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Regarding the hike pastures Blato - Hut at Triglav Lakes - Prehodavci - Mala Zelnarica - Mala Tičarica - Štapci - Viševnik pasture - Blato pasture it can be done in one day, just you need a good pace, if I count the breaks too. The ridge one is more scenic, if you go to the summits too, both valley ones are nicer for me to walk than the Seven Lakes valley itself. But it's a matter of taste .

Nice tour you chose For me it remained the best memory among all Kriški peaks, the path is not exposed, especially not so much scree as on other paths and nicely secured. On self-belay kit here I wouldn't even think, but if you wish. Usually they do it in direction Zadnjica-Kriški-B.Gamsovec-Luknja, we did it in opposite direction. Nice views on north Triglav face, then they were just rescuing one alpinist with helicopter from north face, luckily all OK, he just got tangled. Tomorrow nice forecast ... Worth starting early to have enough time for admiring views.

We did this tour twice, first time two days, with the difference that we turned left already at the remains of the barracks (Za lepočami) (I don't know why it only says planina Razor there, because in five minutes you reach the Krn sign on the right). This way you lose less altitude and save a little ascent. And you see quite a bit of history, if the weather is nice, remains of the hospital at Prehodci, Batognica. It is really a nice tour and can be very hot, we felt it last year, when from Savica to Krn it was sunny all the way and the steep ascent over scree to the marker was really "hellish", luckily we were up before noon. And as you wrote, because of the distance it's for a day for exceptionally fit ones, when you look from Bogatinsko sedlo back towards Krn, the summit seems so far ...

To the junction where the path to Križ branches off, well marked, first markings might be missing but path is visible. A few steps still over snowfield, was up yesterday

From Vodnik via Velska valley, across Hribarice and then past Prehodavci it'll be just right
If you're fast though, then via Velska to Dolič, across Kanjavec and descend to Hribarice and onwards to Prehodavci. That second variant is more reliable for 7 hours walking

That's too much for one day, if you overnight at the Krn Lakes then it's possible, with lots of energy of course. I recommend having at least crampons with you. Just for info, from Komna, rested, we took nearly 2.5 hours to Bogatin Saddle. The trail from Bogatin Saddle to the Krn Lakes is probably still untouched, we did about 10 minutes of it, it didn't sink much, the skiers from Saturday who went to Krn didn't do much on the trail, from Krn to Lepena I have no idea, someone from the Bovec side should tell , if anyone went up.

To Lanževica surely possible, last Saturday my brother and I went a bit in that direction. Trodden, yes, don't expect nice trail, on Saturday when sun started working, it sank quite a bit downhill from Bogatinsko sedlo. We had crampons anyway, what Bosta described as trail are holes from those who went before you, no nice hard paths. But first two went to Krn Lake on Saturday with skis, we also dropped a bit down from saddle before and snow was still completely untouched

I found the regulation and officially they are called winter markers, 4 to 5 meters high poles with red arrows pointing to the direction of the next marker Why some are green, I don't know, probably different rules once.

But the signs were well visible