Uskovnica (Lom) - Studorski preval (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 levels out and quickly brings us to Zgornja Bohinjska dolina. At the junction, continue left (right 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, initially still asphalt road. Follow this road, which ascends most of the time, to the "Lom" parking lot, where there is a sign prohibiting further driving (further driving 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 towards 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 left from the road leading to the nearby Ulčnek dairy, where during grazing season we can buy the aforementioned products, otherwise continue straight to the marked junction a few steps away, where we continue right towards Koča na Uskovnici. The path first leads past a landmark (cross), then continues between pastures. When the pastures end on the right, a marked path from Srednja vas (path "Za Ribnico") joins from the right.
Continue straight, then past weekend cottages reach a water trough and a few steps further to the spot where signs for the already known hut direct us left onto a cart track. A short ascent on the cart track follows and the path takes us to Koča na Uskovnici.
From the hut continue towards 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 right. The road then leads between hummocky meadows, then to cross the next fence we quickly reach a junction by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace at Uskovnica.
Past the chapel continue left (straight Planina Konjščica, right Rudno polje) along the level road that leads across extensive Uskovnica meadows, then the path takes us to the forest edge where it begins to change into an initially wide cart track. The cart track which starts to ascend moderately ahead has some junctions but we follow it towards Vodnikov dom at Velem polju and Triglav. Higher the cart track which mostly runs through forest changes into a footpath which quickly takes us to a pleasant spring under Mesnova glava called Štapce. At the spring continue straight (right hunters' hut) and continue ascent on the gentle path which somewhat further brings us to steep slopes. Already soon after reaching the steep slopes, fixed protection helps us cross a steep gully. The path continues on relatively steep slopes which are especially prone to slipping when wet. While crossing the steep slopes the path several times steeply ascends for a short time and then descends again. In the last part of the crossing we cross several very steep gullies over which the path is locally completely ruined (great slipping hazard). The crossing ends at a larger torrent (usually a spring) after which we enter a softer world of grass.
A few minutes of easy walking follow and the path takes us to the abandoned Planina Spodnji Tosc. The path ahead starts to ascend moderately and 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 starts to ascend ever more steeply and quickly takes us from a belt of sparse forest into scrub where it starts turning more to the left. The path soon levels and from the scrub takes us to grassy slopes across which in a few minutes of further walking we ascend to the Pokljuka-Triglav path.
Follow the mentioned path right which already after a few steps takes us to the place where the path to Tosc branches left (junction to Tosc is marked but the path to it is unmarked). Continue straight on the pleasant traverse path which gradually from Tosc slopes passes to the slopes of Veliki Draški vrh. The scenic path then after some time takes us to the foot of Studorski preval where it steeply ascends for a short time. After five minutes of ascent we step onto Studorski preval where there is a marked junction.
Starting point - Koča na Uskovnici 0:15, Koča na Uskovnici - chapel at Uskovnica 0:05, chapel at Uskovnica - Štapce 0:50, Štapce - Planina Spodnji Tosc 1:15, Planina Spodnji Tosc - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:30, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Studorski preval 0:40.

On the way: Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m)