Planina Vodol - Koča na Travniku

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, take the exit Šentrupert, then continue driving towards Mozirje, Ljubno ob Savinji and Logarska dolina. From Ljubno, drive on the main road for approximately 6 km, then in the settlement Strmec, signs for Raduha and Snežna jama direct us right onto a narrower and at first still asphalted road. At the crossroads, we follow the signs for Snežna jama, but we follow the road, which higher up loses its asphalt covering, to the mountain pasture Vodol. We park at the intersection, where in the middle of the left bend a worse road branches off to the right, leading to the upper part of the mountain pasture Vodol.
B) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Vodice, then continue driving towards Kamnik. In Kamnik, follow the signs for Gornji Grad and the mountain pass Črnivec, but only 1 km before the mentioned pass turn left towards Kranjski Rak and Podvolovljek. From Kranjski Rak (mountain pass Volovljek), start descending towards Luče, where turn right towards Mozirje. From Luče, drive towards Mozirje for approximately 3 km, then in the settlement Strmec, signs for Raduha and Snežna jama direct us left onto a narrower and at first still asphalted road. At the crossroads, we follow the signs for Snežna jama, but we follow the road, which higher up loses its asphalt covering, to the mountain pasture Vodol. We park at the intersection, where in the middle of the left bend a worse road branches off to the right, leading to the upper part of the mountain pasture Vodol.

Path description:
From the bend where we parked, head onto the side road, along which we quickly ascend to the upper part of the mountain pasture Vodol. Here at a smaller intersection, continue right and walk to the nearby hut, which the marked path bypasses on the left side. Next, ascend diagonally above the mountain pasture, then the path takes us into the forest, through which we ascend more steeply for a short time. The path soon flattens and takes us to the saddle Bela peč, from which we descend to the nearby Knezova planina, where there is a marked junction.
From the junction at Knezova planina, continue straight towards Koča na Travniku, Komna and Dom na Smrekovcu (slightly left Črna na Koroškem) along the path that begins to ascend moderately through initially sparse forest. The occasionally poorly beaten path ascends moderately for some time longer, then brings us to a completely overgrown slope, from which a nice view opens onto Peca and Golica. Above the overgrown but scenic slope, the path returns to the forest and semicircularly bypasses Presečnikov vrh. Further on, we temporarily return to the ridge, where the path, surrounded by numerous blueberry bushes, gradually begins to descend. Further, the easy-to-follow but in the morning and forenoon often quite dewy path brings us after some time to a small wooden fence, beyond which we step onto a relatively new tractor track. We continue briefly along the mentioned track, then, when it turns slightly downhill, continue straight on a pleasant forest path that widens into an old cart track after the pasture fence. The path further leads past a small stream (there is also a water trough by the path), after which we soon step out of the forest onto the extensive pasture areas of the mountain pasture Široka trata.
When we step out of the forest, continue right (left Travnik, straight Komna) and in a minute of further walking descend to the mountain hut Koča na Travniku.

On the way: Knezova planina (Planina Bela peč) (1350m)

Trip can be extended to: Veliki Travnik ( 20 min) , Komen (1 h 35 min)