Planina Blato - Triglav (via Grintovica, Planika and Mali Triglav)

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 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 Voje Valley. The road then takes us to the toll and parking fee collection point, from where we continue to the next junction, turning left (right Voje). Follow the road to the next junction (we drive for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue on the gravel road which takes us past the barrier in a few steps to a right bend. On the right side of this bend, we notice the start of a hunting trail, which with the aid of a fixed cable leads us across a short very steep slope. The path soon enters the forest and turns slightly to the right, where we step onto a wide eroded cart track (up to here also possible by road, or higher on the cart track). Follow the cart track to the right (straight ahead the hunting trail continues towards Planina Krstenica), which continues steeply uphill for some time. Follow the cart track, from which some dead-end branches branch off, to a somewhat larger and partially marked junction, where on one of the trees we notice the inscription Grintovica.
Here we leave the wide cart track and continue on the right somewhat narrower cart track, which continues gently uphill for some time. The path ahead descends slightly a few times, then we notice the signs for Grintovica, which direct us right into the dense forest (here we leave the increasingly poor cart track). In the forest the trail completely disappears, but we continue in the same direction, reaching a larger number of fallen trees. Here we cross a marked path leading from Voje Valley towards Planina Krstenica (due to fallen trees the crossing is almost unnoticeable, but we must still be careful not to continue on the marked path). On the other side of the marked path we cross a small clearing, the path then returns to the forest behind it and begins to descend more steeply. After a short steep descent the path levels out, leading us to steep slopes across which we mostly descend transversely. During the crossing we pass some short slightly exposed slopes, then the slope levels out, and the path continues with some short ascents and descents. A bit further we exit the forest, stepping onto the southern part of Planina Zgornja Grintovica, where we notice the first wooden huts. The path ahead crosses a band of forest and takes us to a water trough, next to which stands Kefova koča. We continue further, again through a band of forest, and follow the path to the upper part of the alpine pasture, where we notice some old shepherds' dwellings.
At the very upper part of the pasture, on the right side near a collapsing hut, we notice a wide path that enters the forest and begins to descend transversely towards Planina Spodnja Grintovica. After about ten minutes of descent, we reach the mentioned pasture, where we also join the marked path from Voje Valley, which we follow left (right downhill Voje) and on the upper part of the pasture re-enter the forest, the path further on being narrower and no longer resembling a mule track. This is followed by a steeper ascent through the forested slopes of Tisovec, which is a side ridge of the Stogov ridge; higher up the path crosses to the northern slopes of this hill, levels out and enters an indistinct little valley called Jurjevčeva vrtača.
Here, at the beginning of the valley, a fairly unnoticeable path branches off to the right downhill towards the former Planina Vrtača.
Continue on the marked path, which leads us through increasingly sparse forest; higher up the path turns right and after a few minutes of further walking takes us to a poorly marked junction in the area called Razorje, from which we continue right towards Vodnikov dom on Velem polju (slightly left Planina pod Mišelj vrhom).
This is followed by another steeper ascent along the indistinct ridge of the lesser-known peak Na Zagonu (1819 m), then the path levels out and takes us to a marked junction where we join the path from Pokljuka or Uskovnica.
Continue left towards Vodnikov dom (sharply left Velo polje, right Pokljuka) and after about 20 minutes crossing the slopes of Tosca we arrive at Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, where there is the next junction.
Here too continue straight towards Triglav, the path begins to ascend transversely along the slopes of Vernar, becoming technically demanding higher up. This is followed by some traversing aided by a fixed cable, higher up we reach a steep drop where with the help of numerous pegs and cable we climb stone steps.
The path ahead levels out, the slope becomes less steep and near Konjsko sedlo also somewhat more grassy.
We easily descend to Konjsko sedlo, from the marked junction on the saddle we head left towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom (straight Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, right Krma) and begin a fairly steep ascent to the west. For some time we approach Mokra skala (2266 m), then the path turns right and enters an indistinct ridge, where it temporarily levels out. The marked path higher up bypasses a small cirque on the right side, then begins to turn left. This is followed by about ten more minutes of ascent and with fine views of the Triglav massif and surrounding peaks we arrive at Dom Planika pod Triglavom.
From Planika continue on the right side of the mountain hut along the marked path towards Triglav (left Triglav via Triglavska škrbina, right Kredarica). The path ahead first descends slightly, then gradually begins to ascend. After a few minutes of easy walking, we reach a short rocky section where we ascend transversely along a slightly exposed ledge. The path ahead turns somewhat right and from the rocky cliffs enters a scree area, across which we ascend to the entry into the climbing section.
The marking visible from afar directs us into a distinct gully, through which with the aid of a cable we climb to a nice viewpoint. The path ahead turns left, first ascends steeply, then continues over rugged rock. Occasionally very steep and well protected with cables at all difficult sections, the path takes us higher to the ridge of Mali Triglav, where the path from Kredarica joins from the right.
Continue straight along the ridge path, which in a few dozen steps of further walking takes us to the summit of Mali Triglav.
From Mali Triglav, from where a fine view opens onto the main Triglav summit and most of the path ahead, the path descends slightly, then takes us to an indistinct saddle between the two summits. The path ahead begins to ascend again along the well-protected ridge path, but the protections may be partially damaged due to weather conditions. We follow this very scenic and on sections also very steep path all the way to the summit of Triglav.
Starting point - junction Na vrhu 1:00, junction Na vrhu - Planina Zgornja Grintovica 0:30, Planina Zgornja Grintovica - Planina Spodnja Grintovica 0:10, Planina Spodnja Grintovica - Razorje 1:25, Razorje - Na Zagonu 0:25, Na Zagonu - Vodnikov dom 0:20, Vodnikov dom - Konjsko sedlo 0:30, Konjsko sedlo - Planika 1:00, Planika - Mali Triglav 0:55, Mali Triglav - Triglav 0:35.

On the way: Planina Blato (1150m), Na vrhu (1339m), Planina Zgornja Grintovica (1250m), Planina Spodnja Grintovica (1165m), Jurjevčeva vrtača (1407m), Razorje (1677m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Vodnikov dom (1817m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Dom Planika (2401m), Mali Triglav (2725m)