Planina Blato - Jezerski Stog

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 we reach a junction, continuing right towards Stara Fužina. In Stara Fužina, at the junction by the chapel, turn sharply left onto the ascending road towards Planina Blato, Planina Vogar and Voje valley. The road then takes us to the toll and parking fee collection point, but we continue following it to the next junction, turning left (right to Voje). We then follow the road to the next junction (driving for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Route description:
From the parking lot, continue along the gravel road that takes us past the barrier in a few steps to a right bend. On the right side of this bend, we will notice the start of the hunting trail, which with the help of a wire leads us across a short very steep slope. The path soon enters the forest and turns slightly to the right, where it soon crosses a wide cart track (you can also go along the road up to here, or higher along the cart track).
Further, we ascend along a pleasant forest path that rises parallel to a relatively steep cart track. Higher up, the path turns left, and from the right, a trail joins us that leaves the cart track about 15 minutes above Planina Blato.
The hunting trail continues through the forest with some short steep ascents and after about an hour of walking brings us to a small hunting hut located on the left side of the path. Here, a one-minute path branches off to the left to a viewpoint where we can see Planina Blato below us.
From the hunting hut onwards, the path soon takes us out of the forest, where we rejoin the cart track. Only about five minutes of walking remain to Planina Krstenica, where a beautiful view opens up to Ograde, Krn and Bohinj-Tolmin mountains, sometimes called Lower Bohinj mountains.
At the pasture, we join the path that leads via Planina Zgornja Grintovica and through Bušnica from Planina Blato, but we keep to the direction, i.e., the path leading further towards Planina Jezerce, Lazovski and Jezerski pass, and Vodnikov dom (slightly left Planina v Lazu). Initially several small paths along the western part of the pasture soon merge into one nice traceable trail, which first ascends transversely along the slopes of Krsteniški or Mali Stog, then for some time crosses the western slopes of this peak without major elevation changes. The path continues northwards with beautiful views of the neighboring Ograde and Jezerski Stog, the path to Krsteniški passes turns somewhat left and ascends transversely to the valley between Ograde on the left and Jezerski Stog on the right. Here the path flattens, and in a few minutes of further walking, we reach the central part of the abandoned Planina Jezerce.
At Planina Jezerce, the marked path forks, and we choose the right path leading to Jezerski pass (slightly left path to Lazovski pass). On the upper part of the pasture, before the marked path starts to ascend steeply, a traceable but unmarked path branches off to the left leading to Mišeljski pass, but we follow the marked path which starts to ascend in switchbacks towards Jezerski pass. The picturesque path, ascending under the cliffs of Adam and Eve on the left and steep slopes of Jezerski Stog on the right, brings us after about 40 minutes from the central part of Planina Jezerce to Jezerski pass, from which a beautiful view opens to Triglav and other surrounding mountains.
At Jezerski pass, we leave the marked path that starts descending towards Planina pod Mišelj vrh and continue walking right along the unmarked path that leads along the increasingly panoramic ridge, or slightly to the right of it. Such a path brings us after about ten minutes below the steep summit slope, where the path becomes steep again and starts ascending through fairly crumbly terrain, where extra caution is needed especially on descent to avoid slipping. Just below the summit, the path flattens, and we reach the panoramic summit.
Starting point - hunting hut 1:15, hunting hut - Planina Krstenica 0:15, Planina Krstenica - Planina Jezerce 0:30, Planina Jezerce - Jezerski pass 0:40, Jezerski pass - Jezerski Stog 0:20.

Along the route: Lovska koča (1588m), Planina Krstenica (1670m), Planina Jezerce (1720m), Jezerski preval (1945m)

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