Rudno polje - Brda (west path)

Access to starting point:
a) From Bled or Jesenice we drive to Zatrnik, then we continue driving towards Pokljuka. When we arrive at Pokljuka, we stay on the main road all the time and we drive along it to the large organized parking lot at Rudno polje.
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo we drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then we continue driving in the direction of Bled. Shortly after the Petrol gas station, which is located a little after Bohinjska Bistrica, we continue left in the direction of Pokljuka and Jereka. In the continuation the road first climbs steeply, then after Koriti it gradually levels out and brings us to the intersection at the bus station, where we continue right in the direction of Pokljuka, Koprivnik and Jereka (straight Srednja vas). Immediately after the intersection we arrive in Jereka, and from the intersection in front of the church we continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road starts to climb more steeply again, higher up it levels and continues along Mrzli potok, where the road to Koprivnik v Bohinju branches off to the left, and we continue straight towards Pokljuka and Gorjuše. After Gorjuše the road enters the forest, and we drive along it to the intersection where we join the road from Bled. Here we continue left, then along the main road we drive further to the large parking lot at Rudno polje.

Path description:
From the parking lot we first carefully cross the road, then we continue along the gravel road in the direction of Triglav, Viševnik and Blejska koča na Lipanci. On the fairly gentle road we walk for about ten minutes, then we arrive at the Viševnik ski area, where we leave the road and continue right on the path in the direction of Viševnik and Srenjski preval (continue on the road Triglav, Vodnikov dom and Studorski preval). The path ahead leads us left of the ski slope, along a trail that runs through the edge of the forest. After a short ascent we return to the gravel road, which we reach at the place where the marked path towards Viševnik continues straight up, and we follow the road to the right, thus crossing the ski slope. The road quickly takes us into the forest and to an intersection, where we continue on the lower right road, and at the next intersection again right, both times in the direction of Lipanca. After the second intersection we arrive at the sand quarry Rudno polje, a little further on, after a short descent, the signs for Planina Lipanca and Blejska koča direct us left into the forest. Through the forest at several junctions we follow the markings, then a little higher we cross the gravel road. After crossing the road the path becomes somewhat steeper and mainly ascends transversely to the right. Higher up the forest begins to thin, and on the left we notice an animal watering place (often without water).
From here follows a few more minutes of ascent, then we arrive at a junction where we continue right downhill (left Viševnik and Mrežce) and in a minute or two of further walking we descend to Blejska koča na Lipanci.
From Blejska koča we continue right, descend a few more steps, then continue in the direction of Debela peč. This is followed by a gentle ascent across the scenic part of Planina Lipanca, then at the edge of the forest the path splits. We continue left on the marked path (right hunting lodge on Planina Brda), which crosses the slopes to the left, then after a short ascent it splits again.
We continue on the more visible right path (slightly left Lipanski vrh and Krma), which ascends gently for a few more minutes, then turns right and ascends transversely across a short steep section. When the path takes us above the steep part we are already at the next junction, from which we continue left on a less distinct trail in the direction of Brda and Krma (straight Debela peč and the eastern path to Brda). In the continuation we first ascend moderately through a belt of dwarf pines, higher up when the path becomes somewhat steeper we ascend transversely across a grassy slope. When the path returns to the dwarf pines, at the junction we continue right in the direction of the summit of Brda (straight Krma).
For a few minutes we continue in a slight transverse ascent to the right, then we go left upwards in the direction of the summit of Brda (sometimes also written as Brdo).
From the split onwards the path is initially somewhat less visible, higher up the more distinct path then takes us to a technically undemanding ridge, where it turns right and then with increasingly beautiful views quickly takes us to the 2008 meter high summit.

Rudno polje - Planinski taborni prostor 0:10, Planinski taborni prostor - Planina Krasca 0:05, Planina Krasca - Blejska koča 1:30, Blejska koča - Lipansko sedlo 0:05, Lipansko sedlo - razpotje nad Lipanco 0:10, razpotje nad Lipanco - razpotje pod Planino Brdo 0:20, razpotje pod Planino Brdo - razpotje pod Vrhom nad Rdečim 0:20, razpotje pod Vrhom nad Rdečim - Odcep za Brda 0:05, odcep za Brda - Brda 0:10.

The description and pictures refer to the state in 2017 (June).

On the way: Planinski taborni prostor (1369m), Planina Krasca (1402m), Krucmanove konte (1425m), Blejska koča na Lipanci (1630m), Lipansko sedlo (1629m), Razpotje nad Lipanco (1666m), Razpotje pod Planino Brdo (1775m), Planina Brdo (1805m), Razpotje pod Vrhom nad Rdečim (1903m), Odcep za Brda (1925m)