Planina Blato - Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih (via Štapce)

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, 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 follow it further to the next junction, turning left (right Voje). Follow the road to the next junction (driving for quite some time), where you turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot in front of Planina Blato.

Route description:
From the marked parking lot in front of Planina Blato, return a little back and head onto a wide and initially steep cart track, along which there are signs for Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, arrive at a marked junction, from where continue left towards Planina pri Jezeru (slightly right Planina v Lazu and also steep path towards Planina pri Jezeru).
Continuing on the less steep cart track that still leads through the forest, shortly after a marked path joins from the left leading past Kosijev dom on Vogar, but continue right and keep walking on the cart track. Higher up, the path leads through a small narrowing, then crosses quite steep slopes where there is great danger of slipping in ice and snow, 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 passes into the fairly cold Pungrat valley, where we ascend through mostly spruce forest. When the path levels out higher up, a path leading past Planina Vodični vrh joins from the left, but keep to the slightly right direction and continue walking on the cart track, along which the forest begins to thin. Only 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 elevation.
At the hut, a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu, but continue left from the hut and descend to a marked junction where there are also a few shepherds' huts.
Choose the wider right path along which there are signs for Planina Dedno polje and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (slightly left Pršivec, Planina Viševnik and Črno jezero).
Continue ascending on the cart track, which is quite rocky on steep sections, after about ten minutes of ascent arrive at the point where a path via Krištofojca branches left towards Planina Viševnik, but continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track that leads through gradually sparser forest. A bit more easy walking follows on the path that later turns slightly right, when the path turns back towards the west you already reach the edge of Planina Dedno polje, from where a short walk to the central part of the pasture follows, where there is also a marked junction by the shepherds' huts.
Bypass the shepherds' huts and dairy on the left side and continue straight towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (right valley Za Kopico). From the pasture onwards, begin a moderate ascent, and almost imperceptibly a path from the nearby hunting hut joins from the left. A little further, the path passes another branch towards Planina Viševnik (path along Griva (1758 m)), and in the next few minutes you arrive at the upper edge of the vast Planina Ovčarija, from where a nice view opens onto the Bohinj-Tolmin mountains, sometimes called Lower Bohinj mountains. From here a short descent follows and you arrive at a junction on the northeastern part of the pasture.
Continue slightly right towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and Mala Tičarica (left Planina Viševnik), and the path soon forks again.
From the fork, follow the signs for the path over Štapce (straight path over Prodi), both leading towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih, the right one, which we will continue on, also towards Mala Tičarica and Zelnarice. Leave Planina Ovčarija soon and the path ascends moderately to steeply through increasingly sparse forest, which higher up is replaced by dwarf pines. After a half-hour ascent, the path levels out and brings you to Štapce, where the next marked junction is.
Continue on the left path towards Triglavska jezera (right Mala Tičarica and Zelnarice ridge) and quickly step to the edge, where a nice view opens over part of Dolina Triglavskih jezer and the mountains surrounding the mentioned valley, with the view reaching as far as Krn.
From Štapce, first a steep, well-protected descent over a rocky step follows, then the path passes onto scree, over which you descend to the belt of dwarf pines. A little more descent follows and from the left the path over Prodi and the path from Koča pri Savici (path over Komarča) join, but continue right and further walk along Dvojno jezero. When you leave the lake, only a few dozen steps of easy walking separate you from Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih.
From the hut, continue towards Triglav, Dolič, Hribarice, Prehodavci and Veliko Špičje, where the path first leads past the dam and artificial lake Močivec. The path bypasses the lake on the right, eastern side and then moderately ascends through Dolina Triglavskih jezer, which is overgrown with increasingly sparse forest.
Still in the belt of sparse forest, the path forks, but continue on the slightly right path continuing towards Prehodavci and Hribarice (left path to Veliko or Lepo Špičje over the Zgornje Komne plateau) and leading first still through sparse larch forest, then under the screes of mighty Kopica and later Male Zelnarice. Later the path temporarily ascends a bit more and brings you to a small pass, from which a nice view of Jezero v Ledvicah opens.
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side, continuing over extensive screes at the foot of both Zelnarice. Behind the lake, the path returns from scree to Dolina Triglavskih jezer, along which a relatively even ascent continues. Already fully alpine path higher up ascends steeply for a short time, then levels out completely and after a few more minutes of walking brings you to Zeleno jezero.
From Zeleno jezero continue straight towards Prehodavci (right Hribarice, Dolič and Triglav), and the path soon forks again.
Continue on the left one, which ascends directly towards Zasavska koča (the right path goes past Rjavo jezero and is only a minute or two longer) and after a few minutes of ascent brings you to an indistinct ridge separating Gorenjska from Primorska (area called Plate).
Here continue right towards Zasavska koča (left Veliko Špičje, straight down Trenta) on the path that past the winter bivouac brings you in a few minutes of easy walking to Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih.
Start - Planina pri Jezeru 1:00, Planina pri Jezeru - Planina Dedno polje 0:30, Planina Dedno polje - Planina Ovčarija 0:45, Planina Ovčarija - Štapce 0:35, Štapce - Dvojno jezero 0:20, Dvojno jezero - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih 0:05, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih - odcep za Veliko Špičje 0:25, odcep za Veliko Špičje - odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah 0:30, odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah - Zeleno jezero 0:45, Zeleno jezero - Plate 0:15, Plate - Zasavska koča 0:05.

Along the route: Razpotje Pungrat (1255m), Razpotje pod Vodičnim vrhom (1449m), Koča na Planini pri Jezeru (1453m), Razpotje Krištofojca (1512m), Planina Dedno Polje (1560m), Planina Ovčarija (1660m), Štapce (1851m), Dvojno jezero (1689m), Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (1685m), Močivec (1690m), Odcep za Veliko Špičje (1762m), Odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah (1854m), Lake Jezero v Ledvicah (1831m), Lake Zeleno jezero (1988m), Mlaka v Laštah (1994m), Plate (2056m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Koča na Doliču, Vodnikov Vršac (Vršac nad Zadnjico), Malo Špičje ( 45 min), Veliko Špičje (2 h), Kanjavec, Kanjavec (West peak)

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