Uskovnica (Razpotje) - Dom Valentina Staniča (via Planina Spodnji Tosc)

Access to starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Lesce exit, then follow signs for Bled and Pokljuka. Continue through Gorje and past the Zatrnik ski slope to Rudno polje on Pokljuka, where there is a large paid parking lot, nearby also a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly brings us to a junction, where we continue left towards Uskovnica (right Planina Konjščica). From here drive another 500 m to the former parking lot above Uskovnica. This area is called Razpotje.
Parking is now prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park at Rudno polje, which extends the trail by about 35 minutes, or choose the starting point Uskovnica (Lom).
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue towards Bled. Shortly after the Petrol gas station, located just after Bohinjska Bistrica, continue left towards Pokljuka and Jereka. The road first ascends steeply, then gradually flattens after Koriti and brings us to a junction at the bus station, where we continue right towards Pokljuka, Koprivnik and Jereka (straight Srednja vas). Immediately after the junction we arrive in Jereka, but from the junction before the church we continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road ascends more steeply again, higher it flattens and continues along Mrzli potok. When joining the road from Bled go left and drive to Rudno polje, where there is a large paid parking lot, nearby military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly brings us to a junction, where we continue left towards Uskovnica (right Planina Konjščica). From here drive another 500 m to the former parking lot above Uskovnica. This area is called Razpotje.
Parking is now prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park at Rudno polje, which extends the trail by about 35 minutes, or choose the starting point Uskovnica (Lom).

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

Route description:
From the former parking lot at the junction, continue along the forest road closed to public traffic, which begins to descend more steeply towards the gorge of the Ribnica stream. After a short descent, we reach the mentioned gorge, over which there is a wide car bridge. The road flattens after the bridge and after a few minutes of further walking brings us out of the forest onto the vast meadows of Uskovnica.
Here we walk to the nearby chapel, then continue the path slightly right along the road that runs right next to the mentioned chapel (left Koča na Uskovnici, right Planina Konjščica).
The fairly flat road leads us further across the extensive meadows of Uskovnica, then brings us to the edge of the forest, where it begins to turn into a initially still wide cart track. The cart track, which further begins to ascend moderately, has some junctions, but we follow it towards Vodnikov dom on Velem polju and Triglav. Higher up, the cart track, which for most of the way 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 shortly brings us 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 sections several times 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) behind 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, partially abandoned path) along a well-traceable path. The path further begins to ascend ever more steeply and quickly brings us from the belt of sparse forest into the bushes, where it begins to turn more to the left. The path soon flattens and brings us from the bushes onto grassy slopes, over which we climb in a few minutes of further walking to the Pokljuka - Triglav path, where we turn left.
The path further 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 does not cause problems (but be careful due to falling rocks, rockfall in 2008). The path then ascends slightly again and brings us to a junction, where we continue right towards Vodnikov dom (sharply left Voje and Stara Fužina, slightly left Velo polje). Another approximately ten minutes of walking follow without major ascents or descents, and we arrive at Vodnikov dom na Velem polju, where there is the next junction.
Here too, continue straight towards Triglav, the path begins to ascend transversely along the slopes of Vernar, higher up it also becomes technically demanding. Some crossing follows, where a chain assists us, higher up we arrive at a steep jump, where with the help of numerous pegs and chain we climb the stone steps.
The path further flattens, the slope becomes less steep and near Konjsko sedlo also somewhat more grassy.
We easily descend to Konjsko sedlo, from the marked junction at the saddle we head straight onto the path towards Triglavski dom na Kredarici and Staničev dom pod Triglavom (left Dom Planika pod Triglavom, right Krma valley), just a few steps further the path branches again.
Here, the inscription on the rock Staničev dom directs us slightly right onto a nicely traceable but less trodden path. The path further crosses the slopes to the right with some short ascents and descents, crossing some gullies that may still be under snow in early summer. The path further crosses a belt of bushes, then passes onto a grassy slope over which it ascends transversely. The path then flattens and shortly crosses the path from Krma via Kalvarija to Kredarica.
Continue towards Staničev dom (inscription on the rock) and continue the ascent along a moderately steep path that gets closer and closer to the scree under Rž. Along a pleasant path through the Ržke pode, we arrive at the mentioned scree, over which we begin to ascend transversely. When we reach the other side of the scree, the path turns slightly left and begins to ascend steeply through rugged rock. The steepness quickly eases and after a few minutes of further walking we join the path from Krma.
Continue left towards Triglav and Staničev dom, along a gradually gentler path that brings us to a junction at the beginning of the ridge leading towards Dovška vrata and further to Rjavina.
Here a marked path branches right towards Rjavina, we gradually begin to descend towards the more plateau-like world around Dom Valentina Staniča pod Triglavom.
Lower the path flattens and from the next junction continue straight towards the nearby mountain hut.
Starting point - Uskovnica 0:15, Uskovnica - 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 - Vodnikov dom 0:20, Vodnikov dom - Konjsko sedlo 0:30, Konjsko sedlo - Pod Kalvarijo 0:30, pod Kalvarijo - Ravnica pod Ržjo 1:10, Ravnica pod Ržjo - Dom Valentina Staniča 0:15.

Along the route: Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Vodnikov dom (1817m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Pod Kalvarijo (2084m), Apnenica (2337m), Ravnica pod Ržjo (2371m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Cmir, Visoka Vrbanova špica, Begunjski vrh, Triglavski dom na Kredarici, Rjavina, Rž

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