Koča pri Savici - Krn (via Krnsko jezero)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, 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 an intersection and continue straight along the left (southern) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and Savica waterfall. Then follow this increasingly narrow road to the large parking lot at Savica Hut. The parking lot is chargeable.

Route description:
From the parking lot, head onto the wide footpath in the direction of Savica Waterfall and Dom na Komni (right path over Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path leads to a marked junction, where the tourist path to Savica Waterfall branches off to the right, but we continue slightly left or straight on the wide footpath in the direction of Komna. The path continues to ascend briefly along the Savica, then leads to the first of the marked 48 switchbacks. After an hour and a half of moderate ascent through the forest, the path leads to the aforementioned 48th switchback, from which a beautiful view of Lake Bohinj opens up. Here the path turns slightly right and enters the valley called Pekel, where it ascends gently for some time, then turns right and ascends somewhat steeper 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 gradually transitions into a sparser forest, from which we soon see Dom na Komni. The path leads past a small interesting cave, higher up it leads to a junction, where the path to Black Lake branches off to the right, but we continue left and proceed further on the wide path. This is followed by some transverse ascent, at the natural abyss which is fenced for safety, the path turns right, then ascends to the next junction, where the path from Black Lake joins us.
Just a little further, the path splits again, and we choose the left path in the direction of Dom na Komni, or we can also take the slightly shorter path that continues straight and bypasses Dom na Komni (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
This is followed by an ascent past the hut Pri Hubertu and in a few minutes we reach Dom na Komni.
From Dom na Komni, go past a small chapel and follow the signs for Koča pod Bogatinom (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and Planina Govnjač), but we soon merge with the previously mentioned slightly shorter path.
Continue slightly left in the direction of Koča pod Bogatinom and along the wide and quite scenic path quickly reach Planina na Kraju, where past the pyramid (ossuary at Koča pod Bogatinom - mountain memorial monument) we reach Koča pod Bogatinom, located in the middle of the pasture.
Bypass the hut on the right side and quickly reach a marked junction, where the path over Lepa Komna branches off to the right, leading further to Lanževica or Oslova škrbina, but we continue straight, further on the wider gentle path in the direction of Bogatin Saddle. In the western part of Planina na Kraju, another path branches off to the left towards Planina Govnjač, but we continue for a few minutes in a light ascent along the southern side of Kozlov rob. The path ahead flattens completely for some time and transitions to the edge of Gracija valley, where we begin transverse ascending, first on the slopes of Srednji vrh, later on the slopes of the pre-peak Vrh nad Gracijo. Further on, the path becomes somewhat steeper and, with beautiful views, leads to a place where it splits.
We can continue further on the mule track, which makes a longer switchback, or on the slightly shorter steep path that ascends directly to Bogatin Saddle, where both paths merge.
From the junction at Bogatin Saddle, from where a beautiful view of Krn and the surrounding mountains opens, head straight downward in the direction of Lepena, Prehodci, Krn, Krn Lake and Dom pri Krnskih jezerih (left Mahavšček and Bogatin, right Lanževica) on the path that gradually begins to descend.
The path ahead leads along an old military mule track, which a few minutes lower leads to slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, a bit lower the path flattens.
Continue past some old structures that are part of the former Rapallo border.
Here, in a kind of small valley, a passage opens or an old trail leads to Velika Montura, but we continue on the marked path, which descends barely noticeably to the central part of the Za Lepočami valley, where some old Italian buildings stand, still quite well preserved.
Here, another marked path to Krn via Prehodci and Batognica branches off to the left, but we continue further west on the path that leads through the valley south of Velika Montura, and when we reach the small valley under Mala Montura, another path branches off to the left towards Prehodci or the Tolminka source.
The path ahead descends transitionally through the small valley overgrown with dwarf pines and sparse larches, when the small valley widens, the path to Mali Šmohor branches off to the left.
This is followed by a few minutes of easy walking and we reach the southern edge of Planina Duplje, where we keep to the left directions or signs for Krn Lake and Krn (right alpine farm on Planina Duplje, Dom pri Krnskih jezerih and Lepena).
Further on, we ascend somewhat to the saddle between Mali Šmohor on the left and Glava on the right.
From here, only a short descent to Krn Lake follows, from which a beautiful view of Krn opens.
The marked path, which continues higher into the Krn area, bypasses Krn Lake on the left, southern side, where we initially walk on the screes of Mali Šmohor. When we leave the lake shore, we initially continue easily on partially overgrown gravel flats, then the path turns slightly left and ascends steeper for a short time on a steeper slope. At the top of the steep part, the path that crosses the scree transversely joins from the left, but it is mostly abandoned due to the danger of falling stones, then the slope flattens, the path turns slightly right and leads us over torrent deposits of stones and sand to the grassy Planina na Polju, where we notice a hunting lodge on the right side.
On the pasture, an unmarked path branches off to the right towards Čez Potoče saddle, but with wonderful views of the surrounding mountains, we follow the marked path towards Krn. The path quickly transitions from the pasture into a small valley at the foot of Vrh nad Peski, along which we begin ascending. We continue past the branch to the spring, which dries up in dry days, the path higher becomes increasingly stony and in the Pri kolu area it flattens transitionally and leads to an unmarked junction, from where we continue on the right marked path leading to Krn Notch (straight a well-trodden but unmarked path to Prag or Batognica Saddle).
The path ahead begins to ascend steeper and in the part where the path turns left, the path to Krnčica branches off to the right. Further on, the path gradually transitions to steeper slopes, over which we ascend transversely to the left or all the way to Krn Notch (this part of the path may still be under snow in early summer).
From the notch, continue right in the direction of Krn (sharp left Prag, left Batognica and straight Planina Kuhinja) on the path that begins ascending on the grassy slope of Mount Krn. The steep path flattens somewhat a few minutes higher and splits.
Continue on the right path leading to the summit of Krn (slightly left, the lower path leads to Gomiščkovo zavetišče na Krnu) and gradually transitions to the ridge. Then follow this increasingly scenic path all the way to the summit of Krn, from which the view opens in all directions.
From the summit, you can continue to the shelter a few minutes away and from there back to Krn Notch.
Starting point - branch to Black Lake 2:15, branch to Black Lake - Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar 0:10, Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar - Dom na Komni 0:05, Dom na Komni - Koča pod Bogatinom 0:15, Koča pod Bogatinom - Bogatin Saddle 1:15, Bogatin Saddle - branch for Velika Montura 0:20, branch for Velika Montura - Za Lepočami 0:15, Za Lepočami - branch for Prehodci 0:20, branch for Prehodci - branch for Mali Šmohor 0:10, branch for Mali Šmohor - Planina Duplje 0:05, Planina Duplje - Krn Lake 0:10, Krn Lake - Planina na Polju 0:30, Planina na Polju - Pri kolu 0:50, Pri kolu - Krn Notch 0:40, Krn Notch - Krn 0:30.

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), Koča pod Bogatinom (1513m), Bogatinsko sedlo (1803m), Odcep za Veliko Monturo (1712m), Za Lepočami (1617m), Doliči (1472m), Pod Šmohorjem (1420m), Planina Duplje (1371m), Preval pri Krnskem jezeru (1401m), Lake Krnsko jezero (1391m), Planina na Polju (1530m), Pri kolu (1842m), Gašperca (1903m), Odcep za Krnčico (2001m), Krnska škrbina (2058m), Razpotje nad Krnsko škrbino (2123m)

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