Uskovnica (Lom) - Veliki Draški vrh (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 asphalted 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 permitted only for landowners).

Traffic regime in the Pokljuka and Uskovnica area from June 15 to October 15.

Route 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 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 towards 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 houses 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 Tosc, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje, and Praprotnica along the path that first crosses the pasture fence, then quickly joins a macadam road, which we follow to the right. The road then leads us between hummocky meadows, then after crossing the next fence, we quickly reach a junction or fork by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace at Uskovnica.
After the chapel, continue left (straight Planina Konjščica, right Rudno polje) along the gentle road that leads us across the extensive meadows of Uskovnica, 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, which now begins to ascend moderately, has a few junctions, but we follow it towards Vodnikov dom at Velem polju and Triglav. Higher up, the cart track, which mostly runs through the forest, turns into a hiking path, which quickly brings us to a pleasant spring below Mesnova glava, called Štapce. At the spring, continue straight (right hunting hut) and continue the ascent along a gentle path that brings us a bit further to steep slopes. Soon after arriving at the steep slopes, fixed protection aids us in crossing the steep gully. The path continues along relatively steep slopes that are especially slippery when wet. During the crossing of the steep slopes, the path ascends steeply for short periods 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 risk of slipping). The crossing ends at a larger torrent (usually a spring), after which we enter a softer grassy world.
A few minutes of easy walking follow and the path brings us to the abandoned Planina Spodnji Tosc. The path further 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 further begins to ascend ever steeper and quickly brings us from the belt of sparse forest into the bushes, where it begins to turn increasingly left. The path soon flattens and brings us from the bushes onto grassy slopes, across which we climb in a few minutes of further walking to the Pokljuka - Triglav path.
We follow the mentioned path to the right, which after a few steps brings us to the place where the path to Tosc branches left (the junction to Tosc is marked, but the path to it is not marked). Continue straight along the pleasant transverse path, which gradually passes from the slopes of Tosc to the slopes of Veliki Draški vrh. The scenic path then brings us after some time to the foot of the Studorski preval, where it ascends more steeply for a short time. After five minutes of ascent, we step onto Studorski preval, where there is a marked junction.
From Studorski preval, continue left (slightly left Srenjski preval, straight down Pokljuka, right Ablanca) along an initially gentle path that ascends through a belt of bushes. A bit further, the path turns left and gradually begins to ascend more steeply. After a few minutes of further walking, the path brings us below a short but quite steep rocky step, which we "overcome" with a little hand assistance (mainly for balance). The rocky step, besides the risk of slipping, is also exposed to falling rocks (caution!). Higher up, the path flattens and passes onto a very scenic and technically mostly undemanding ridge. The path, from which we have beautiful views of the Bohinj-Tolmin mountains (sometimes called Lower Bohinj mountains) and other Bohinj mountains, begins to ascend more steeply again a little below the summit. The path further climbs over a short and steep rocky slope, then flattens and brings us in a few minutes of further walking to the scenic summit.
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, Studorski preval - Veliki Draški vrh 1:00.

Along the route: Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Studorski preval (1892m)

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