Srednja vas - Viševnik (Za Ribnico and over Gola Ravan)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Just before Bohinjska Bistrica, at the settlement of Bitnje, continue sharply right towards Pokljuka. After a short ascent, the road levels out and quickly brings us into the Upper Bohinj Valley. Here at the intersection, continue left (right Pokljuka) and follow the road further to Srednja vas. Here in the second part of the village, notice the signs for the church of St. Martin, which direct us right onto a narrower and quite steep road, along which we quickly arrive at the church and primary school. Park in a suitable place next to the school or church.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the church, we descend a few steps to the primary school, from there continue towards the viewpoint at Kres. The path ahead leads along a narrower asphalt road, along which we soon arrive at a larger water tank, where we notice signs for Uskovnica. We continue along the forest road, which enters the forest, at the right bend we temporarily exit the forest and a nice view opens up to Rudnica and part of the Upper Bohinj Valley. We continue along the forest road, which takes us through a somewhat narrower passage, then in a traverse ascent to the point where we reach the road leading to Uskovnica. We reach the road exactly at the nicely arranged viewpoint at Kres, from which a view opens towards Srednja vas, Upper Bohinj Valley and the Lower Bohinj Mountains in the background, now called Bohinjsko-Tolminske gore. For a short time we continue along the road, then at the end of a gentle left bend, signs for Uskovnica direct us right onto a forest road that leads through forest, a belt of bushes, higher again through forest. A few minutes higher we reach the gravel road again, but this time we leave it immediately, as we continue in the direction of the hiking path to Uskovnica. The forest road soon forks, we take the left one, where we notice a mark on the power line pole. For some time we continue along the power line and follow the marks. Soon a path branches left leading to Uskovnica via Lom, we continue on the path that turns slightly right and enters the steep slopes of the area called Za Ribnico (Ribnica is a stream deep below us). Higher we reach a newer forest road or logging trail and follow it right. The newer logging trail ends after a few minutes, the path continues traversing the slopes to the right. A bit further, at a small junction, we continue on the upper left path, next to which there are signs for Uskovnica and which is visibly better trodden. Further on, we ascend somewhat more steeply along the path, from which a bit higher an unmarked path branches towards Lom (sign says "sir, skuta, milk and more").
We continue towards Uskovnica again, then in a few minutes we reach the gravel road (we reach the road where it is already closed to public traffic), which we follow right. When we step onto the road, we join the path from Stara Fužina, the path from Srednja vas via Lom and the path from the starting point or parking lot Lom. The gentle gravel road quickly takes us to the weekend houses at Uskovnica, then we leave it just behind the water trough and continue left onto the forest road towards Koča na Uskovnici. After about 50 meters of ascent along the forest road, we reach Koča na Uskovnici.
From the hut, we continue towards Tosca, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje and Praprotnica along the path that first crosses a pasture fence, then quickly joins the gravel road, which we follow right. The road then leads us between hummocky meadows, then after crossing the next fence we quickly arrive at a junction or crossroads by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace at Uskovnica.
At the chapel, the path continues left towards Vodnikov dom, right leads towards Pokljuka, we continue straight towards planina Konjščica (also one of the paths by which we can reach Velo polje or Vodnikov dom). We continue the path between fenced pastures, along a relatively steep forest road, from which a nice view opens to the surrounding mountains. Higher, the path, which also passes a few weekend houses, levels out and we join a wider forest road coming from Pokljuka or near the bridge over Ribnica (in descriptions starting point Uskovnica (Junction) towards planina Konjščica).
A bit further, a nice view opens towards Viševnik, the forest road then ascends transversely for some time, mostly through forest. Higher we cross a pasture fence and the path brings us to the southwestern edge of planina Konjščica. Here the path, which was occasionally somewhat steeper again, completely levels out and leads us transversely across the pasture. During the crossing, we step over a few small streams, then behind a small cross we cross a somewhat larger stream, behind it in a few steps we reach the dairy at planina Konjščica, where during the grazing season it is possible to buy some dairy product.
We bypass the dairy on the right side and for a short time continue along the marked path, which begins to descend towards Pokljuka (in descriptions starting point end of the road at Pokljuka). When we cross the nearby stream, where the marked path turns right, we continue straight onto an unmarked path that begins to ascend across the pastures of planina Konjščica.
When we step out of the stream bed, the trail temporarily disappears and levels out. Across the pasture area, we continue eastwards or a bit more to the right, until the point where the trail becomes more distinct. After crossing a torrent gully, the trail becomes more distinct and with nice views of the mountains surrounding planina Konjščica, it begins to ascend more steeply. Higher the path enters the forest, then quickly brings us to the marked path Rudno polje - Triglav, which we reach exactly on some kind of ridge.
We follow the marked path left downwards, but walk along it only to the crossing of the first torrent. At the torrent, we leave the marked path and continue the ascent along the torrent, initially straight upwards. Soon we notice traces of predecessors, a few steps higher we see a nicely traceable little trail (alternatively to here also along the path that branches from the aforementioned ridge into the forest (the start of the mentioned trail is not visible)). Here the trail crosses the stream to the right, then behind it slowly turns left in a semi-circle, leading us across a meadow where the trail is not visible. When we approach the stream again, we see the trail again, it crosses the stream and on the other side begins to ascend transversely. The path then climbs into a small valley, where it disappears again. When the valley levels out, we continue right, where after a few meters we see the trail again, this time more distinct. From the point where we left the valley, we walk only a minute or two, then along the path we notice a small cairn, next to which the path forks into two parts. The left path leads towards the saddle between Viševnik and Plesišče, the path continuing straight joins the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik at Zlate vode.
From the mentioned junction, we continue along the left path, which begins to ascend transversely to the left. For some time along the still nicely traceable little trail, we occasionally get some views of the Lower Bohinj Mountains and the surroundings of planina Konjščica, then the trail slowly begins to disappear. We know we are on the right path because we notice some sawn dwarf pine along the way. After crossing a grass-covered torrent, the trail disappears even more, the "path" exactly in this section turns in a long arc semi-circularly to the right, where the trail becomes visible again. A few more minutes of traversing or slight ascent to the right follow, and the increasingly traceable path soon brings us to the saddle between Plesišče on the right and Viševnik on the left.
At the mentioned saddle, we reach the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik, which we follow left. The path ahead first ascends moderately, then more steeply through a belt of dwarf pine. Higher the dwarf pine ends and the path brings us to a mini pass, from where a nice view opens. Further on, we ascend a steeper and panoramic grassy slope, the path then turns slightly right and brings us in a traverse ascent to the ridge of Viševnik, where an even nicer view opens towards Rjavina and the surrounding mountains. The path continues along and beside the ridge and for some time ascends only moderately. After a short traverse, we arrive below the summit of Viševnik itself, where the path becomes quite steep (in winter this section is often icy) and brings us to the panoramic summit in a few minutes.
Srednja vas - Koča na Uskovnici 1:40, Koča na Uskovnici - kapelica na Uskovnici 0:05, kapelica na Uskovnici - Planina Konjščica 1:05, planina Konjščica - Viševnik 1:45.

On the way: Razgledišče na Kresu (619m), Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapelica na Uskovnici (1177m), Planina Konjščica (1427m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Draški vrh