Razglednik - Altemaver (Ratitovec)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and then towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From Bohinjska Bistrica, continue left in the direction of Tolmin and Soriška planina. Above the village Nemški Rovt, arrive at a marked intersection, where continue right in the direction of Soriška planina (slightly left Škofja Loka and Železniki). On the road towards Soriška planina, drive past the turn-off of the path (road) towards Orožnova koča (the turn-off for Orožnova koča is marked, and it branches off to the right from the main road), from where drive on the main road for approximately 1 km, where on the right side notice a smaller parking lot, and on the left side notice a road that branches off sharply to the left and continues towards the mountain pasture Pečana. At the intersection, also notice the first blazes and the mountain signpost for Ratitovec.
B) From Železniki or Podbrdo, first drive to Soriška planina, then continue driving towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From the parking lot on Soriška planina, drive approximately another 1 km, then notice the turn-off of the forest road to the right, which leads towards the mountain pasture Pečana. Park at the intersection on the left side of the road at a smaller parking lot.

Path description:
From the starting point, first carefully cross the road, then head onto the macadam road in the direction of Ratitovec. The road quickly enters the forest, through which it begins to ascend moderately. Higher up, the road flattens and brings us to a smaller marked intersection.
Continue slightly left (right road that leads towards the nearby Črni vrh 1486 m) and continue the path along the road, which further on several times ascends slightly and descends again. From the road, which continues through the forest the whole time, only rarely do we get a glimpse of the western Karawanks and central Julian Alps. After approximately an hour and a half of walking, the road descends more noticeably and brings us to an intersection, where the road from Bitenjska planina joins from the left.
Continue slightly right and begin to ascend gently, first still through the forest, then cross a shorter panoramic slope. Quickly return to the forest, then arrive at the next intersection, where continue right in the direction of Ratitovec (straight Rovtarica). The path ahead leads us along the road, which continues through a small valley, and from the left only a few 10 meters further another marked path from Bitenjska planina joins. The road along which we walk soon ends and brings us to the parking lot and turning point below planina Pečana.
From the parking lot, continue on the wide cart track, which begins to ascend relatively steeply through the forest. After approximately 10 minutes of walking, the cart track flattens, then shortly afterwards brings us to the huts on planina Pečana.
A few steps above the mentioned huts, we exit the forest onto grassy slopes, and continue along the right side of the planina for just a few meters, then at the fork continue right in the direction of Krekova koča (straight Kosmati vrh and Vratca). 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 on a somewhat less visible but marked footpath, which after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the summit slope of Ratitovec, where we join the path Krekova koča - Altemaver.
Here continue right (left Krekova koča 5 minutes) and begin to ascend more steeply beside the pasture fence. After a few minutes of ascent, the path brings us to the eastern forepeak of Altemaver. A short descent follows, then the marked path turns somewhat to the right. Just at the spot where the marked path that leads towards Soriška planina turns somewhat to the right, we leave it and continue the ascent on a well-visible path in the direction of the summit Altemaver, which continues along the ridge of Ratitovec. We then follow this scenic path to the highest peak of Ratitovec, which we reach after a few 10 steps of further walking.

On the way: Planina Pečana (1472m)

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