Ski hotel Vogel - Vrh nad Škrbino

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where we come to a junction, continuing straight along the left (south) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and Savica Waterfall. Follow this road to the lower station of the Vogel cable car, then buy a ticket and take the cable car to the upper station, which is the starting point for our tour.

Path description:
At the Ski Hotel, turn right (towards the west) and continue along the macadam road that passes the Merjasec mountain hut. The road begins to descend slightly, leading us to a junction. Take the right road following the signs «Komna, Sirarna Zadnji Vogel». The road continues to descend slightly, and soon we are at another junction. This time, take the left road following the signs «Pl Zadnji Vogel, Komna». After just a few dozen meters of ascent, a sign on the rock (Vogel) directs us onto a footpath that goes right into the forest. The path through the forest runs parallel to the road and begins to descend slightly. When we rejoin the road, continue following the signs «Pl. Zadnji Vogel». The road then crosses the Zadnji Vogel cableway and leads us to the junction at Sirarna Zadnji Vogel.
Continue straight past the sirarna and follow the signs «Komna» (left branches the path to Vogel). The path then through dwarf pines leads us into the forest and begins to descend slightly again. To the right, a path branches off leading down the valley towards the Zlatorog hotel; we continue on the left path, which soon takes us out of the forest and opens up nice views of the surrounding peaks. Here the path begins to ascend again, running mostly over grassy terrain surrounded by sparse dwarf pines. The path slowly turns left, leading us to a junction. To the left, the path leads to the Globoko saddle (1828 m); we continue right towards Konjsko sedlo. Here we begin ascending the left side of the valley, with the best views of Konjski vrh and Bohinjski Migovec. Upon reaching the saddle, continue right following the signs «Komna» (left leads the path to Vogel). From the saddle, the path descends and crosses the slopes on the west side of Bohinjski Migovec (1901 m). Soon we are at another junction.
Here, continue left (right to Komna) in the direction of Koča na planini Razor, along the path that begins to ascend diagonally to the right. After a short traverse, the path leads past a small valley, where we move from the slopes of Bohinjski Migovec onto rockier slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here the path turns slightly right and over a small rough scree field leads us to a small gully, after which we enter a very short stretch of dwarf pines. Above the dwarf pines, the path ascends steeply for a short time, then levels out and crosses steep scree to the right (this section is usually still snow-covered in early summer, so crampons and ice axe are mandatory then). Ahead, the path bypasses a small hollow on the left side, where snow persists year-round. On the other side of the hollow, the path begins to ascend steeply towards Škrbina, which we reach after about 15 minutes of further ascent.
When we step onto Škrbina, a nice view opens to the Primorska side; at the junction, we continue left along the south side of the ridge towards Vrh nad Škrbino (straight down to Koča na planini Razor, right to Tolminski Kuk). The path then leads us up a steep, slightly crumbly slope to the steep north slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here we reach the first steel cables, along which we ascend steeply. Higher up, we turn right, where with the aid of a few pegs we climb back onto the south side of the ridge. On the south side, the path ascends steeply a few more times along the steel cable, then gradually becomes less demanding. This is followed by about ten minutes of walking along the panoramic ridge to the summit. A few meters below the summit, an easier path from Planina Razor joins from the right.

On the way: Konjsko sedlo (1782m)

Trip can be extended to: Meja , Podrta gora