Rudno polje - Lipanski vrh (via Mrežce)

Access to starting point:
a) From Bled or Jesenice we drive to Zatrnik, then continue driving towards Pokljuka. When we arrive at Pokljuka we stay on the main road all the time and drive along it to the large equipped parking lot at Rudno polje.
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo we drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving in the direction of Bled. Shortly after the Petrol gas station, which is located just after Bohinjska Bistrica, we continue left in the direction of Pokljuka and Jereka. In the continuation the road first climbs steeply, then after Korita 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 begins to climb more steeply again, higher up it levels out and continues along Mrzli potok, where the road to Koprivnik in Bohinj 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 drive along the main road to the large equipped parking lot at Rudno polje.

Path description:
From the parking lot we first carefully cross the road, then continue along the gravel road in the direction of Triglav, Viševnik and Blejska koča na Lipanci. Along 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 the path to the right in the direction of Viševnik and Srenjski preval (further along the road Triglav, Vodnikov dom and Studorski preval). The path ahead leads us to the left of the ski area, along a trail that runs through the edge of the forest. After a short ascent we return to the gravel road, reaching it at the place where the marked path towards Viševnik continues straight up, while we follow the road to the right, thus crossing the ski area. The road quickly leads us into the forest and to a crossroads, where we continue on the lower right road, at the next crossroads again to the right, both times in the direction of Lipanca. After the second crossroads we arrive at the Rudno polje gravel pit, 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 bit 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 another few minutes of ascent, then we arrive at a junction, from where we go left upwards in the direction towards Mrežce (right downwards to Blejska koča na Lipanci, two minutes) and the moderately steep path after a short ascent brings us to the next junction, where we continue right upwards (straight Viševnik, Debeli vrh and Mrežce gentle path) on the path that begins to climb steeply, first through a belt of sparse forest and higher through dwarf pine. The increasingly panoramic path, from which the view opens to the highest peaks of the Julian Alps, is joined a little below the summit by a somewhat longer gentle path. We continue right and in the next few steps we step onto the panoramic summit.

From the summit of Mrežce we descend into the notch between Mrežce and Lipanski vrh, then with the help of the safety protections we steeply climb to Lipanski vrh, which is a few meters higher.

Rudno polje - Planinski taborni prostor 0:10, Planinski taborni prostor - Planina Krasca 0:05, Planina Krasca - Blejska koča 1:30, Blejska koča - razpotje na Žvanovi poti 0:10, razpotje na Žvanovi poti - Mrežce 0:45, Mrežce - Lipanski vrh 0:10.

On the way: Planinski taborni prostor (1369m), Planina Krasca (1402m), Krucmanove konte (1425m), Blejska koča na Lipanci (1630m), Razpotje na Žvanovi poti (1718m), Mrežce (1965m)