Uskovnica (Lom) - Jezerski Stog (via Planina Spodnji Tosc)

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 flattens and quickly takes us into the Upper Bohinj Valley. At the junction here, continue left (right to Pokljuka) and follow the road further to Srednja vas. Here in the second part of the village, notice the signs for Uskovnica (7 km), which direct us right onto a narrower road, initially still asphalted. Follow this road, which ascends most of the way, to the "Lom" parking lot, where there is a sign prohibiting further driving (further driving is permitted only to landowners).

Traffic regime in the Pokljuka and Uskovnica area from 15.6. to 15.10.

Path description:
From the parking lot continue in the direction of Koča na Uskovnici along the road, after which we quickly emerge from the forest, where we notice signs for cheese, milk and homemade products. A few dozen meters further, a short path branches off to the left from the road leading to the nearby Ulčnek dairy, where we can buy the aforementioned products during the grazing season, otherwise continue straight to the marked junction a few steps away, where we continue right in the direction of Koča na Uskovnici. The path further first leads past a landmark (cross), then continues between pastures. When the pastures end on the right side, a marked path from Srednja vas (path "Za Ribnico") joins us from the right.
Continue straight, then past weekend cottages we arrive at a water trough and a few steps further to the place where signs for the already familiar hut direct us left onto a cart track. A short ascent along the cart track follows and the path takes us to Koča na Uskovnici.
From the hut continue in the direction of Tosc, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje and Praprotnica along the path that first crosses the pasture fence, then quickly joins a gravel road, which we follow to the right. The road then leads us between hummocky meadows, then to cross the next fence we quickly arrive at a junction or crossroads by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace at Uskovnica.
Behind the chapel continue left (straight Planina Konjščica, right Rudno polje) along the flat road that leads us across extensive Uskovnica meadows, then the path takes us to the edge of the forest, where it begins to turn into an initially wide cart track. The cart track, which further begins to ascend moderately, has some junctions, but we follow it in the direction of Vodnikov dom at Velem polju and Triglav. Higher up the cart track, which mostly runs through forest, turns into a footpath, which quickly takes us to a pleasant spring below Mesnova glava called Štapce. At the spring continue straight (right hunters' hut) and continue the ascent along a gentle path that somewhat further takes us to steep slopes. Already soon after arriving at the steep slopes, safety gear assists us in crossing the steep gully. The path continues along relatively steep slopes that are particularly prone to slipping when wet. During the crossing of the steep slopes the path several times ascends steeply for a short time and then descends again. In the last part of the crossing we cross some very steep gullies, over which the path is locally completely destroyed (high risk of slipping). The crossing ends at a larger torrent (usually a spring) behind which we enter softer grassy terrain.
A few minutes of easy walking follow and the path takes us to the abandoned Planina Spodnji Tosc. The path ahead begins to ascend moderately and already soon takes us to a small junction, where we continue sharply right (straight old, partly abandoned path) along a well traceable path. The path ahead begins to ascend ever steeper and quickly takes us from the belt of sparse forest into the bushes, where it begins to turn increasingly to the left. The path soon flattens and takes us from the bushes onto grassy slopes, across which we ascend in a few minutes of further walking to the Pokljuka - Triglav path, where we turn left.
The path ahead crosses the southern slopes of Tosc, then in a slight descent crosses a short belt of sparse forest, behind which we arrive at the steep slopes of Tosc. A little further the path along an artificially made wide ledge in a slight descent crosses the precipitous slopes of the same mountain. Since the path is quite wide it causes no difficulties (caution due to falling stones, rockfall in 2008). Over the precipitous section runs a fairly wide path, so there are no particular difficulties in this part, but when the slope becomes less steep the path from Stara Fužina or Voje valley also joins from the left.
Here continue slightly left in the direction of Velem polje (sharply left Voje, straight Vodnikov dom). The path ahead begins to descend transversely to the right and quickly takes us to an unmarked junction.
Continue along the right marked path (left hunters' hut and also unmarked shortcut to Planina pod Mišelj vrhom), which soon flattens, then continues in crossing the slopes below Vodnikov dom. After a few minutes the path turns slightly left and begins to descend towards Malo polje and Velo polje. After a short descent we reach a small saddle between Malo polje on the left and Velo polje on the right. Here continue left (right Velo polje) and continue the path along the marked route, which quickly descends to Planina Malo polje. A few minutes of walking across the mentioned alpine pasture follow, then the path turns slightly right and takes us to the seasonal lake on Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
We bypass the lake on the right side (slightly left Voje), then in a slight ascent climb to the crumbling shepherds' huts on Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
On Planina pod Mišelj vrhom we reach a junction, where a marked path to Mišeljski preval branches right, we continue straight along the equally marked path, which gradually begins to ascend more steeply. Higher up the path crosses a belt of larch forest, then steeply climbs over initially rocky and then also grassy slope. After just under an hour of walking from Planina pod Mišelj vrhom, the path flattens, and it takes us in a few steps of further walking to Jezerski preval, where we leave the markings.
From the pass continue left (straight downhill Planina Jezerce) and continue the path along an initially easy path that crosses increasingly steep grassy slopes to the south. Just a little further we reach a panoramic and occasionally exposed ridge, the path quickly takes us to the summit slope of Jezerski Stog, where it begins to ascend steeply along crumbly terrain. We follow this in the final part quite steep and slippery path all the way to the panoramic summit, which we reach after five minutes of further walking.
Starting point - Koča na Uskovnici 0:15, Koča na Uskovnici - kapelica na Uskovnici 0:05, kapelica na Uskovnici - Štapce 0:50, Štapce - Planina Spodnji Tosc 1:15, Planina Spodnji Tosc - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:30, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Na Zagonu 0:20, Na Zagonu - Velo polje 0:20, Velo polje - Malo polje 0:05, Malo polje - Presihajoče jezero 0:10, Presihajoče jezero - Planina pod Mišelj vrhom 0:05, Planina pod Mišelj vrhom - Jezerski preval 0:55, Jezerski preval - Jezerski Stog 0:20.

On the way: Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Velo polje (1707m), Malo polje (1660m), Presihajoče jezero (1645m), Planina pod Mišelj vrhom (1645m), Jezerski preval (1945m)