Planina Blato - Planina Zgornja Grintovica

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, where we go left (right to Voje). We then follow the road to the next junction (we drive for quite some time), where we turn sharply right towards Planina Blato (straight to Planina Vogar). We then follow this road to the parking lot above Planina Blato.

Route description:
From the parking lot, continue on the gravel road which 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 a hunting trail, which with the help of a fixed cable leads us over a short very steep slope. The trail soon enters the forest and turns slightly to the right, where we step onto a wide eroded cart track (up to here also possible by road, or higher on the cart track). Follow the cart track to the right (straight continues the hunting trail to Planina Krstenica), which climbs steeply for some time longer. Follow the cart track, from which some dead-end branches branch off, to a somewhat larger and partially marked junction, where on one of the trees we notice the inscription Grintovica.
Here we leave the wide cart track and continue the trail on the right somewhat narrower cart track, which climbs gently for some time longer. The trail ahead descends slightly a few times, then we notice signs for Grintovica, which direct us right into the dense forest (here we leave the increasingly poor cart track). In the forest the path completely disappears, but we continue in the same direction, reaching a larger number of fallen trees. Here we cross a marked trail that leads from Voje Valley towards Planina Krstenica (due to fallen trees the crossing is almost unnoticeable, but we must still take care not to continue on the marked trail). On the other side of the marked trail we cross a small clearing, the trail returns to the forest behind it and gradually begins to descend more steeply. After a short steep descent the trail levels out, leading us to steep slopes over which we mostly descend transversely. During the traverse we pass some short slightly exposed slopes, then the slope levels out, and the trail continues with some short ascents and descents. A bit further we exit the forest, stepping onto the southern part of Planina Zgornja Grintovica, where we notice the first wooden huts. The trail ahead crosses a strip of forest and takes us to a water trough, next to which stands the Kefova hut. We continue further, again through a strip of forest, and follow the trail to the upper part of the alpine pasture, where we notice some old shepherds' settlements.
Starting point - junction At the top 1:00, junction At the top - Planina Zgornja Grintovica 0:30.

Along the route: Na vrhu (1339m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Planina Spodnja Grintovica ( 15 min), Planina pod Mišelj vrhom (1 h 45 min), Planina Krstenica, Velo polje (2 h 15 min), Vodnikov dom (2 h 15 min), Jezerski Stog (2 h 30 min), Koča na Doliču (4 h), Dom Planika (3 h 45 min), Triglav (5 h 15 min)

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