Ukanc - Vogel (via planina Zadnji Vogel)

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

Route description:
Under the bottom station of the cableway on Vogel we notice a forest road (in winter a ski run), which starts moderately ascending towards the west. The path ahead continues gently to moderately ascending for some time, 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.
After that the road starts turning more and more to the left and becoming steeper and steeper. Higher we continue on a relatively steep ski run, along which a poorer and gravelly transport-rescue road leads us all the time. After some time the road or ski run temporarily flattens, then steeply ascends again and brings us to a marked junction, where we continue left in the direction of the Ski hotel on Vogel (straight to the bottom station of the two-seater chairlift Zadnji Vogel).
A little further we arrive at the next junction, where we continue right towards the mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel (slightly left Ski hotel on Vogel and mountain hut Planinska koča Merjasec). We walk along the ski run for less than 10 minutes and the path brings us to the dairy on the mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel.
From the mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel we continue slightly right in the direction of Komna and Vogel, but we follow the path towards Komna only for another 10 m or so, then the sign on the rock for Vogel directs us left onto a moderately ascending path. The path ahead ascends through a belt of dwarf pines, then descends into a pleasant grassy basin. A gentle ascent follows along the mentioned basin, then the path starts to ascend moderately. A little higher we arrive at a marked junction, where it says left saddle Šija, right Vogel. Here we continue left or right, as both paths join again after a few minutes. From the point where both paths join, only a short ascent follows and the path brings us to the next junction.
Here we continue straight upwards in the direction of Vogel (left Šija, right Komna) and continue the ascent along the path, along which we quickly arrive at the saddle (1668 m), which borders on Primorska and from which a nice view opens up on the Primorska side.
Here the path from Šija joins from the left, and we continue slightly right along the marked footpath in the direction of Vogel. The path ahead continues along the ridge for a short time, then turns slightly right, where it passes into a belt of dwarf pines. The dwarf pines end quickly, and a moderately steep path leads us across some slopes, then returns to the ridge, where it steeply ascends for a short time. A short somewhat exposed passage follows, then the path passes onto the northern slopes of Vogel, where in early summer we can encounter snow patches. After crossing the slope below Vogel, the path ascends somewhat more steeply and brings us to a marked junction, where we continue sharply left in the direction of Vogel (straight Globoko and Komna). An ascent follows to the saddle between Vogel and Vrh Krnic, from which a nice view opens up on the Primorska side. Here we continue left along the panoramic ridge, along which we ascend to the summit of the 1922 m high Vogel in a few minutes.

Along the route: Planina Zadnji Vogel (1413m), Vratca (1668m)

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

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