Uskovnica (Lom) - Tosc (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 into the Upper Bohinj Valley. Here at the intersection, 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. Then follow this road, which ascends most of the time, 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, after which we quickly arrive out of the forest, where we notice signs for cheese, milk and homemade products. A few tens of meters further, a short path branches left from the road leading to the nearby sirarna pr Ulčnek, where during the 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 ahead 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 houses we arrive at a water trough and a few steps further to the place where signs for the now familiar hut direct us left onto a cart track. A short ascent follows on the cart track and the path brings us to Koča na Uskovnici.
From the hut continue towards Tosc, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje and Praprotnica on 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 after crossing the next fence we quickly arrive at a crossroads or junction by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace on Uskovnica.
After the chapel continue left (straight planina Konjščica, right Rudno polje) along the flat road that leads us across extensive Uskovnica meadows, then the path brings us to the edge of the forest, where it begins to turn into an initially wide cart track. The cart track ahead, which begins to ascend moderately, has some junctions, but we follow it towards Vodnikov dom na Velem polju and Triglav. Higher up the cart track, which mostly runs through forest, turns into a footpath, which quickly brings us to a pleasant spring under Mesnova glava called Štapce. At the spring continue straight (right hunting hut) and continue the ascent on a gentle path that somewhat further brings us to steep slopes. Soon after reaching the steep slopes, fixed protection assists at the crossing of a steep gully. The path continues on relatively steep slopes that are especially 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 several very steep gullies over which the path is locally completely destroyed (high slipping hazard). The crossing ends at a larger torrent (usually a spring) after which we enter a softer grassy terrain.
A few minutes of easy walking follow and the path brings us to the abandoned planina Spodnji Tosc. The path ahead begins to ascend moderately and soon brings 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 brings us from the belt of sparse forest into the bushes, where it begins to turn increasingly to the left. The path soon levels out and from the bushes brings us to grassy slopes, over which we ascend in a few minutes of further walking to the Pokljuka - Triglav path.
Follow the mentioned path to the right (left Triglav), which already after a few steps brings us to the place where the path to Tosc branches left. Continue towards Tosc (the branch is marked) along an unmarked but well-traceable path that begins to ascend ever steeper over the grassy slopes of Tosc.
The increasingly steep path slowly turns somewhat to the right, then turns sharply left and almost completely levels out. Crossing a short steep slope follows, then the path brings us to less steep slopes where it begins to gradually fade. The less visible track then turns slightly right and begins to ascend somewhat steeper. After a few minutes of ascent we step onto the indistinct Mali Tosc, from which a view of Tosc opens up. A short descent follows and the path past a larger sinkhole, which we bypass on the right side, brings us to the summit base of Tosc. The path ahead moderately ascends over a pleasant grassy slope and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the summit of Tosc.
Orientation in fog is quite difficult.
Starting point - Koča na Uskovnici 0:15, Koča na Uskovnici - chapel on Uskovnica 0:05, chapel on Uskovnica - Štapce 0:50, Štapce - Planina Spodnji Tosc 1:15, Planina Spodnji Tosc - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:30, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Mali Tosc 0:50, Mali Tosc - Tosc 0:15.

On the way: Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Mali Tosc (2233m)