Rudno polje - Mali Triglav (via Dom Planika)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and continue towards Bled. In Bled, at the traffic light, signs for Pokljuka direct us to the right. Continue through Gorje and past the abandoned Zatrnik ski slope to Rudno polje on Pokljuka (large parking lot, barracks and shooting range).

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, a gravel road branches off to the right, with signposts for Triglav. Head onto this road, which gently ascends and after ten minutes of walking brings us to the Viševnik ski slope. Continue along the road, from which a marked path to Triglav soon branches off to the left.
Continue towards Triglav and after a few minutes of moderate ascent, we reach a forest road, which we follow for just a few meters (it used to be possible to drive by car up to here). The marked path then turns right and ascends more steeply for a short time, after ten minutes the steepness eases, and the path gradually leads onto steep slopes. Across the steep slopes, the path mostly gently descends and turns increasingly to the right. A bit further, we will notice planina Konjščica below us to the left. Our path then stops descending and transitions from the forest into dwarf pines. The ascending path then leads us below steep cliffs and soon brings us to a junction where we join the path from planina Konjščica.
From here, a short ascent follows, and the path brings us to a beautiful valley called Jezerce, where it splits. There are also signposts directing us left (right Srenjski preval, Viševnik Blejska koča na Lipanci...), and the initially easy path brings us to the spring below Studorski preval. After the spring, the path gradually becomes steeper, higher up it crosses from the left side of the torrent to the right, where we reach a grassy slope; the path we ascend remains rocky. An ascent in a few switchbacks follows, and we climb to Studorski preval, from which we get a beautiful view of the mountains above Bohinj.
Here, a demanding path from Srenjski preval joins us from the right, and from our path, unmarked trails also branch off to Ablanca and Veliki Draški vrh.
From the saddle, we first descend steeply for a short time, then the path turns to the right, and we traverse the slopes to the left for a long time with some shorter easy ascents and descents. From the slopes of Veliki Draški vrh, we gradually reach the slopes of the massive Tosc, and with beautiful views, we continue past the branch to Tosc and the junction where the path from Uskovnica joins from the left.
At all junctions, including the one where a partially abandoned path leading over planina Zgornji Tosc joins us, continue straight; the path gradually brings us to steeper and even sheer southwest slopes of Tosc, where there was a landslide a few years ago, so extra caution is needed due to falling rocks. Across the sheer section runs a fairly wide path, so there are no particular difficulties here, and when the slope becomes less steep, the path from Stara Fužina or Voje valley joins from the left.
Continue straight on the wider marked path towards Triglav, which continues north, leading us along the western slopes of Tosc; the still easy path brings us over some scree to Vodnikov dom at Velem polju, where the next junction is.
Here too, continue straight towards Triglav; the path begins to ascend transversely along the slopes of Vernar, higher up becoming technically demanding. Some traversing follows, aided by a fixed cable, higher up we reach a steep drop where we ascend rocky steps with the help of numerous pegs and a fixed cable.
The path ahead levels out, the slope becomes less steep, and near Konjsko sedlo also somewhat more grassy.
We easily descend to Konjsko sedlo, from the marked junction at the saddle head left towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom (straight Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom, right Krma) and begin a fairly steep ascent to the west. For a while, we approach Mokra skala (2266 m), then the path turns right and leads onto an indistinct ridge, where it temporarily levels. The marked path higher up bypasses a small cirque on the right side, then begins turning to the left. Another approximately ten minutes of ascent follows, and with beautiful views of the Triglav massif and surrounding mountains, we reach Dom Planika pod Triglavom.
Bypass the mountain hut on the right side and continue towards Triglav via Mali Triglav (slightly left Triglav via Triglavska or Bovška škrbina, sharply left Koča na Doliču), where we first descend a bit, then begin ascending a gradually steeper slope. Soon we reach a rocky section where we transversely ascend an exposed ledge; after this section, the path temporarily becomes easier. The path ahead turns right and ascends through scree to a climbing section, directed by a large marker visible from afar.
Continue the ascent along the distinct secured gully, where with the help of a fixed cable we climb to a beautiful viewpoint, where the path turns left. A steep ascent through rugged rock follows, where frequent safety gear assists us at the more difficult and exposed spots.
Higher up, we reach the ridge of Mali Triglav, where we join the usually more frequented path from Kredarica.
Continue straight, or slightly left (right down Kredarica) and quickly reach the summit of Mali Triglav.
Starting point - Taborni prostor 0:10, Taborni prostor - Klanci 1:25, Klanci - Jezerce 0:05, Jezerce - Studorski preval 0:30, Studorski preval - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:35, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Na Zagonu 0:20, Na Zagonu - Vodnikov dom 0:20, Vodnikov dom - Konjsko sedlo 0:30, Konjsko sedlo - Planika 1:00, Planika - Mali Triglav 0:55.

On the way: Taborni prostor (1369m), Klanci (1678m), Jezerce (1719m), Izvir pod Studorskim prevalom (1746m), Studorski preval (1892m), Mali Triglav (2725m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Vodnikov dom (1817m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Dom Planika (2401m)