Planina Polog - Mahavšček (via Prehodci)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Tolmin, from there we follow the road in the direction of Zatolmin (we leave the main road at the traffic light). In Zatolmin we notice signposts for Javorca, which direct us onto an ascending road towards Javorca. The occasionally quite narrow and in places precipitous road brings us after approximately 8 km of driving to a smaller junction, where the road towards Javorca branches off to the left upwards. We continue straight, and we follow the road only for approximately 100 m, then at a suitable place by the barrier we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road (road is closed for public traffic), and after a few minutes of easy walking it brings us to the main part of the mountain pasture, where there are a few cottages. Behind the mountain pasture, the road becomes even a little worse, and after a few minutes of additional walking brings us to a junction, where the path towards the mountain pasture Planina na Prodih branches off to the right (access to the mountain pasture is very interesting, because we have to cross river Tolminka, and this is done by a manual cableway). We continue straight, and the road finally changes into a cart track and higher into a well-preserved mule track. After that, the path becomes a little steeper and past two benches and higher past a fresh rockfall (earthquake in Posočje 1998) brings us to a grazing fence, over which we step on the south edge of the mountain pasture Planina pod Osojnico. Only a few meters ahead, the path splits into two parts. We continue on the right lower path, on which in a gentle descent, we quickly get to the hunting cottage at the source of Tolminka.
From the source of Tolminka we continue a gentle ascent through the mountain pasture Planina pod Osojnico, and from the left soon joins the upper path, which is exposed to active rockfall.
We continue in the direction of "planina Prode and Prehodci" on the path which brings us to a mighty torrent bed. We cross the torrent bed and on the other side, we continue left in the direction of Prehodci (slightly right mountain pasture Dobrenjščica). Further, we ascend gently on a well-preserved military mule track, which we can leave a few times, because the marked path runs on "shortcuts". Higher bushes and grass are slowly replaced by scree, and the path turns more and more to the left. A little higher, we again come to a mighty torrent gully, which here already connects with nearby scree slopes falling from nearby Mali and Veliki Kuntar.
Here to the left across the mighty torrent bed an unmarked path branches off, which leads towards the mountain pasture Planina Lašča and further to Rdeči rob and Male peski, and we continue right on the marked path, which gradually passes into a dense forest. The mule track then ascends in numerous zigzags and for some time still runs through the forest. Higher the forest thins out and the path turns more and more towards the right, where it brings us to panoramic and steep slopes. Across an artificial and wide ledge a steel cable assists us, which comes in handy when there is still snow on the ledge (in dry conditions the passage is entirely undemanding). The path ahead once again ascends moderately and in a few minutes brings us to the marked junction on Prehodci.
At the junction we continue right following the signs »Dom na Komni« and »Koča na planini Razor«. Further, the path turns slightly to the right and mostly runs along dwarf pines. A relatively flat path, from which beautiful views open towards Bogatin and Mahavšček, then brings us to a well-marked junction. Here we continue left following the signs Dom na Komni, right leads the path towards Koča na planini Razor. The path then slightly descends and brings us into the valley Za Lepočami, where we will notice quite a few buildings, which the Italians built between the two wars for the needs of guarding the Rapallo border.
At Za Lepočami, where there is also a junction, we continue right following the signs Komna (left Krnsko jezero). From the junction, the path first ascends somewhat more steeply, then becomes flatter and leads us along increasingly sparse dwarf pines. Soon a view towards Lanževica opens up and is followed by an ascent along a wide military mule track to Bogatinsko sedlo (Vratca).
On the saddle we continue right (straight down Komna, left Lanževica) on the path, which in a few minutes brings us onto the initially indistinct ridge of Bogatin. The path ahead starts to ascend steeply along the very steep and crumbly northwest ridge of Bogatin (danger of slipping and falling rocks). Higher the ridge narrows somewhat more, the path flattens and in a few dozen steps brings us to the summit of (Mali) Bogatin.
From Bogatin we continue on the ridge path, which starts descending steeply towards the saddle between Bogatin and Mahavšček (due to considerable steepness danger of slipping). From the saddle (here we can also arrive via the marked path, which bypasses the summit of Bogatin on the southwest side, the latter is much easier) we continue further on the ridge path, which again starts ascending. Higher, the path moves away from the ridge onto the Bohinj side, where it ascends diagonally across smaller scree slopes. Further the path returns to the main ridge and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the summit of Mahavšček.

On the way: The Tolminka spring (695m), Prehodci (1639m), Bogatinsko sedlo (1803m), Bogatin (1977m)