Tolminske Ravne - Vogel (steep path)
Starting point: Tolminske Ravne (924 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2294°N 13.7715°E 
Path name: steep path
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 998 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1020 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We drive to Tolmin, 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 intersection we continue slightly right in the direction of the settlement Zadlaz. In the settlement Zadlaz-Žabče the road temporarily descends, where over a bridge it crosses Zadlaščica, 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.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we head 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 it flattens and continues for a few minutes without major changes in altitude. After the concrete trough the path splits once again, and we choose the left steep path (the path which continues straight also leads to Planina Razor, but it is longer and technically undemanding).
The path ahead again starts ascending, ascending mostly towards the right, only here and there making a hairpin turn. Higher up we move onto steeper slopes, a little further onto an exposed but, except for the first few steps, well-secured ledge. When the traverse ends the path temporarily returns to the forest, through which it ascends more steeply, then we step out of the forest and the path flattens. From here there follow a few more minutes of walking with nice views of the mountains rising above the basin of Zadlaščica, and the path brings us past the cheese cottage to the Koča na planini Razor.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Globoko, Vogel, Vrh nad Škrbino... on the path which crosses a strip of forest, then splits on a gentle grassy slope.
From the junction we continue right (straight to Vrh nad Škrbino and Dom na Komni) and begin to ascend moderately. The path quickly returns to 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 ascending 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 along the slopes of Vrh Krnic. After crossing a smaller valley, where an unmarked path branches off to the left leading to the saddle between the mentioned peak and Vogel, the path moves 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 m high peak of Vogel.
Tolminske Ravne - Planina Razor 1:15, Planina Razor - Vogel 1:45.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (July).
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