Uskovnica (Razpotje) - Mali Draški vrh

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 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 good 500 m to the former parking lot above Uskovnica. This area is called Razpotje.
Now parking is prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park already at Rudno polje, which extends the route by approximately 35 minutes, or choose the starting point Uskovnica (Lom).
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving 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 stop, where we continue right towards Pokljuka, Koprivnik and Jereka (straight Srednja vas). Immediately after the junction we reach Jereka; from the junction in front of the church, we continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road begins to ascend more steeply again, higher it flattens and continues along Mrzli potok. When we join 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 good 500 m to the former parking lot above Uskovnica. This area is called Razpotje.
Now parking is prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park already at Rudno polje, which extends the route by approximately 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 gravel road closed to public traffic towards Uskovnica. The road immediately begins to descend quite steeply and quickly brings us to the bridge over Ribnica (Ribnica is the stream that separates Uskovnica from Pokljuka). After the bridge, the road turns sharply left, then crosses the slopes above the right bank of Ribnica in a slight descent. A few dozen meters further, we reach a small junction, where we turn sharply right towards Planina Konjščica (straight Uskovnica). The path ahead first ascends moderately along the pasture, then flattens completely for a few minutes. When the poorer road begins to ascend again, a path from the chapel at Uskovnica joins from the left (the junction is not specially marked), we continue right.
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 a bit steeper again, completely flattens and leads us transversely across the pasture. While 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 cheese dairy at Planina Konjščica, where during the grazing season it is possible to buy some dairy product.
Before the cheese dairy, continue slightly left towards Triglav and Vodnikov dom on Velem polju, along a path that gently ascends towards the northern part of the pasture. When the pasture ends, the path passes through dwarf pines surrounded by individual trees and begins to ascend moderately. With views of the surrounding mountains, we quickly reach a marked junction, where a marked path from Rudno polje joins 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 Jezerca, where there is the next marked junction.
Here the path towards Triglav turns left, we continue right, past a bench towards Viševnik and Srenjski preval. The well-visible but unmarked path to Srenjski preval first gently ascends to the nearby stream, crosses it, then ascends to the source of the mentioned stream. After 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 the markers.
From Srenjski preval continue left along the unmarked and less visible path, which begins to ascend ever more steeply along and in the indistinct gully (sharply left Studorski preval). The path in the lower part ascends slightly right of the gully, then briefly switches 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 upwards (careful due to high scree), and along the "path" we will notice some very old and completely faded markers. After a good 20 minutes of ascent, we step onto a precipitous 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, or to the somewhat more distant but a few meters higher western summit. To it, we must first descend a bit, then along the quite exposed ridge in a few dozen steps climb to the panoramic summit.
Starting point - 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.

Along the route: Planina Konjščica (1427m), Klanci (1678m), Jezerce (1719m), Srenjski preval (1959m)

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