Pod Luknjo - Četrt

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From Bohinjska Bistrica continue left towards Tolmin and Soriška planina. Soon we will notice by the road signs for Črna prst to the right, but we continue straight. Only a little later we come to a crossroads, where a signpost directs us right towards the village Ravne. We turn onto this road, which brings us to the end of the village, where the asphalt ends. Further we continue on a macadam road which leads us past the former Dom dr. Janeza Mencingerja (today private house). We follow this road for approximately 4 km to the spot where from the right side a worse forest road joins (nearby is a hunting observatory, numerous cart tracks and mountain signpost for Črna prst). We park on one of the several smaller parking lots by the road, but in such a way that we do not hinder forestry work (timber extraction).

Path description:
Due to forestry works and the consequent numerous tractor tracks, the start of the path is relatively difficult to find. Between the hunting observatory and the mountain signpost for Črna prst there are three larger cart tracks that from the road go left uphill (direction of our arrival). We choose the "first", that is the one closest to the hunting observatory (the mountain sign for Črna prst directs us to the "last" cart track, but if we go in the direction of this sign we will quickly go astray).

So if we have decided on the ascent along the "first" cart track, we will notice the blazes already after a few minutes of ascent (the path comes across from the "last" cart track and is completely overgrown). We then follow the wide tractor tracks somewhat to the left, but only to the place where the blazes direct us right onto a somewhat narrower cart track. Further the orientation is much easier, since the labyrinth of cart tracks ends. From the occasionally somewhat steeper path, a marked path to Orožnova koča soon branches off to the left.
We continue straight on the cart track, which higher brings us into a smaller valley through which we ascend to the forest road (we need approximately 30 minutes to here). When we step onto the road we continue a few steps to the left, then the mountain signpost for Črna prst directs us right into the forest, where it starts to ascend steeply. The path somewhat higher crosses an overgrown clearing (ferns and raspberry bushes) and then returns to the forest, where it continues all the way to planina Osredki.

From the planina where there are two smaller wooden huts (one converted into a bivouac) we continue along the left side of the watering trough on a poorly visible path that starts to ascend moderately among bushes and individual trees. The still poorly visible but well-marked path brings us higher to a somewhat larger meadow at the edge of which we notice the next trough. The path then ascends ever more steeply and slowly turns to the left. At the top of the ascent we step onto a smaller saddle, behind which the path turns right and ascends transversely. There follow a few more minutes of ascent on a slope overgrown with dwarf pines and the path brings us to the main ridge of the Lower Bohinj Mountains.
From the ridge from where a beautiful view opens towards the south, we continue right in the direction of Vogel (left Črna prst 10 minutes). The path ahead becomes more demanding as with the help of steel cables, mostly without them, it crosses very steep grassy slopes that are dangerous for slipping. The path then levels out somewhat and brings us to saddle Vrata (1721 m). The path then again withdraws from the ridge to the left and then ascends transversely across the next steep slope. That the path is not entirely easy is indicated by the memorial plaque. The steepness of the slopes then gradually eases and the path again approaches the main ridge. For the ascent to Četrt at this point we leave the marked path and continue sharply right first along and then on the ridge. After a few minutes the ridge widens and we follow it across the extensive summit slope to the summit, where we notice an old boundary marker from 1920.
The pathless terrain, which is not technically demanding, takes approximately 15 minutes.
Starting point - planina Osredki 1:15, planina Osredki - Četrt 1:45.

On the way: Planina Osredki (1400m), Vrata (1721m)