Tolminske Ravne - Vogel (on mule track)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Tolmin, and then we continue driving in the direction of Žabče and Zadlaz (the turn-off from the main road is located on the left bank of Tolminka). When we get to Žabče, at the smaller crossroads we continue slightly to the right in the direction of the settlement Zadlaz. In the settlement Zadlaz-Žabče the road temporarily descends, where we cross Zadlaščica over a bridge, and then it again starts ascending steeply on a narrow but all the time asphalted road. After approximately 12 km from the main road we get to the marked parking lot in Tolminske Ravne, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we go on the path in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na planini Razor and mountain pasture Planina na Kalu. At first, we walk on a cart track which continues from the nearby house and leads us through a panoramic meadow. On the other side of the meadow, we cross a grazing fence and the path brings us to a marked junction, where we continue on the lower right cart track (slightly left Planina na Kalu).
Further on, we walk on a cart track which slightly descends towards the right, then flattens and continues for a few minutes without major changes in elevation. Behind the concrete trough the path splits once again, and we choose the lower gentle path (slightly left steep path), which continues on a wide cart track. A little further, after crossing the grazing fence, the cart track changes into a mule track, and from it we soon go slightly left onto a marked footpath which cuts a longer bend of the mule track. After a few minutes of ascent we return to the mule track, which we reach exactly at a smaller junction. We choose the upper right path, which ascends diagonally towards the right, and soon turns sharply to the left. Further on, we ascend gently to moderately on the mule track, which leads us diagonally towards the left, gradually transitioning to fairly steep slopes, where the passage is not demanding because the path is all the time fairly wide. When the higher slope flattens, the mule track turns somewhat to the right and brings us out of the forest onto the southwestern part of Planina Razor. From here follows a short moderate ascent and the path brings us to the cheese cottage and about a minute further to the mountain hut Koča na planini Razor.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Globoko, Vogel, Vrh nad Škrbino... on the path which crosses a belt of forest, then splits on a gentle grassy slope.
From the junction we continue right (straight Vrh nad Škrbino and Dom na Komni) and begin to ascend moderately. The path quickly returns into the forest and brings us to the next junction.
Again we continue right in the direction of Vogel (left Globoko) and gradually begin to ascend more steeply. We quickly leave the forest, then begin to ascend on a gradually steeper slope. With nice views on Tolminsko, higher we reach the southwestern ridge of Vrh Krnic, where the path temporarily flattens and turns left. The path ahead ascends diagonally and leads us above Krnica and on the slopes of Vrh Krnic. After crossing a smaller valley, where to the left branches an unmarked path which leads to the saddle between the mentioned peak and Vogel, the path passes onto the slopes of Vogel, where it ascends diagonally across a steep slope. Higher we reach the ridge of Vogel, where the path turns left (right Žabiški Kuk). There follows another good 10 minutes of ascent and the panoramic path brings us to the 1922 meters high peak of Vogel.
Tolminske Ravne - Planina Razor 1:45, Planina Razor - Vogel 1:45.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (July).

Along the route: Planina Plazje (890m), Koča na planini Razor (1315m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Črna prst, Vrh Krnic

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