Uskovnica (Lom) - Mali Draški vrh

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 levels out and quickly brings us to the Upper Bohinj Valley. At the intersection here, continue left (right to Pokljuka) and follow the road further to Srednja vas. In the second part of the village, notice the signs for Uskovnica (7 km), which direct us right onto a narrower, initially still asphalt road. Then follow this road, which mostly ascends, 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 June 15 to October 15.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue towards Koča na Uskovnici along the road by 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, we continue straight to the marked junction a few steps away, where we continue right towards Koča na Uskovnici. The path further first leads past a landmark (cross), then continues between pastures. When the pastures on the right side end, a marked path from Srednja vas (path "Za Ribnico") joins us from the right.
We continue straight, then past weekend houses we arrive at a water trough and a few steps further to the place where the signs for the already known hut direct us left onto a cart track. A short ascent follows along the cart track, and the path brings us to Koča na Uskovnici.
From the hut, continue towards Tosca, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje, and Praprotnica along the path that first crosses a pasture fence, then quickly joins a gravel road, which we follow to the right. The road then leads us between hummocky meadows, then after crossing the next fence we quickly arrive at a junction or crossroads by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace at Uskovnica.
At the chapel, the path towards Vodnikov dom continues left, the path towards Pokljuka goes right, but we continue straight towards planina Konjščica (also one of the paths by which we can reach Velo polje or Vodnikov dom). We continue the path between fenced pastures along a relatively steep cart track, from which we have a nice view of the surrounding mountains. Higher up, the path, which also leads past a few weekend houses, levels out and we join a wider cart track coming from Pokljuka or near the bridge over Ribnica (in descriptions, starting point Uskovnica (Junction) towards planina Konjščica).
A little further, we get a nice view towards Viševnik, and the cart track then ascends transversely for a while, mostly through forest. Higher up, we cross a pasture fence and the path brings us to the southwestern edge of planina Konjščica. Here the path, which was occasionally somewhat steeper again, completely levels out and leads us transversely across the pasture. During the crossing, we step over a few small streams, then after a small cross we cross a somewhat larger stream, and behind it, in a few steps, we reach the dairy at planina Konjščica, where during the grazing season it is possible to buy some dairy product.
Before the dairy, continue slightly left towards Triglav and Vodnikov dom at Velo polje, along a path that gently ascends towards the northern part of the pasture. When the pasture ends, the path enters dwarf pines surrounded by individual trees and begins to ascend moderately. With views of the surrounding mountains, we quickly arrive at a marked junction, where a marked path from Rudno polje also joins us from the right.
Continue slightly left towards Studorski preval and ascend somewhat more steeply for a few minutes. Higher up, the valley we are walking through narrows, then along a torrent we reach the grassy flat at Jezerci, where the next marked junction is.
Here the path towards Triglav turns left, but we continue right, past a bench, towards Viševnik and Srenjski preval. The well-visible but unmarked path continuing to Srenjski preval first gently ascends to the nearby stream, crosses it, then ascends to the source of the mentioned stream. Behind the source, the path becomes steeper and splits into two parts. Higher up, both paths merge, and with nice views of the nearby spires and peaks surrounding Jezerca, in a few more minutes of ascent, we reach Srenjski preval, where we again notice markings.
From Srenjski preval, continue left along an unmarked and less visible path that begins to ascend ever more steeply through and along an indistinct gully (sharply left Studorski preval). In the lower part, the path ascends somewhat to the right of the gully, then briefly crosses to its left (direction of ascent) side. Higher up, the gully ascends even more steeply, and the path starts to disappear. Further, we ascend directly up the gully steeply (careful due to high scree fall risk), and along the "path" we will notice some very old and completely faded markings. After about 20 minutes of ascent, we step onto an exposed ridge, from which we get a nice view of the Krma valley and the peaks surrounding it.
From here, we can climb to the nearby eastern summit, which is a few meters of easier climbing along the exposed ridge away, or to the somewhat more distant but a few meters higher western summit. To reach it, we must first descend a bit, then along a quite exposed ridge in a few dozen steps ascend to the panoramic summit.
Starting point - Koča na Uskovnici 0:15, Koča na Uskovnici - chapel at Uskovnica 0:05, chapel at Uskovnica - planina Konjščica 1:05, Planina Konjščica - Klanci 0:40, Klanci - Jezerce 0:05, Jezerce - Srenjski preval 0:35, Srenjski preval - Mali Draški vrh 0:40.

On the way: Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Planina Konjščica (1427m), Klanci (1678m), Jezerce (1719m), Srenjski preval (1959m)