Zatrnik - Grajska planina (Ribšca)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bled, then continue driving in the direction of Pokljuka. When we arrive at Zatrnik, we do not park in the parking lot by the inn Gostilna Zatrnik, but about 100 meters further on in the parking lot on the right side of the road. Parking in the parking lot in front of the inn is permitted only to guests of the inn Gostilna Zatrnik (pr Jagru).
B) We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Lipce exit, then follow the signs for the settlement Kočna and later Spodnje Gorje. In Spodnje Gorje, we join the road from Bled, but continue in the direction of Pokljuka. When we arrive at Zatrnik, we do not park in the parking lot by the inn Gostilna Zatrnik, but about 100 meters further on in the parking lot on the right side of the road. Parking in the parking lot in front of the inn is permitted only to guests of the inn Gostilna Zatrnik (pr Jagru).

Route description:
From the parking lot by the main road, we descend to the parking lot by the inn Pr Jagru, and we find the beginning of the path in a smaller valley, where in winter there are two children's ski lifts. We continue by the ski slope or ski track Bambi (right ski lift), and then, when the ski lift ends, we continue the ascent along the route of the former ski slope. The path continues along the ski slope, which higher turns more and more to the left. Soon a steep ski slope branches off to the left, and we continue along the gentler right ski slope. When the route of the former ski slope temporarily flattens even more, a path branches off to the right, which descends through a narrow strip of forest, then brings us to a marshy meadow. We continue across the meadow to the nearby hut, where we step onto a wider cart track.
From the hut we continue left into the forest and diagonally ascend along the cart track to a macadam road, which we follow to the right. Along the road we first descend slightly, then easily ascend to the place where we reach the marked path Bled (Zaka) - Pokljuka.
Here the signs for Pokljuka direct us sharply right onto the path, which ascends diagonally across a somewhat steeper slope. Higher we reach a cart track, along which we ascend through a smaller valley, where we soon arrive at a junction by a small hut. Past the small hut we continue right, and the marked path takes us to the Forestry Hut Mali Vokel, located at an elevation of 1145 m.
We bypass the forestry hut on the right side, then the marks lead us into the forest, through which we ascend more steeply. A few minutes higher we cross a macadam road, but continue straight and likewise along the macadam road in some 10 steps we arrive at the hunting hut.
We bypass the hunting hut on the left side and continue walking along the poorer road. When the road turns somewhat to the right, we continue straight onto the marked cart track, then follow the marks and ascend to the former Zatrnik ski area, where we begin to descend (if we continue right we can in a minute or two ascend to the top of the Berjanca ski slope, from where a nice view opens up reaching all the way to Triglav). A short descent follows, then we cross the forest road and continue along the marked cart track. The cart track soon forks, and we choose the upper right path, which then ascends through the spruce forest. A few minutes higher we go left from the cart track onto the marked path, which soon begins to descend to the northeastern part of Rečiška Planina. Walking follows across Rečiška Planina, where we pass by a few huts.
On the other side of the planina the path widens into a road, from the nearby junction we continue along the right road, from which we soon go left onto the marked path. The path is initially fairly level, then begins to descend moderately and lower reaches another road. The marked path continues to the right, but we proceed to the nearby hut on Grajska Planina, by which after rain there is a nice lake.
Izhodišče - G.k. Mali Vokel 1:15, G.k. Mali Vokel - L.k. Mali Vokel 0:10, L.k. Mali Vokel - Berjanca 0:10, Berjanca - Rečiška planina 0:35, Rečiška planina - Grajska planina 0:25.

Along the route: Gozdarska koča Mali Vokel (1145m), Lovska koča Mali Vokel (1193m), Berjanca (1264m), Rečiška planina (1265m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Zgornji Goreljek (Pokljuka) (1 h 35 min)

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