Razglednik - Krekova koča na Ratitovcu

Access to starting point:
A) 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 in the direction of Tolmin and Soriška planina. Above the village Nemški Rovt, arrive at a marked crossroad, 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 which branches off sharply to the left and continues towards the mountain pasture Pečana. At the crossroad, you can also notice the first blazes and 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 for approximately 1 km, then notice the turn-off of the forest road to the right, which leads towards the mountain pasture Pečana. Park at the crossroad on the left side of the road on 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 leads to a smaller marked crossroad.
Continue slightly left (right is the road leading to the nearby Črni vrh 1486 m) and proceed along the road, which subsequently ascends and descends slightly a few times. From the road, which continues through the forest the whole time, views occasionally open up rarely onto the western Karawanks and central Julian Alps. After approximately an hour and a half of walking, the road descends noticeably and leads to a crossroad, where the road from Bitenjska planina joins from the left.
Continue slightly right and begin ascending gently, first still through the forest, then cross a shorter panoramic slope. Quickly return to the forest, then arrive at the next crossroad, where continue right in the direction of Ratitovec (straight Rovtarica). The path ahead leads along the road, which continues through a small valley, and just a few 10 meters further, a marked path from Bitenjska planina joins from the left. The road we are walking on soon ends and leads to the parking lot and turning area below Planina Pečana.
From the parking lot, continue on a 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 leads to the huts on Planina Pečana.
A few steps above the mentioned huts, emerge from the forest onto grassy slopes, and continue along the right side of the mountain pasture for just a few meters, then at the junction 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, finally step out of the forest onto the expansive pastures of Ratitovec, where leave the cart track and continue the ascent on a somewhat less visible but marked path, which after a few minutes of further walking brings you to the summit slopes of Ratitovec, where the path from Soriška planina joins from the right. Continue left along the increasingly panoramic path, which leads past the winter bivouac, all the way to Krekova koča na Ratitovcu, which is reached after less than 5 minutes of further walking.

On the way: Planina Pečana (1472m)

Trip can be extended to: Gladki vrh (Ratitovec) ( 5 min) , Altemaver (Ratitovec)