Koča pri Savici - Veliko Špičje (via Zasavska koča)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and further towards Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Lake Bohinj (Ribčev Laz), where you reach a junction and continue straight ahead on the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and the Savica waterfall. Follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at Koča pri Savici. The parking lot is chargeable.

Route description:
From the parking lot, head right towards Črno jezero, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and Hotel Zlatorog (straight ahead Slap Savica and Dom na Komni). The path initially follows a gravel road that crosses the Savica river over a bridge. Just beyond the bridge, signs for Komarča direct you left (straight to Hotel Zlatorog) onto a path that is initially still quite wide and relatively gentle through forest. The path soon begins to climb more steeply and a little higher reaches the point where the path to the Savica spring and Velika Savica cave branches left; continue right on the increasingly steep path.
The well-maintained and relatively wide hiking trail soon moves onto very steep and slippery slopes of Komarča, where there is also a high risk of rockfall. The path ahead climbs steeply through the mostly forested wall of Komarča, with fixed cables assisting on difficult sections.
Higher up, some views open towards Bohinj; the path reaches a short technically demanding section where, with the help of staples and a cable, you cross an otherwise not very exposed gully. The path continues steeply for a while longer and, with some protections, brings you to the edge of Komarča, from where a nice view opens to the starting point. A short moderately steep ascent follows, then the path gently descends towards Črno jezero, reached in less than five minutes of further walking.
Near the lake is a marked junction where the path to Planina Viševnik and Pršivec branches right; continue slightly left on the marked trail that bypasses Črno jezero on the right side. On the other side of the lake, the path from Dom na Komni joins from the left; continue on the relatively gentle path along the edge of Lopučniška dolina. Higher, the path ascends moderately and leads along overhanging cliffs to a small spring that dries up in dry periods.
Continue on the marked path, which near Bela skala turns sharply right and climbs steeply. After a few minutes of steep ascent, the path levels and reaches a marked junction where the path from Planina Blato via Prode joins from the right. Continue left towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih on the relatively gentle trail, reaching Dvojno jezero in ten minutes. The marked path bypasses the lake on the right and, before reaching the far side, reaches a junction where the path to Štapce and Mala Tičarica branches right.
Here continue straight and in a few minutes reach Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih.
From the hut, continue towards Triglav, Dolič, Hribarice, Prehodavci and Veliko Špičje; the path first passes the dam and artificial lake Močivec. It bypasses the lake on the right (eastern) side and then ascends moderately through Dolina Triglavskih jezer, overgrown with increasingly sparse forest.
Still in the sparse forest zone, the path forks; continue on the slightly right path towards Prehodavci and Hribarice (left path to Veliko or Lepo Špičje via the Zgornje Komne plateau), passing first through sparse larch forest, then under screes of mighty Kopica and later Mala Zelnarica. Later the path climbs temporarily more steeply to a small pass with a fine view of Jezero v Ledvicah.
The marked path bypasses this lake on the right through extensive screes at the foot of both Zelnarice. After the lake, it returns to Dolina Triglavskih jezer for a relatively gentle ascent. The fully alpine path briefly climbs more steeply higher up, then flattens and after a few minutes reaches Zeleno jezero.
From Zeleno jezero continue straight towards Prehodavci (right to Hribarice, Dolič and Triglav); the path soon forks again.
Take the left branch ascending directly to Zasavska koča (right branch passes Rjavo jezero and is only a minute or two longer), reaching after a few minutes an indistinct ridge separating Gorenjska from Primorska (area called Plate).
Here continue left towards Veliko Špičje (right then left to Trenta and Zadnjica; right to Zasavska koča, five minutes).
The path ahead is initially slightly harder to follow and ascends gently on the left (southern) side of Zadnja Lopa (2102 m). It then steepens and moves to the slopes of Malo Špičje, climbing quite steeply for a while. Just below the summit of Malo Špičje, the marked path to Veliko Špičje turns left (summit of Malo Špičje about one minute away) and continues along or mostly slightly left of the highly scenic and occasionally exposed ridge, requiring caution in several places. Several ascents and descents follow, passing unnamed ridge peaks except the lesser-known Goriški rob (2320 m). The partially technically demanding path (mostly without protections) later reaches a junction merging with the path from Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih via Zgornje Komne.
Here go right and in a few minutes ascend the highest peak of the ridge, Veliko Špičje (sometimes also called Lepo Špičje).
Starting point - edge of Komarča 1:35, edge of Komarča - Črno jezero 0:05, Črno jezero - junction above Lopučniška dolina 1:15, junction above Lopučniška dolina - Dvojno jezero 0:10, Dvojno jezero - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih 0:05, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih - branch for Veliko Špičje 0:25, branch for Veliko Špičje - branch to Jezero v Ledvicah 0:30, branch to Jezero v Ledvicah - Zeleno jezero 0:45, Zeleno jezero - Plate 0:15, Plate - Malo Špičje 0:55, Malo Špičje - Veliko Špičje 1:15.

Along the route: Komarča (810m), Rob Komarče (1295m), Vrh Komarče (1313m), Črno jezero (1294m), Bela skala (1575m), Razpotje nad Lopučniško dolino (1671m), Ruski grob (1686m), Dvojno jezero (1689m), Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (1685m), Močivec (1690m), Odcep za Veliko Špičje (1762m), Odcep k Jezeru v Ledvicah (1854m), Lake Jezero v Ledvicah (1831m), Lake Zeleno jezero (1988m), Mlaka v Laštah (1994m), Plate (2056m), Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih (2071m), Malo Špičje (2312m)

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