Vodel - Planina Suha

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, where from the roundabout we continue in the direction of Soriška planina and Tolmin. We then drive through Bohinjska Bistrica, and at the beginning of the left bend we continue straight in the direction of the settlement Ravne v Bohinju. From the crossroads onwards we begin to ascend more steeply, 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 the macadam road first across a meadow, then the road enters the forest, where it first leads past the former 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 beside 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, then at the beginning of the mentioned place we continue left in the direction of the settlement Ravne v Bohinju. From the crossroads onwards we begin to ascend more steeply, 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 the macadam road first across a meadow, then the road enters the forest, where it first leads past the former 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 beside the road. From the place where the asphalt ends to the starting point is 6.5 km.

Route description:
From the place where we have parked, we return along the road to the bend, some 10 meters beyond the bend we cross the metal dražnik (transverse 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 straight up the slope, where individual cairns show the direction, then we reach a well-visible old hunting path, which we only cross, as the cairns direct us straight up onto a worse but mostly followable trail, which steeply ascends with the help of individual cairns. On the section where there is more fallen timber, we must follow the trail more carefully, then we arrive at the edge of a quite overgrown torrent gully. In the last part of the gully we steeply ascend across a partly exposed passage, then we join a better-trodden path, which we follow straight ahead (right in descriptions of the starting point Pod Debelo glavo).
The path ahead leads us along a valley between Pezdenica on the left and Ventije on the right. We walk for a few minutes along the valley, then we arrive at a clearing, at the edge of which there is the hunting hut Ventije.
Behind the hut we continue for a few more minutes along the 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 along 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, we continue right, where ahead of us we already see Planina Poljana and above it Raskovec. A slight descent follows, and when we reach the planina, another path joins us from the right from the starting point Pod Debelo glavo.
Here we continue left and walk to the nearby shepherd hut.
From the shepherd huts we continue along the right side of the planina, along the edge of the planina we walk to the place where a well-followable trail branches off to the right, which begins to ascend through the belt of dwarf pines. After a short ascent the path turns sharply right, then after a good 10 minutes of further walking it brings us to a less noticeable junction, where a path (later pathless) branches off to the left towards Raskovec. We continue along the wider right path, which levels out somewhat further on, then brings us in a moderate ascent to the saddle south of Gradovec (1692 m).
Before the saddle a poorer trail branches off to the right, leading below Gradovec, at the saddle a path branches off to the summit of Gradovec along the south ridge, beyond the saddle a path branches off to the left, which continues somewhat more south than the path we will follow. In both cases we continue along the somewhat wider path, which beyond the saddle begins to descend along an old mule track. Lower down we reach the edge of a larger sinkhole, where snow can linger into early summer. On the other side of the sinkhole the path begins to ascend slightly again and continues towards west to northwest. There follow some short ascents and descents, then on the right side, on a smaller rise, we notice the hunting hut on Glin.
Here we continue straight on, then somewhat further another unmarked trail joins us from the left. Here too we continue straight on, then with fine views we arrive at the place where the path turns left and descends across a steep step. The path across the short steep section is relatively wide and therefore not particularly demanding. When the path levels out it first passes onto grassy terrain, then into a smaller torrent valley, which ends at Planina Suha. In the lower part of the torrent we join the marked path, which we follow right to the nearby shepherd huts.
Vodel - Planina Poljana 1:15, Planina Poljana - Planina Suha 2:00.

Along the route: Lovska koča Ventije (1305m), Planina Poljana (1466m), Lovska koča na Glinu (1527m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Gradovec, Zavitar, Šija, Mala Rodica, Suha Rodica (Novi vrh), Mali Raskovec, Rodica, Raskovec

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