Poljšica pri Gorjah (Zatrata) - Hotunjski vrh (by road)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bled, then continue driving in the direction of Pokljuka. When we arrive in Zgornje Gorje, at the intersection at the church we turn left in the direction of Poljšica. Further on, we drive on a narrow road past the church, then at the nearby intersection behind the chapel turn right. A little further at the next intersection we go left in the direction of Poljšica, and when we arrive in the mentioned settlement we go at the first intersection right, then after about 10 meters left in the direction of the hamlet Zatrata. At the beginning of the hamlet the Riklijeva pot branches off to the right, here we continue on the asphalt road, then after a few meters we arrive at the next intersection, where the described path begins. We park in an appropriate place somewhere nearby.
B) We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Lipce exit, then follow the signs for the settlement Kočna and later Spodnje Gorje. In Spodnje Gorje we join the road from Bled, and continue in the direction of Pokljuka. When we arrive in Zgornje Gorje, at the intersection at the church we turn left in the direction of Poljšica. Further on, we drive on a narrow road past the church, then at the nearby intersection behind the chapel turn right. A little further at the next intersection we go left in the direction of Poljšica, and when we arrive in the mentioned settlement we go at the first intersection right, then after about 10 meters left in the direction of the hamlet Zatrata. At the beginning of the hamlet the Riklijeva pot branches off to the right, here we continue on the asphalt road, then after a few meters we arrive at the next intersection, where the described path begins. We park in an appropriate place somewhere nearby.

Path description:
From the starting point we head onto the road that continues southwards, from it first a nice view opens towards Stol, then the road enters the forest. Through the forest we first ascend moderately, then a short descent follows to the place where we join the road from Bled.
We follow the mentioned road to the right, on it mainly gently to occasionally moderately ascending. During the ascent first from the left the marked path from Zaka joins, higher, past the troughs below Križi, also from the right the footpath from Poljšica pri Gorjah.
Further on, when walking along the road, Knafelc blazes also accompany us. A fairly gentle road that for some time runs through a small valley, higher it turns right and becomes steeper and more like a wide cart track. During the ascent on the worse road temporarily some views open towards Galetovec, when the path returns to dense forest, it also forks.
We continue straight on the wider marked path (worse road) (on the path to the right, along which some faded blazes are noticeable, it is possible to reach Hotunjski vrh), along which soon we notice signs that we have arrived at Rčitno, but at first we are still in the forest. The forest soon ends, then the cart track leads us along the bottom of a vast pasture, and past several individual huts we ascend to the upper part of the pasture, from where a nice view also opens.
From the upper part of the pasture we continue right on the marked path in the direction of Šport hotel on Pokljuka (straight Bohinjska Bela). The path ahead ascends through the forest, after a few minutes it brings us to a macadam road, which we follow to the right. A little further from the road to the left continues the marked path towards Pokljuka, we continue straight and continue the path along the macadam road, which further on is no longer marked. For some time we walk along a relatively gentle road, then from the right, at a smaller indistinct saddle, an unmarked footpath from Poljšica pri Gorjah also joins.
Along the road further on we ascend lightly for a few minutes, when the road starts to descend, we leave it (we leave the road at the part where it starts to descend, or also a minute further at the ruins of the former Posavc homestead) and continue left into the forest, where after a minute or two we reach the former ski slope of the Zatrnik ski area.
We continue the ascent along the former ski slope, which turns left, then with ever better views we arrive at the upper station of the abandoned draglift, from which only a few dozen steps along the ridge separate us to the summit of Hotunjski vrh.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (January).

On the way: Planina Rčitno (900m)