Uskovnica (Razpotje) - Velo polje (via planina Spodnji Tosc)

Access to starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Lesce exit, then follow the signs for Bled and Pokljuka. Continue driving through Gorje and past the Zatrnik ski slope to Rudno polje on Pokljuka, where there is a large paid parking lot, and nearby a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight along the gravel road, which shortly afterwards leads 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.
Parking is now prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park already at Rudno polje, which extends our 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 filling station, located just after Bohinjska Bistrica, continue left towards Pokljuka and Jereka. The road first ascends steeply, then gradually flattens after Koriti and leads 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 arrive at Jereka, but 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 up it flattens and continues along the 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 also a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight along the gravel road, which shortly afterwards leads 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.
Parking is now prohibited at the mentioned parking lot, so we must park already at Rudno polje, which extends our route by approximately 35 minutes, or choose the starting point Uskovnica (Lom).

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

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, over 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 level road further leads us across the extensive meadows of Uskovnica, then brings us to the edge of the forest, where it begins to change into initially still wide cart track. The cart track, which further begins to ascend moderately, has some junctions, but we follow it in the direction of Vodnikov dom on Velo polje and Triglav. Higher up, the cart track, which mostly runs through the forest, changes into a footpath, 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, which shortly further brings us to steep slopes. Already soon after arriving at the steep slopes, safety gear assists at crossing the steep gully. The path continues along 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 some 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 world of grass.
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 already soon brings us to a small junction, where we continue sharply right (straight old, partly abandoned path) along a well-followable 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 begins to turn increasingly to the left. The path soon levels out and brings us from the dwarf pines onto grassy slopes, across which we ascend in a few minutes of further walking to the Pokljuka - Triglav path, where we turn left.
The path ahead crosses the southern slopes of Tosc, then in a slight descent crosses a short belt of sparse forest, after which we arrive at steeper and also sheer southwest slopes of the mountain Tosc, where there was a landslide a few years ago, so some extra caution is needed due to falling rocks. Across the sheer section runs a fairly wide path, so there are no special difficulties in this part, but when the slope becomes less steep, the path from Stara Fužina or the Voje valley joins from the left.
Here continue slightly left in the direction of Velo polje (sharply left Voje, straight Vodnikov dom). The path ahead begins to descend transversely to the right and quickly brings us to an unmarked junction.
Continue along the right marked path (left hunting hut and also unmarked shortcut to Planina pod Mišelj vrhom), which soon levels out, then continues in crossing the slopes below Vodnikov dom. After a few minutes the path turns slightly left and begins to descend towards Mali and Velo polje.
After a short descent the path from the Voje valley joins from the left, we continue right and after a few dozen steps arrive at the shepherds' huts on planina Velo polje.
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 - Velo polje 0:20.

On the way: Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m)

Trip can be extended to: Planina pod Mišelj vrhom , Jezerski Stog (1 h 50 min) , Koča na Doliču , Šmarjetna glava