Koča pri Savici - Koča pod Bogatinom

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 crossroads and continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and the Savica Falls. Follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking area at the Koča pri Savici. The parking is paid.

Route description:
From the parking area, head onto the wide footpath in the direction of the Savica Falls and the Komna Hut (right path over Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path leads to a marked junction where the tourist path to the Savica Falls branches off to the right; continue slightly left or straight on the wide footpath towards Komna. The path continues ascending along the Savica for a short time before reaching the first of the marked 48 switchbacks. After one and a half hours of moderate ascent through the forest, the path reaches the aforementioned 48th switchback, from which a beautiful view opens onto Lake Bohinj. Here the path turns slightly right and enters the valley called Pekel, where it ascends gently for a while before turning right and climbing somewhat more steeply again. After just a few dozen steps, the path turns left again and continues ascending parallel to the valley. The gentle to moderately steep path ahead gradually enters sparser forest, from which the Komna Hut is soon visible. The path continues past a small interesting cave and higher up reaches a junction where the path to Black Lake branches off to the right; continue left on the wide path. Some traversing ascent follows; at a natural chasm fenced for safety, the path turns right and then climbs to the next junction, where the path from Black Lake joins.
A little further on, the path splits again; choose the left path towards the Komna Hut, or the slightly shorter path that continues straight and bypasses the Komna Hut (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
The ascent continues past the Pri Hubertu cottage, and the Komna Hut is reached in a few minutes.
From the Komna Hut, pass a small chapel and follow signs for the Hut under Bogatin (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač); the route soon joins the previously mentioned slightly shorter path.
Continue slightly left towards the Hut under Bogatin and quickly reach Planina na Kraju along a wide and quite scenic path; past the pyramid (ossuary at the Hut under Bogatin – mountaineering memorial), reach the Hut under Bogatin, located in the middle of the alpine pasture.
Starting point – junction to Black Lake 2:15, junction to Black Lake – Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar 0:10, Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar – Komna Hut 0:05, Komna Hut – Hut under Bogatin 0:15.

Along the route: Jama ob poti na Komno (1303m), Odcep k Črnemu jezeru (1411m), Brezno pod lovsko kočo na Komni (1430m), Spominska plošča Mateju Koblarju (1481m), Pri Hubertu (1492m), Dom na Komni (1520m), Piramida (1520m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (2 h 35 min), The lake Krnsko jezero (2 h 20 min), Mali Šmohor (3 h 55 min), Bogatin (1 h 45 min), Kal (2 h 30 min), Lanževica, Mahavšček (2 h 15 min), Velika Baba, Batognica (4 h 20 min), Vrh nad Peski (3 h 45 min), Krn

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