Koča pri Savici - Mahavšček (via planina Govnjač)

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 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 the Koča pri Savici. The parking lot is paid.

Route description:
From the parking lot, head onto the wide footpath in the direction of the Savica Waterfall and Dom na Komni (right path via Komarča). After a short gentle ascent, the path leads to a marked junction where the tourist path to the Savica Waterfall branches off to the right, while we continue slightly left or straight on the wide footpath towards Komna. The path ahead ascends briefly along the Savica before reaching the first of the marked 48 switchbacks. After an hour and a half of moderate ascent through the forest, the path reaches the mentioned 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, then turns right and ascends somewhat steeper again. After a few dozen steps, the path turns left again and continues ascending parallel to the valley. The gentle to moderately steep path ahead gradually passes into a sparser forest, from which the Dom na Komni is soon visible. The path continues past a small interesting cave; higher up, it reaches a junction where the path to Črno jezero branches off to the right, while we continue left on the wide path. This is followed by some traversing ascent; at the natural abyss (fenced for safety), the path turns right and then ascends to the next junction, where the path from Črno jezero joins.
A little further ahead, the path splits again; we choose the left path towards Dom na Komni, or we can take the slightly shorter path that continues straight and bypasses Dom na Komni (right Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih).
The ascent continues past the bajta Pri Hubertu, and in a few minutes we reach Dom na Komni.
From Dom na Komni, pass a small chapel and then turn left towards Planina Govnjač, Vogel, and Mahavšček (right Koča pod Bogatinom, Bogatinsko sedlo, and Krn) on the path that soon begins to descend more steeply after the hut and, after about five minutes of further walking, reaches a marked junction where we continue right towards Planina Govnjač (slightly left Vogel and Škrbina).
The path ahead follows an old military mule track, initially ascending slightly before gradually descending. A few more minutes of walking through scrub bring us to Planina Govnjač, where there are some ruins and an information board.
From the information board, continue on the poorly visible path towards Mahavšček (left Vogel, right Planina na Kraju), which after a few steps leads to numerous ruins (rear of the Krn battlefield from World War I). On the other side of these ruins, we reach the next direction sign, offering two options for continuing.
Continue straight in the direction "Mahavšček - bližnjica" (slightly right Mahavšček; on the TNP map 1:50,000 PZS, the "bližnjica" is marked as a marked path) on an initially poorly visible path that soon becomes clearer and begins to ascend more steeply under steep cliffs. The path, traversing and crossing several small screes, flattens higher up, where the gentler path joins from the right.
Continue the ascent on the old military mule track, which soon leads to a pleasant and relatively large grassy plateau. In the upper part of the plateau, the path turns right and begins a moderate ascent through a small valley. A few steps further, the small valley splits into two (here a cairn marks the start of the unmarked trail to Tolminski Kuk); the marked path continues along the edge of the right branch. The path passes several small sinkholes before ascending more steeply over an initially grassy slope. Higher up, it crosses a small scree and, with increasingly beautiful views, reaches a marked junction below Vrh Škrli.
Continue right towards Bogatin and Mahavšček (left Tolminski Kuk) along the old military mule track, which first traverses the shady slopes of Vrh Škrli before reaching the main ridge of the Bohinj-Tolmin mountains, where the path continues with easy ascent for a while. Higher up, the ridge narrows slightly, and the path begins a steeper ascent towards Mahavšček, whose summit is reached after a few more minutes of walking.

Starting point - junction to Črno jezero 2:15, junction to Črno jezero - Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar 0:10, Memorial plaque to Matej Koblar - Dom na Komni 0:05, Dom na Komni - junction below Izpica 0:05, junction below Izpica - Planina Govnjač 0:25, Planina Govnjač - junction for Tolminski Kuk 0:45, junction for Tolminski Kuk - junction below Vrh Škrli 0:35, junction below Vrh Škrli - Mahavšček 0:35.

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), Razpotje pod Izpico (1474m), Planina Govnjač (1480m), Razcep Škrli (1675m), Razpotje pod vrhom Škrli (1864m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bogatin ( 30 min)

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