Planina Polog - Velika Montura

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 to the ascending road towards Javorca. The occasionally quite narrow and in parts 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 ramp we park.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road which is closed to public traffic, and in a few minutes of easy walking we arrive at the central part of the mountain pasture Polog, where there are a few cottages.
Behind the mountain pasture, the road becomes a little worse, and after a few minutes of further walking it brings us to a junction, where to the right branches off the path towards the mountain pasture na Prodih (access to the mountain pasture is very interesting, as we have to cross the river Tolminka, which is enabled by a manual cableway). We continue straight, and the road eventually turns into a cart track and higher into a well-preserved mule track. The path then becomes a little steeper and past two benches and higher a fresh rocky outcrop (earthquake in Posočje 1998) brings us to a grazing fence, over which we step onto the southern edge of the mountain pasture under Osojnica. A few meters further the path forks, and we continue on the right lower path, by which in a gentle descent we quickly arrive at the hunting cottage at the source of Tolminka.
From the source of Tolminka we continue a gentle ascent across the mountain pasture under Osojnica, and from the left soon the upper path joins us, which is exposed to active rockfall.
We continue in the direction of "planina Prode and Prehodci" on the path that brings us to a mighty gully. We cross the gully and on the other side continue left towards Prehodci (slightly right planina Dobrenjščica). Further we ascend gently on the well-preserved military mule track, which we can leave a few times, as the marked path takes "shortcuts". Higher up bushes and grass are slowly replaced by scree, and the path turns increasingly to the left. A little higher we again reach a mighty gully bed, which here already connects with nearby screes falling from the nearby Mali and Veliki Kuntar.
Here to the left across the mighty gully an unmarked path branches off, which leads towards planina Lašča and further to Rdeči rob and Male peske, while we continue right on the marked path, which gradually enters dense forest. The mule track then ascends in numerous serpentines and for some time still runs through the forest. Higher the forest thins out and the path turns increasingly to the right, bringing us to panoramic and steep slopes. Across the artificial and wide ledge a steel cable assists us, which is useful when there is still snow on the ledge (without snow the passage is undemanding). The path ahead rises moderately once more and brings us in a few minutes to the marked junction at Prehodci.
At the junction we continue right following the signs »Dom na Komni« and »Koča na planini Razor« (left Krn and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih). Further the path turns slightly right and mostly runs along ruins. The 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 to Koča na planini Razor. The path then descends slightly and brings us to the valley Za Lepočami, where we will notice quite a few buildings that 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 brings us to the place where we leave the marked path.
We leave the marked path when a nice passage opens to the left, at the spot or slightly left in the grass where we leave the markers, where there is usually a small cairn. First we walk across grassy terrain, where we pick up a path that with the help of cairns leads to the indistinct valley between Velika Montura and point 1919, which is located slightly right of Velika Montura. When we reach the valley the path becomes steeper, on it we ascend all the way to the saddle between the mentioned peaks.
From the saddle we go left (right Velika Baba and Lanževica), where at the ruins we reach the old mule track. On the mule track we cross the slopes to the right, the path then temporarily descends slightly (on this section it is possible to leave the mule track and climb to the summit via easier pathless terrain). After a short descent we arrive at the junction of old mule tracks, and we continue left upwards (the lower mule track reaches the marked path Lepena - Velika Baba).
A few minutes of ascent mostly to the right follow, then we reach an indistinct ridge, where the mule track first turns left, then onto the somewhat steeper western slopes. When the slope flattens, on the left we notice old Italian fortifications from the time of the Rapallo border, and past three collapsing buildings we ascend to the nearby panoramic summit of Velika Montura.
Planina Polog - source of Tolminka 1:00, source of Tolminka - Planina na Zgornjih Prodih 0:30, Planina na Zgornjih Prodih - Prehodci 2:20, Prehodci - Za Lepočami 0:30, Za Lepočami - Velika Montura 1:15.

On the way: The Tolminka spring (695m), Planina na Zgornjih Prodih (850m), Prehodci (1639m), Za Lepočami (1608m)