Planina Blato - Vodnikov dom (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 fee collection point, but we continue following it to the next junction, where we go left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (we drive for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the gravel road, which past the barrier in a few steps brings us to a right-hand bend. On the right side of this bend, we will notice the start of a hunting trail, which with the aid of a fixed cable leads 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 a while. Follow the cart track, from which a few dead-end branches branch off, to a somewhat larger and partially marked junction, where on one of the trees we notice the sign Grintovica.
Here we leave the wide cart track and continue along the right somewhat narrower cart track, which gently ascends for a while. The path then descends slightly a few times, after which we notice the signs for Grintovica, directing 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 along 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 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 crossing, we pass a few short slightly exposed slopes, after which the slope levels out, and the path continues with a few 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 then crosses a band of forest and leads to a water trough, next to which stands the Kefova koča hut. We continue further, again through a band of forest, and follow the path to the upper part of the pasture, where we notice a few more old shepherds' dwellings.
At the very upper part of the 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 of descent, we reach the mentioned pasture, where we also join the marked path from Voje Valley, which we follow left (right downhill to Voje) and on the upper part of the pasture re-enter the forest; the path further on is narrower and no longer resembles 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, as the path crosses to the northern slopes of this hill, it levels out and enters the indistinct depression Jurjevčeva vrtača.
Here, at the beginning of the depression, a fairly unnoticeable trail branches off to the right downhill towards the former Planina Vrtača.
Continue along the marked path, which leads through gradually sparser forest; higher up, the path turns right and after a few more minutes of walking brings us to a poorly marked junction in the area called Razorje, from which we continue right towards Vodnikov dom na 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), after which the path levels out and leads 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 of crossing the slopes of Tosca, we arrive at Vodnikov dom na Velem polju.
Start - 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.

On the way: Na vrhu (1339m), Planina Zgornja Grintovica (1250m), Planina Spodnja Grintovica (1165m), Jurjevčeva vrtača (1407m), Razorje (1677m), Na Zagonu (1819m)

Trip can be extended to: Cesar , Koča na Doliču , Vernar (1 h 15 min) , Dom Valentina Staniča , Vrh Snežne konte , Šmarjetna glava , Dom Planika (1 h 30 min) , Visoka Vrbanova špica , Begunjski vrh , Triglavski dom na Kredarici , Rjavina , Triglav (3 h)