Planina Storeča raven - Planinska koča Merjasec

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica and Lake Bohinj. After the settlement Laški Rovt we will get to a smaller crossroad, where the road which leads towards the starting points of the paths to Rodica, mountain pasture Suha, Šija, Vogel... and scout camp Laški Rovt branches off to the left. The macadam road immediately enters the forest and first ascends past the mentioned scout camp, and then ascends relatively steeply for a few kilometers. After a little less than 6.5 km of driving on macadam, we will get to a somewhat larger crossroad, where we continue right (straight about 50 m ahead the starting point of the path towards mountain pasture Suha, Rodica, Šija...). Further, we drive on a somewhat worse road which crosses a few torrents and eventually brings us to the mountain pasture Storeča raven. On the other side of the mountain pasture, the road returns into the forest, then only a few 100 m ahead brings us to the right turn in the middle of which a cart track branches off to the left, by which we notice signs for Vogel (a marked footpath to Vogel leads along the cart track). We park about 20 m ahead on a suitable place by the road.
From the main road to the starting point there is approximately 9 km of macadam.

Path description:
From the road, we go on a cart track in the direction of Vogel, which at the beginning reminds of a somewhat smaller torrent. After an initial gentle ascent, the path brings us to a clearing behind which the cart track turns into a footpath which starts to ascend steeply. The path ahead runs through dense forest and is in some parts because of the fallen trees somewhat harder to follow. A little higher the steepness suddenly decreases and there follows a minute of walking on the flat. The path ahead brings us to an area where a larger snow avalanche occurred and knocked down many trees. When we get through this part, the path turns right below the steep slopes of Storeči vrh and again ascends steeply. Ahead the steepness decreases and the path brings us to the edge of the ski slope. We cross a strip of stones and come to a triangular junction, where we continue right in the direction of the cableway. Only a little further we come to a wide cart track, where we continue left but only a few meters. Soon the blazes direct us right onto a footpath which in a gentle ascent quickly brings us to the upper station of the cable car.
Further, we continue past the hotel and only a few meters ahead we notice signs for mountain hut Merjasec. We head slightly left and in a few steps we come to the hut.

Trip can be extended to: Planina Zadnji Vogel , Orlove glave , Visoki Orlov rob , Vrh Dlani , Šija , Vrh Krnic , Rušnati vrh , Vogel , Meja