Vodel - Planina Poljana

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, where from the roundabout we continue in the direction of Soriška planina and Tolmin. Further, we drive through Bohinjska Bistrica, and then at the beginning of the left turn we continue straight in the direction of the settlement Ravne v Bohinju. From the crossroad ahead we start ascending steeper, and when the road flattens it brings us to the mentioned village. At the end of the village the asphalt ends, and we drive on a macadam road first through a meadow, then the road passes into the forest, where it first leads past the former mountain hut Planinski dom dr. Janeza Mencingerja (today private house), near which there are two turn-offs of paths to Črna prst, then we drive for quite some time and cross the path Polje - Črna prst, after the mentioned crossing we already arrive at the slopes of Pezdenica, where we semicircularly bypass the mentioned ridge. When on the other side of the ridge the road first turns more noticeably to the right, we pay attention because we then park at the first suitable place by the road. From the place where the asphalt ends to the starting point is 6.5 km.
B) From Rovtarica or Soriška planina we descend to Bohinjska Bistrica, and then at the beginning of the mentioned settlement we continue left in the direction of the settlement Ravne v Bohinju. From the crossroad ahead we start ascending steeper, and when the road flattens it brings us to the mentioned village. At the end of the village the asphalt ends, and we drive on a macadam road first through a meadow, then the road passes into the forest, where it first leads past the former mountain hut Planinski dom dr. Janeza Mencingerja (today private house), near which there are two turn-offs of paths to Črna prst, then we drive for quite some time and cross the path Polje - Črna prst, after the mentioned crossing we already arrive at the slopes of Pezdenica, where we semicircularly bypass the mentioned ridge. When on the other side of the ridge the road first turns more noticeably to the right, we pay attention because we then park at the first suitable place by the road. From the place where the asphalt ends to the starting point is 6.5 km.

Path description:
From the spot where we have parked, we return along the road to the turn, a few tens of meters behind the turn we cross the metal dražnik (cross drainage channel across the macadam road), after which we continue sharply right uphill (at the place where we leave the road there is usually a cairn). There follows a one- or two-minute ascent up the slope straight ahead, where individual cairns indicate the direction, then we reach a well-visible old hunting path, which we merely cross, as the cairns direct us straight up onto a poorer but mostly followable little path, which steeply ascends with the aid of individual cairns. On the section where there is more fallen timber, we must follow the little path more carefully, then we arrive at the edge of a quite overgrown torrent gully. In the last part of the gully we steeply ascend diagonally across a partly exposed passage, then we join a better-trodden path, which we follow straight ahead (right in descriptions starting point Pod Debelo glavo).
The path ahead leads us through a small valley between Pezdenica on the left and Ventije on the right. We walk for a few minutes through the small valley, then we arrive at a clearing, at the edge of which the hunting hut Ventije is located.
Behind the hut we continue for a few more minutes through the small valley, then the path ascends more steeply and, with occasional fine views reaching as far as Triglav, brings us one level higher to more plateau-like terrain, where the path forks into two parts.
We continue on the right path (the left path leads to the watering place and meadow on Dolga Planja), which then gently ascends through a series of smaller valleys surrounded by dwarf pines. A little higher another path branches off to the left to the mentioned watering place, but we continue right, where we already see the mountain pasture Poljana ahead and above it Raskovec. A slight descent follows, and when we reach the mountain pasture, another path from the starting point Pod Debelo glavo joins from the right.
Here we continue left and walk to the nearby shepherd hut.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (June).

On the way: Lovska koča Ventije (1305m)

Trip can be extended to: Planina Suha (2 h) , Hunting cottage Na Glinu (1 h 20 min) , Gradovec ( 40 min) , Raskovec (1 h 30 min)