Uskovnica (Razpotje) - Vrh Snežne konte (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 there is also a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly afterwards 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.
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 gas station, which is 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 arrive in 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 stream. When we join the road from Bled, go left and drive to Rudno polje, where there is a large paid parking lot, and nearby there is also a military barracks and shooting range. From here continue straight on the gravel road, which shortly afterwards 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.
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 June 15 to October 15.

Path description:
From the former parking lot at the junction, we continue on 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 on 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 on begins to ascend moderately, has a few junctions, but we follow it towards Vodnikov dom on 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 under Mesnova glava, called Štapce. At the spring, we continue straight (right hunter's hut) and continue the ascent on a gentle path that shortly brings us to steep slopes. Already soon after arriving at the steep slopes, fixed protection aids us in crossing a steep gully. The path continues over 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) 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 on begins to ascend moderately and soon brings us to a small junction, where we continue sharply right (straight old, partly abandoned path) on a well-traceable path. The path further on 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 in a few minutes of further walking we ascend 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 on, the path on 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 on Velem polju, where there is the next junction.
Here too we 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 reach a steep jump, where with the help of numerous pegs and chain we ascend 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 on the saddle we head straight onto the path towards Triglavski dom on Kredarica and Staničev dom pod Triglavom (left Dom Planika pod Triglavom, right Krma Valley), just a few steps further the path forks again.
We continue slightly left towards Kredarica (slightly right Dom Valentina Staniča) and further transversely ascend over numerous gullies, where crossing them is generally not demanding. Further on the path becomes technically more difficult and on some sections fixed protection, mainly chains, and some pegs assist for easier and safer progress.
At an altitude of just under 2300 meters, we join the technically easier path from Krma Valley, but we continue left towards Kredarica and Triglav.
When a few minutes further the path flattens even more, a path branches left past Snežna konta and over Štapce towards Dom Planika pod Triglavom, we continue right and first continue fairly gently, then ascend to the ridge above Vrh Snežne konte, the summit which we saw from below during the ascent over Kalvarija.
Just a few tens of meters before stepping onto the mentioned ridge, we leave the marked path leading to Kredarica and continue right through easier pathless terrain. The "path" further first slightly descends to a small saddle, then begins to ascend along an ever narrower ridge. We then follow this ridge all the way to Vrh Snežne konte, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
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 - Kalvarija 0:55, Kalvarija - Vrh Snežne konte 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), Vodnikov dom (1817m), Konjsko sedlo (2020m), Kalvarija (2288m)