Zatrnik - Hotunjski vrh (west path)

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

Path description:
From the parking lot by the main road, we descend to the parking lot by the inn pr Jagru, but we find the beginning of the path in a smaller valley, where in winter there are two children's drag lifts. We continue beside the ski slope or ski piste Bambi (right drag lift), and then, when the drag lift ends, we continue the ascent along the route of a former ski slope. The path, which is usually trodden also in winter, continues along the ski piste, which higher turns increasingly to the left. Higher up, increasingly beautiful views open up from the path, reaching all the way to Triglav, and the path quickly brings us to the former upper station of the drag lift, from where only some 10 steps of walking along the ridge separate us from the summit of Hotunjski vrh.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2017 (January).