Ukanc - Tolminski Kuk

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway we take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica, Ribčev Laz and the Vogel ski resort. We park on a large well-maintained parking lot at the lower station of the cableway to Vogel.

Route description:
Under the lower station of the cableway on Vogel we notice a forest road (in winter a ski slope), which starts moderately ascending towards the west. The path ahead continues for some time gently to moderately ascending, then it brings us out of the forest onto a panoramic slope, from where a beautiful view opens up on Komarča, Pršivec and Lake Bohinj.
When the road or ski slope turns left and starts ascending steeper, we need to pay attention, because after approximately 100 m, on the right side we will notice a smaller cairn, by which a quite overgrown footpath starts, which after a shorter crossing starts ascending steeper through the forest. Higher the footpath temporarily flattens and crosses somewhat steeper slopes towards the right. From here a nice view opens up on the surroundings for a short time, then the path returns into the forest, through which it again starts ascending steeper. The somewhat overgrown path in a few places higher brings us to a larger rock (picture no. 17), behind which after some 10 m we arrive at an unmarked junction.
At the junction, by which there is also a smaller cairn, we continue left (right hunting cottage Na Melu and Ražnova Suha) and continue the path on a more overgrown trail, which first crosses slopes towards the left, then brings us out of the forest and higher bushes onto panoramic and high-grass-covered slopes, from which a nice view opens up on Pršivec and Lake Bohinj. We continue the ascent on an occasionally quite overgrown and in some places harder-to-follow path (harder-to-follow spots are mainly where a fallen tree lies across the path). Higher the path continues for some time through a belt of bushes and dwarf pines, then arrives in a series of smaller basins, where numerous cairns also show the path. When the dwarf pines already thin out considerably the path turns somewhat to the right and gradually flattens. Here follows a short left bend and the path brings us to the pasture Planina za Migovcem, where we also step onto the marked path Vogel - Komna.
From the pasture we continue left on the marked path towards Vogel. After a short descent of a few meters the path starts ascending and brings us to a marked junction, where we leave the path leading towards Vogel. Here we continue right in the direction of the Koča na planini Razor hut, on a path that starts ascending transversely to the right. After a shorter crossing the path leads us past a smaller basin, where we step from the slopes of Bohinjski Migovec onto the more rocky slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here the path turns somewhat to the right and brings us over a small rough scree to a smaller gully, behind which we enter a very short belt of dwarf pines. Above the dwarf pines the path steeply ascends for a short time, then flattens and crosses steep scree to the right (this part is usually still under snow in early summer, so crampons and ice axe are mandatory then). The path ahead bypasses a smaller cirque on the left side, in which snow persists throughout the year. On the other side of the cirque the path starts steeply ascending towards Škrbina, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes of further ascent.
When we step onto Škrbina, a nice view opens up on the Primorska side, and at the junction we continue right in the direction of Kuk (left Vrh nad Škrbino, straight down Koča na planini Razor). The path ahead starts ascending transversely over steep slabs, then both the path and the slope flatten somewhat. The path ahead passes under the short wall of Vrh Kont, then starts gently descending over occasionally steeper scree. Ahead on the Primorska side the path also crosses Podrta gora and Mali vrh, then returns to the main ridge of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, which it reaches right at the saddle between Mali vrh and Zeleni vrh. From here we continue in the same direction, only the path from the slopes moves onto a locally exposed ridge. We follow the marked path, which occasionally ascends quite steeply, then with ever better views, all the way to the grassy Zeleni vrh.
From Zeleni vrh we descend on the marked path, which starts descending steeper towards the west. The slope down which we descend quickly narrows and the path brings us onto a narrow and somewhat exposed ridge. Here the path flattens, and we quickly reach a saddle, from which we start ascending towards Tolminski Kuk. Above the saddle a short steep ascent awaits us, then the path moves onto the ridge, along and beside which we ascend to the highest peak of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore.

Along the route: Planina za Migovcem (1600m), Škrbina (1910m), Zeleni vrh (2052m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Podrta gora

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