Planina Blato - Mala Tičarica (snowy approach)
Starting point: Planina Blato (1147 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3112°N 13.8501°E 
Path name: snowy approach
Time of walking: 3 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 924 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1000 m
Map: Triglav 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further to Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where you reach a junction and proceed 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 takes you to the toll and parking fee point; continue to the next junction, turning left (right to Voje). Follow the road to the next junction (after some driving), turning sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.
If the road to Planina Blato is snowy, park lower down, adding 1 to 1.5 hours to the approach.
Path description:
From the parking lot at Planina Blato, head onto the wide cart track towards Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, reach a marked junction and continue left (right Planina v Lazu). The cart track, occasionally steepening, leads higher to a narrow passage beyond which steeper slopes are crossed by the track. After this steep section, dangerous for slipping on icy snow, the path turns left into a pleasant valley where cold air often lingers. Follow this path, which flattens higher up, to Planina pri Jezeru.
From the hut at Planina pri Jezeru, continue slightly left and initially downhill to a marked junction (direction signs may be snow-covered in deep snow). Continue slightly right towards Dedno polje along a small valley. Though markers are mostly on rocks and invisible in snow, orientation is straightforward. After 30 minutes from Planina pri Jezeru, the path reaches Planina Dedno polje with the next junction.
Continue towards Preval Vrata and Zasavska koča along the "path" that first descends to shepherds' huts, then ascends slopes of Krede on the right and Kovačičeva glava on the left. Ascend the valley between these peaks, then the terrain flattens and the "path" opens to a fine view of peaks around the start of Za Kopico valley.
Here notice a larger depression, cross to its far side (path to Preval Vrata goes more right).
At this depression (Planina Ščavje area), leave the summer path to Preval Vrata and continue ascent westwards.
At the end of the depression, a nice passage opens left into a more pronounced valley (Planina Bošinka area) between Kovačičeva and Bela glava left, indistinct Vrhi nad Vodeno Rupo right.
From here Mala and Velika Tičarica are well visible.
Continue westwards, "path" turning from valley to steeper slopes, avalanche-prone in poor conditions. Ascend these slopes, keeping leftish passages as Mala Tičarica is left. Higher, steepness eases briefly then steepens to summit of Mala Tičarica. Final pitch very slippery due to steepness.
In fog, tour very disorienting, not recommended.
Start - Planina pri Jezeru 1:00, Planina pri Jezeru - Planina Dedno polje 0:30, Planina Dedno polje - Stog 0:30, Stog - Mala Tičarica 1:30.
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