Planina Blato - Velo polje (via Grintovica)

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 collection point, from which we continue to the next junction, turning left (right Voje). Follow the road to the next junction (after quite some driving), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Route description:
From the parking lot continue on the gravel road, which past the barrier in a few steps brings us to a right bend. On the right side of the mentioned bend, we will notice the start of the 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 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 right (straight continues the hunting path towards Planina Krstenica), which steeply ascends for some time. Follow the cart track, from which some dead-end branches split 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 the path on the right somewhat narrower cart track, which gently ascends for some time. The path ahead descends slightly a few times, then we notice 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, arriving at 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 watch not to continue on the marked path). On the other side of the marked path we cross a small clearing, the path behind it returns to the forest and gradually 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 traverse we pass some short slightly exposed slopes, then the slope levels, the path continues with some short ascents and descents. Somewhat 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 forest belt and brings us to a water trough, next to which stands Kefova koča. We continue further, again through a forest belt, and follow the path to the upper part of the alpine pasture, where we notice some old shepherds' huts.
In the last upper part of the alpine pasture, on the right side near a collapsing hut, we will notice a wide trail that enters the forest and begins to descend transversely towards Planina Spodnja Grintovica. After about ten minutes descent, we reach the mentioned alpine pasture, where we also join the marked path from Voje Valley, following it left (right down Voje) and on the upper part of the alpine pasture re-enter the forest, the path further is narrower and no longer resembles a mulatjera. Follows a steeper ascent through the forested slopes of Tisovec, a side ridge of the Stogov ridge, and higher as the path crosses to the northern slopes of the mentioned hill it levels out and enters the indistinct valley Jurjevčeva vrtača.
Here, at the start of the valley, a fairly unnoticeable trail branches right downwards towards the former Planina Vrtača.
Continue on the marked path, which leads us through gradually sparser forest, higher the path turns right and after a few minutes further walking brings us to a poorly marked junction in the area named Razorje, from which we continue slightly left (right marked path towards Vodnikov dom on Velo polje) on the path that completely levels out and in a few minutes further walking brings us to the drying lake near Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
Bypass the lake on the right side, then on a small pass reach the marked path Planina pod Mišelj vrhom - Velo polje.
Continue right towards Velo polje and descend to Malo polje, where the path leads along an interesting meandering stream, on the other side of Malo polje ascend to the pass separating Malo polje from Velo polje.
Here from the right joins the path from Pokljuka or Uskovnica, but we keep left and after a short descent arrive at Velo polje.
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 - drying lake 0:20, drying lake - Malo polje 0:10, Malo polje - Velo polje 0:20.

Along the route: Na vrhu (1339m), Planina Zgornja Grintovica (1250m), Planina Spodnja Grintovica (1165m), Jurjevčeva vrtača (1407m), Razorje (1677m), Presihajoče jezero (1645m), Malo polje (1660m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina pod Mišelj vrhom, Jezerski Stog, Koča na Doliču (1 h 45 min), Šmarjetna glava

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