Planina Blato - Rigeljc (via planina Dedno polje)

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; 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 leads to the toll and parking fee point, but follow it further to the next junction, continuing left (right to Voje). Follow the road to the next junction (after quite some driving), where you turn 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, go back a little and head onto a wide and initially steep cart track, marked 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 a steep path to Planina pri Jezeru).
Further on the less steep cart track that continues through the forest, shortly after a marked path joins from the left leading past Kosijev dom on Vogar; 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, but 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 enters the fairly cool Pungrat valley, where you ascend through mostly spruce forest. When the path levels higher up, a path joins from the left leading past Planina Vodični vrh; keep slightly right and continue walking on the cart track, beside which the forest begins to thin. A few minutes of easy walking follow and you 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; continue left from the hut and descend to a marked junction, where there are also some shepherd huts.
Choose the wider right path marked for Planina Dedno polje and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (slightly left Pršivec, Planina Viševnik and Črno jezero).
Further on, ascend the cart track, which is quite rocky on steep sections; after about ten minutes, you reach a point where a path branches left over Krištofojca towards Planina Viševnik; continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track through increasingly sparse forest. A bit more easy walking on the path, which later turns slightly right; when the path turns back west, you reach the edge of Planina Dedno polje, followed by a walk to the central part of the planina, where there is a marked junction by the shepherd huts.
Bypass the shepherd huts and dairy on the left and continue straight towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (right valley Za Kopico). From the planina, start a moderate ascent; from the left, a path joins almost unnoticeably from the nearby hunting hut. A bit further, the path passes another branch to Planina Viševnik (path along Griva (1758 m)); in the next few minutes, arrive at the upper edge of vast Planina Ovčarija, from where a fine view opens to the Bohinj-Tolmin mountains, sometimes called the Lower Bohinj mountains. From here, a short descent follows to a junction on the northeastern part of the planina.
Continue left following the marks "Pl. Viševnik". The path begins to ascend and leads to an indistinct grassy saddle with some shepherd huts (Smodlakov brlog).
Here the marked path turns left; head right westwards on pathless terrain. Upon entering the larch forest, soon turn left south and then walk for some time along the valley towards south and southwest. Here follow a poorly visible track, occasionally marked with cairns and paper ribbons tied to branches; along the path, notice some small birches. Later, spot the steep peak Stadorski Orliči ahead, followed by a short descent into the valley on the right (western) side of the peak.
In the valley, continue south briefly, then just before the saddle turn right and begin ascending to the summit of Rigeljc, already visible ahead. Ascend pathless through sparse larch forest on the eastern side of the summit. Upon reaching the ridge, continue left for a short ascent to the summit, from which a view opens towards Komarča and the Bohinj-Tolmin mountains, sometimes called the Lower Bohinj mountains.
Starting point - Planina pri Jezeru 1:00, Planina pri Jezeru - Planina Dedno polje 0:30, Planina Dedno polje - Planina Ovčarija 0:45, Planina Ovčarija - Rigeljc 0:50.

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), Smodlakov brlog (1714m)