Podkorita - Altemaver (Ratitovec)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the Lesce exit, then continue driving towards Bled and Bohinjska Bistrica. When we arrive in the municipality of Bohinj, we slowly pay attention to the left turn-off. Just before the main road crosses the bridge over the Sava Bohinjka river, we continue slightly left on a macadam road which continues parallel to the river. From the main road, we drive along the macadam road for another 2100 m, then park at a suitable place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on the macadam road, which already immediately leads us across two successive streams and a smaller wooden cottage, which we notice on the left side. A little further ahead, or right after the smaller bridge, we arrive at a smaller crossroads, where a short road branches off to the left towards the nearby bee house. We continue towards the bee house (straight to waterfall Grmečica and Nomenj, the right road ends on the nearby meadows) and behind it straight into a belt of bushes, where we first notice a faint footpath, which a few meters higher becomes more distinct. The path ahead leads us across a short scree, where it turns right and transitions to an old cart track. Continuing, we ascend along the cart track, following it to the right at two less noticeable junctions. The cart track then veers somewhat to the right and brings us to a small valley, where it almost completely disappears. We continue a few steps along the valley or a kind of wide gully, then the path takes us left onto the slopes, where the cart track becomes distinct again. A little higher, we cross a forest road, and above it the path first ascends through a belt of bushes, then enters the forest, through which it begins to ascend more steeply. Higher up, a few almost imperceptible junctions follow again, and we follow the "main" path, which higher brings us to a more rocky cart track partly overgrown with tall grass. Here we continue left, and then after a few meters, upon reaching a small valley, right onto a gentle cart track, along which we ascend to the nearby macadam road. We follow the road to the right, then after some 10 meters at a small right bend, slightly left onto the cart track, along which we ascend to the lower part of Bitenjska planina. When we step out of the forest, we continue slightly left, and after a short ascent we already spot the first cottages on the mountain pasture, to which we walk across an increasingly panoramic meadow.
Above the mountain pasture, we step onto an asphalt road, which we follow to the right (left to Železniki), walking along it to the nearby crossroads, where we notice the first signs for Ratitovec.
We continue left onto the road towards Ratitovec, and initially the still asphalt road quickly takes us into dense forest. We walk along the mentioned road for about 10 minutes, then the blazes direct us slightly left onto a marked footpath, which continues along a grassy cart track alongside the Bitenjski graben stream. Higher up, we return to the road, reaching it right at a small crossroads. We continue along the upper right road, quickly arriving at Ribčeva planina.
From Ribčeva planina, we continue along the road, which a bit higher brings us to a crossroads, where we go right. From the crossroads, we walk along the road for about another 2 minutes, then the signs for the footpath to Ratitovec direct us left onto a marked cart track, which higher turns into a somewhat steeper mountain path that soon crosses a forest road and levels out behind it. On the other side of the road, we continue along the cart track, then quickly leave it as the blazes direct us right onto a forest path, which initially still ascends moderately, then gradually descends to the nearby forest road, which we follow left. We continue the ascent along the road, walking along it in a few minutes to its end, where there is a larger parking lot and turning area.
From the parking lot, we continue along a wide cart track, which begins to ascend relatively steeply through the forest. After about 10 minutes of walking, the cart track levels out, then shortly after brings us to the cottages on Pečana mountain pasture.
A few steps above the mentioned cottages, we emerge from the forest onto grassy slopes, continuing along the right side of the mountain pasture for just a few meters, then at the junction go right towards Krekova koča (straight to Kosmati vrh). The path ahead begins to ascend moderately through increasingly sparse spruce forest. Higher up, we finally step out of the forest onto the expansive pastures of Ratitovec, where we leave the cart track and continue the ascent along a somewhat less visible but marked footpath, which after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the summit slopes of Ratitovec, where we join the path Krekova koča - Altemaver.
Here we continue right (left to Krekova koča 5 minutes) and begin to ascend more steeply along the pasture fence. After a few minutes of ascent, the path brings us to the eastern subpeak of Altemaver. A short descent follows, then the marked path turns somewhat to the right. Right at the spot where the marked path leading towards Soriška planina turns somewhat to the right, we leave it and continue the ascent along a clearly visible path towards the summit of Altemaver, which continues along the ridge of Ratitovec. We then follow this scenic path to the highest peak of Ratitovec, which we reach after some 10 steps of further walking.

On the way: Bitenjska planina (901m), Ribčeva planina (1115m), Planina Pečana (1472m)

Trip can be extended to: Krekova koča na Ratitovcu , Gladki vrh (Ratitovec)