Ravne - Črna prst (via planina za Črno goro)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, we take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From Bohinjska Bistrica, we continue left in the direction of Tolmin and Soriška planina. Soon we will notice by the road the mountain signs for Črna prst, which point to the right, but we continue straight. Only a little later we come to a crossroad, where a signpost directs us slightly to the right towards the village Ravne. Further, we drive past a large parking lot by the ski slope Kobla; we follow the asphalt road, which starts ascending steeply, to Ravne, where the road flattens. Here we continue to drive all the way to the spot where the asphalt ends. At the spot where the asphalt ends is a larger parking lot by the inn Janez, where we park on the right side of the parking lot (the parking lot on the left side of the road is intended for guests of the inn Janez).

Path description:
From the parking lot at the inn Janez we continue in the direction of Črna prst and mountain hut Orožnova koča, where at first we walk on a macadam road, from which a beautiful view opens up towards Triglav. The road after the initial ascent passes into the forest and turns a little to the left, where we quickly get to a marked crossing.
From the crossing, we continue left in the direction of Črna prst, mountain pasture Planina za Črno goro and mountain hut Orožnova koča (straight Bohinjska Bistrica and old path towards Orožnova koča). The path ahead on the right side bypasses a private house (used to be mountain hut Planinski dom dr. Janeza Mencingerja), after that a little ahead it joins a cart track, on which we continue to ascend. A little higher, at the crossing we continue right, and then the path continues through the forest. Even a little further, the path leads past a log cabin and a cross, and then we already get to a marked crossing, where we continue left (right mountain hut Orožnova koča).
Further, the cart track changes into a footpath, and a little higher it brings us to a forest road which we follow to the right. We walk a few steps on the road, and then signs for Črna prst direct us to the left on a steep footpath. We continue the ascent on at first relatively steep path, which further leads past man-made canals, which were intended for drainage of water (the canal was built to prevent water ingress into the Bohinj tunnel). Higher, the footpath temporarily entirely flattens, and then it moderately ascends to the mountain pasture Za Črno goro.
When we step on the mountain pasture, the marked path turns to the left, then semicircularly along the canal bypasses the mountain pasture. On the other side of the mountain pasture, we continue left and start moderately ascending through at first thin forest. After a few minutes of additional walking the footpath passes into the forest, and it brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue sharply right in the direction of Črna prst (straight Kobla, Soriška planina, Porezen...).
Higher, the footpath makes a few long serpentines, then from increasingly thin forest or belt of bushes brings us to the screes below Rušni vrh. Here the path temporarily flattens, then on the other side of the scree it starts steeply ascending along the grassy gully below the ridge Home. On this part in late spring there is increased danger of falling rocks. Higher, the gully ends, and the path crosses a short steep slope, where snow can still persist until early summer. Above the steep part we join the path from the mountain hut Orožnova koča, only a few meters higher we step on the ridge, which we reach on the saddle Čez Suho.
Here we continue right and with views on Baška grapa, Bohinj and the highest peaks of the Julian Alps, in a few minutes we ascend to the mountain hut Dom na Črni prsti, which is located only a few meters below the summit.
Mountain hut Dom Zorka Jelinčiča we bypass on the left side and over a short steep slope in a few steps we ascend to the panoramic summit.
Ravne - Planina za Črno goro 1:40, Planina za Črno goro - Čez Suho 1:30, Čez Suho - Črna prst 15 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2017 (August).

On the way: Planina Za Črno goro (1340m), Čez suho (1760m)

Trip can be extended to: Četrt ( 30 min) , Črna prst , Konjski vrh ( 45 min) , Poljanski vrh (1 h) , Matajurski vrh (1 h 20 min) , Rodica (2 h 40 min)