Srednja vas - Planina pod Mišelj vrhom (Za Ribnico and via Planina Spodnji Tosc)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Just before Bohinjska Bistrica, at the settlement of Bitnje, continue sharply right towards Pokljuka. After a short ascent, the road levels out and quickly brings us into the Upper Bohinj Valley. Here at the intersection, continue left (right Pokljuka) and follow the road further to Srednja vas. Here in the second part of the village, notice the signs for the church of St. Martin, which direct us right onto a narrower and quite steep road, along which we quickly arrive at the church and primary school. Park in a suitable place by the school or church.

Route description:
From the parking lot by the church, we descend a few steps to the primary school, from there continue towards the viewpoint at Kres. The path ahead leads along a narrower asphalt road, along which we quickly arrive at a larger water tank, where we notice signs for Uskovnica. Continue along the track that enters the forest, at the right bend we temporarily exit the forest and a nice view opens up to Rudnica and part of the Upper Bohinj Valley. Continue along the track that leads through a somewhat narrower passage, then in a traverse ascent to the place where we reach the road leading to Uskovnica. We reach the road exactly at the nicely arranged viewpoint at Kres, from which a view opens towards Srednja vas, Upper Bohinj Valley and the Lower Bohinj Mountains in the background, now called Bohinjsko-Tolminske gore. We continue along the road for a short time, then at the end of a gentle left bend, signs for Uskovnica direct us right onto a track that leads through forest, a belt of bushes, higher up again through forest. A few minutes higher we reach the gravel road again, but this time we leave it immediately, as we continue along the hiking path to Uskovnica. The track soon forks, we continue left, where we notice a mark on the electricity pole. For some time we continue along the power line and follow the marks. Soon a path branches left leading to Uskovnica via Lom, we continue along the path that turns slightly right and enters the steep slopes of the area called Za Ribnico (Ribnica is a stream deep below us). Higher up we reach a newer track or logging trail and follow it right. The newer logging trail ends after a few minutes, the path continues traversing the slopes to the right. A bit further, at a small junction, continue along the left upper path, next to which there are signs for Uskovnica and which is visibly better trodden. Continuing we ascend somewhat more steeply along the path, from which somewhat higher an unmarked path branches towards Lom (sign says "cheese, curd, milk and more").
Continue towards Uskovnica again, then in a few minutes we reach the gravel road (we reach the road where it is already closed to public traffic), which we follow right. When we step onto the road we join the path from Stara Fužina, the path from Srednja vas via Lom and the path from the starting point or parking lot Lom. The easy gravel road quickly brings us to the weekend houses at Uskovnica, then we leave it a little after the water trough and continue left onto the track towards Koča na Uskovnici. After about 50 meters of ascent along the track we reach Koča na Uskovnici.
From the hut continue towards Tosc, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje and Praprotnica along the path that first crosses the pasture fence, then quickly joins the gravel road, which we follow right. The road then leads between undulating meadows, then after crossing the next fence we quickly arrive at the junction or fork by the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace at Uskovnica.
Behind the chapel continue left (straight Planina Konjščica, right Rudno polje) along the level road that leads across the extensive meadows of Uskovnica, then the path brings us to the edge of the forest, where it begins to turn into an initially wide track. The track, which ahead begins to ascend moderately, has a few junctions, we follow it towards Vodnikov dom at Velo polje and Triglav. Higher up the track, which for most of the way runs through forest, turns into a footpath, which quickly brings us to a pleasant spring below Mesnova glava, called Štapce. At the spring continue straight (right hunters' hut) and continue the ascent along the easy path that somewhat further brings us to steep slopes. Already soon after arriving at the steep slopes, wire ropes assist us at crossing a steep gully. The path continues along relatively steep slopes that are especially slippery when wet. During the traverse of the steep slopes the path several times ascends steeply for a short time and then descends again. In the last part of the traverse we cross a few very steep gullies, over which the path is locally completely destroyed (high risk of slipping). The traverse ends at a larger torrent (usually a spring) behind which we enter the softer grassy world.
A few minutes of easy walking follow and the path brings us to the abandoned Planina Spodnji Tosc. The path ahead begins to ascend moderately and soon brings us to a small junction, where we continue sharply right (straight old, partly abandoned path) along the well-followable path. The path ahead begins to ascend ever more steeply and quickly brings us from the belt of sparse forest into the dwarf pines, where it begins to turn increasingly left. The path soon levels out and brings us from the dwarf pines onto grassy slopes, across which in a few minutes of further walking we ascend to the Pokljuka - Triglav path, where we turn left.
The path ahead traverses the southern slopes of Tosc, then in a slight descent traverses a short belt of sparse forest, behind which we arrive at the steep slopes of Tosc. A bit further the path along an artificially made wide ledge in a slight descent traverses the precipitous slopes of the same mountain. Since the path is quite wide it does not cause problems (but be careful due to falling rocks, rockfall in 2008). Over the precipitous section runs a quite wide path, so there are no special difficulties in this part, but when the slope becomes less steep, the path from Stara Fužina or Voje valley joins from the left.
Here continue slightly left towards Velo polje (sharply left Voje, straight Vodnikov dom). The path ahead begins to descend transversely to the right and quickly brings us to an unmarked junction.
Continue along the right marked path (left hunters' hut and also unmarked shortcut to Planina pod Mišelj vrhom), which soon levels out, then continues traversing the slopes below Vodnikov dom. After a few minutes the path turns slightly left and begins to descend towards Malo polje and Velo polje. After a short descent we reach a small saddle between Malo polje on the left and Velo polje on the right. Here continue left (right Velo polje) and continue along the marked path that quickly descends to Planina Malo polje. A few minutes of walking across the mentioned pasture follow, then the path turns slightly right and brings us to the drying-up lake on Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
We bypass the small lake on the right side (slightly left Voje), then in a slight ascent we climb to the collapsing shepherds' huts on Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
Srednja vas - Koča na Uskovnici 1:40, Koča na Uskovnici - kapelica na Uskovnici 0:05, kapelica na Uskovnici - Štapce 0:50, Štapce - Planina Spodnji Tosc 1:15, Planina Spodnji Tosc - Planina Zgornji Tosc 0:30, Planina Zgornji Tosc - Na Zagonu 0:20, Na Zagonu - Velo polje 0:20, Velo polje - Malo polje 0:05, Malo polje - Presihajoče jezero 0:10, Presihajoče jezero - Planina pod Mišelj vrhom 0:05.

Along the route: Razgledišče na Kresu (619m), Koča na Uskovnici (1154m), Kapela Kraljice miru na Uskovnici (1177m), Izvir Štapce (1452m), Planina Spodnji Tosc (1663m), Planina Zgornji Tosc (1849m), Na Zagonu (1819m), Velo polje (1707m), Malo polje (1660m), Presihajoče jezero (1645m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Jezerski Stog, Prevalski Stog

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