planina Ščavje, the path gradually passes from the slopes of Slatna to the slopes of Prvi Vogal, and higher the gaze increasingly wanders to the interesting rocky peak Kopica rising on the left, western side of the Za Kopico valley.
Higher we gradually arrive in the central part of the valley, where from the slopes we come to a series of several smaller valleys, through which we mostly ascend moderately, only here and there a shorter steeper part follows. With nice views we continue up the wonderful landscape, but the valley narrows higher and at 2192 meters above sea level we reach the Vratca pass, which separates the Za Kopico valley from the Triglav Lakes Valley.
From the pass, located between Velika Zelnarica on the left and Zadnji Vogal on the right, from the marked junction we continue straight towards Prehodavci, Hribarice and Dolič (sharply left Mala Zelnarica, Mala Tičarica, Štapce, Planina Ovčarija and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih) and begin to descend transversely across the screes of Zadnji Vogal. The path ahead levels transversely for a short time leading through more level ground, then we arrive at the slopes of Vršaki, where the slope gradually becomes steeper, on a shorter section also somewhat dangerous for slipping, when the slopes become less steep we reach the marked junction below Hribarice.
We continue left downhill towards Prehodavci (right Kanjavec, Hribarice, Dolič and Triglav) and begin to descend transversely across the screes below Poprovca, lower the path turns somewhat left and brings us to the junction, from which we continue slightly right towards Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih (left Zeleno jezero and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih). A few more minutes of moderate descent follow and we arrive at Rjavo jezero or Rjava mlaka.
Starting point - Planina pri Jezeru 1:00, Planina pri Jezeru - Planina Dedno polje 0:30, Planina Dedno polje - Stog 0:30, Stog - Vratca 1:40, Vratca - junction below Vršaki 0:45, junction below Vršaki - Rjavo jezero 0:25.

On the way: Razpotje Pungrat (1255m), Razpotje pod Vodičnim vrhom (1449m), Koča na Planini pri Jezeru (1453m), Razpotje Krištofojca (1512m), Planina Dedno Polje (1560m), Stog (1740m), Vrata (2192m), Razpotje pod Vršaki (2192m), Razpotje nad Rjavim jezerom (2087m)

Trip can be extended to: Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih , Vodnikov Vršac (Vršac nad Zadnjico) , Malo Špičje (1 h 15 min) , Veliko Špičje (2 h 30 min) , Kanjavec , Kanjavec (West peak)