Uskovnica (Razpotje) - Veliki Draški vrh (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 a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly brings us to a junction, where we turn left towards Uskovnica (right Planina Konjščica). From here drive another good 500 m to the former parking lot above Uskovnica. This spot is called Razpotje.
Parking is now prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park at Rudno polje, which extends the route by about 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 beyond 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, but from the junction in front of the church continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road begins to ascend more steeply again, higher up it flattens and continues along the Mrzli potok stream. When we join the road from Bled, turn left and drive to Rudno polje, 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 turn left towards Uskovnica (right Planina Konjščica). From here drive another good 500 m to the former parking lot above Uskovnica. This spot is called Razpotje.
Parking is now prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park at Rudno polje, which extends the route by about 35 minutes, or choose the starting point Uskovnica (Lom).

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

Path 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, across which a wide car bridge leads. 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 begins to ascend moderately ahead, has some junctions, but we follow it towards Vodnikov dom at Velem polju and Triglav. Higher up, the cart track, which for the most part 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 reaching the steep slopes, fixed protection aids us in crossing a 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 final 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 ahead begins to ascend moderately and soon brings us to a small junction, where we turn sharply right (straight old, partially abandoned path) along a well-traceable path. The path ahead begins to ascend ever more steeply and quickly brings us from the belt of sparse forest into the dwarf pines, where it starts turning more to the left. The path soon flattens and from the dwarf pines brings us to 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 point where the path to Tosc branches left (the junction to Tosc is marked, but the path to it is not waymarked). Continue straight along the pleasant transverse path, which gradually passes from the slopes of Tosca 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 dwarf pines. 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 stones (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 Bohinjsko-Tolminske gore (sometimes called Lower Bohinj Mountains) and other Bohinj mountains, begins to ascend more steeply again just below the summit. The path ahead climbs over a short and steep rocky slope, then flattens and in a few minutes of further walking brings us to the scenic summit.
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 - Studorski preval 0:40, Studorski preval - Veliki Draški vrh 1:00.

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