Planina Kuhinja - Krn (via jezero v Lužnici)

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Kobarid, then follow the signs for Drežnica. After crossing the Soča River via Napoleon's Bridge, turn right towards Tolmin and Vrsno (Drežnica is slightly to the left) and gradually start ascending. We continue driving past the settlements of Ladra, Smast and Libušnje to the settlement of Vrsno, where the birth house of Simon Gregorčič is located. Here the road from the settlement of Kamno joins from the right, while we continue following the signs towards the village of Krn and the mountain pasture Kuhinja. There is still quite a long drive along a relatively narrow road; at junctions we always follow the direction for the mountain pasture Kuhinja. Just a short distance before the mountain pasture, turn left where the barrier for paying the parking fee is located. Beyond the barrier, a few parking spaces are already available along the road, with many more on a small flat area. It is also possible to park a little further ahead, in front of the Koča na planini Kuhinja.
b) We drive to Tolmin, then follow the signs for Kobarid. On the flat section of the road, turn right towards the settlement of Kamno, which we reach via a narrow bridge over the Soča River, then follow the signs for the village of Vrsno. In Vrsno we join the road coming from Kobarid and continue following the signs towards the village of Krn and the mountain pasture Kuhinja. There is still quite a long drive along a relatively narrow road; at junctions we always follow the direction for the mountain pasture Kuhinja. Just a short distance before the mountain pasture, turn left where the barrier for paying the parking fee is located. Beyond the barrier, a few parking spaces are already available along the road, with many more on a small flat area. It is also possible to park a little further ahead, in front of the Koča na planini Kuhinja.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the smaller quarry we continue on the right upper road in the direction of the mountain pasture Kašina (left mountain pasture Kuhinja 3 minutes). The road, which further moderately ascends, already after a few steps of additional walking brings us to the next junction, where we continue right again (left mountain pasture Zaslap). The relatively gentle road, which gradually changes into a cart track, soon brings us to expansive grassy slopes, where we step onto the pastures of the mountain pasture Kašina.
Here the road or cart track turns even more to the right, then makes a sharp left turn, and then continues crossing the slopes to the right. After approximately 45 minutes (from the starting point) of moderate ascent, the relatively panoramic path brings us to the mountain pasture Leskovca, overgrown with nettles.
From the mentioned mountain pasture, we continue slightly left on a marked and initially quite gentle mountain path. The path, which passes onto the western and increasingly steep grassy slopes, higher up joins from the right a somewhat less trodden path from the mountain pasture Sleme. We continue left on the already very steep path, which ascends at the foot of the steep walls of Maselnik (1906 m). A little higher, to the path, which due to its considerable steepness is exposed to falling rocks, another path from the mountain pasture Sleme joins. We continue straight on the path, which a little higher flattens, then turns quite to the left, where it passes into a smaller valley. A short somewhat steeper ascent follows and left somewhat below us we spot the lake in Lužnica (1801 m).
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side and continues ascending at the foot of the scree of the ridge Mali Peski. Higher, the path turns slightly to the left and ascends over the grassy slopes of Srednji vrh (2032 m) to the saddle named Prag (2068 m).
On Prag, where there is a marked junction, we continue left in the direction of Batognica (straight down Krnsko jezero, right Vrh nad Peski and Koča na planini Razor) on the path which moderately ascends along the summit slope of Batognica. We then follow this increasingly panoramic path to the summit, which we reach after 15 minutes of further walking.
From Batognica we continue on an initially somewhat less visible path, which continues along the left side of the peak. The path, which initially descends only slightly, soon brings us into steeper terrain, where we begin to descend more steeply. After a short descent, we reach relatively steep steps, on which we descend steeply. On this section, due to the scree on the path, there is a great risk of slipping. The path ahead gradually flattens and a little further brings us to Krnska škrbina (we can also reach the škrbina if on Prag we continue on the so-called Northern Path, which bypasses the peak Batognica; the latter is somewhat shorter, but also substantially less panoramic).
From the škrbina we continue straight (left mountain pasture Kuhinja, right Krnsko jezero) on the path which begins to ascend the grassy slope of the mountain. We then follow this increasingly panoramic path to the panoramic summit, which we reach after approximately 30 minutes of walking from Krnska škrbina.
From the summit we can descend in 5 minutes to Gomiščkovo zavetišče and then descend to the mountain pasture Kuhinja along the usual path.

Along the route: Planina Kašina (1049m), Planina Leskovca (1230m), The lake Jezero v Lužnici (1801m), Prag (2068m), Batognica (2164m), Krnska škrbina (2058m)

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