Rudno polje - Okroglež

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 organized parking lot at Rudno polje.
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo we drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving in the direction of Bled. Soon after the Petrol gas station, which is located just a little after Bohinjska Bistrica, we continue driving left in the direction of Pokljuka and Jereka. In the continuation the road first climbs steeply, then after Korita it gradually flattens and brings us to the intersection by the bus stop, 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 climbing more steeply again, higher up it flattens 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 to the large parking lot at Rudno polje.

Path description:
From the parking lot we first carefully cross the road, then continue on the macadam 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 slope, where we leave the road and continue the trail to the right 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 macadam road, which we reach at the spot where the marked path towards Viševnik continues straight up, while 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, at the next intersection again to the right, both times in the direction of Lipanca. After the second intersection we arrive at the sandpit 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 forks we follow the markings, then a bit higher we cross the macadam road. After crossing the road the path becomes somewhat steeper and mostly traverses ascending 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. A slight ascent follows 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 traverses the slopes to the left, then after a short ascent it splits.
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 brings us above the steep part we are already at the next junction, and this time too we continue in the direction of Debela peč (left Brda and Krma).
The path ahead ascends only lightly for some time and runs through sparse, mostly larch forest. Higher up there are fewer trees, the path becomes somewhat steeper again, but when it levels out, a nice view opens towards the mountains on the other side of the Krma valley.
Here there is also a marked, but slightly less noticeable junction, where we go right in the direction of Debela peč (left eastern path to Brda).
Some 10 steps further we leave the well-trodden path towards Debela peč and continue the ascent right in the direction of the Okroglež summit. An ascent follows along a less distinct trail, which through a belt of dwarf pine in under 5 minutes of further walking brings us to the panoramic summit of Okroglež, where there is a stamp on a metal pole.

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 - Spodnje Brdo 0:10, Spodnje Brdo - razpotje pod Okrogležem 0:20, razpotje pod Okrogležem - Okroglež 0:05.

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), Spodnja Brda (1831m), Razpotje pod Okrogležem (1941m), Odcep za Okroglež (1945m)