Planina Blato - Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih (Za Kopico)

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 junction and continue 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 dolina Voje. The road then takes you to the toll and parking fee collection point, but follow it further to the next junction, where you continue left (right to Voje). Then follow the road to the next junction (it takes quite some time driving), where you turn sharply right towards planina Blato (straight to planina Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot before planina Blato.

Route description:
From the marked parking lot in front of Planina Blato, return a little back and head onto a wide and initially also steep cart track, along which there are signs for Planina pri Jezeru. After about ten minutes of ascent, you arrive at a marked junction, from where you continue left towards Planina pri Jezeru (slightly right Planina v Lazu and also the steep path towards Planina pri Jezeru).
Continuing on the less steep cart track, which continues to lead through the forest, a marked path joins from the left a little further on, leading past Kosijev dom on Vogarju, but we continue right and keep walking on the cart track. Higher up, the path leads through a small narrow passage, then crosses fairly steep slopes where there is a high risk of slipping in ice and snow, otherwise the path is not demanding. At the end of the steep slope, the aforementioned steep path joins unobtrusively from the right, the cart track turns left here and enters the fairly cool Pungrat valley, where we ascend through mostly spruce forest. When the path levels out higher up, another path joins from the left leading past Planina Vodični vrh, but we keep slightly to the right and continue walking on the cart track, along which the forest begins to thin. A few minutes of easy walking follow and we step onto the pastures of Planina pri Jezeru, where the Koča na Planini pri Jezeru stands on a small hillock.
At the hut, a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu, but we continue left from the hut and descend to a marked junction where there are also a few shepherds' huts.
Choose the wider right path along which there are signs for Planina Dedno polje and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih (slightly left Pršivec, Planina Viševnik and Črno jezero).
Continuing ascent on the cart track, which is quite rocky on steep sections, after about ten minutes of ascent we reach the point where a path branches left over Krištofojca towards Planina Viševnik, but we continue straight on the gradually less steep cart track leading through gradually sparser forest. A few minutes of easy walking follow on the path, which later turns slightly right, and when the path turns back towards the west, we already reach the edge of Planina Dedno polje, from where a walk follows to the central part of the pasture, where there is also a marked junction by the shepherds' huts.
Here we leave the wide path leading straight towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih and nearby Planina Ovčarija and continue right on the path towards Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih, preval Vratca and sedlo Hribarice. The path further leads past a few huts on the pasture, behind which a path branches right towards Planina v Lazu, Planina Krstenica and Vodnikov dom na Velem polju, but we continue straight to the northwest part of the pasture, where the path begins to ascend. Here the path first leads past a dry watering place for animals, then the path becomes steeper and ascends through mostly coniferous forest of spruces and larches. After about thirty minutes of steep ascent, the path levels out and brings us to a kind of saddle between Kovačičeva glava on the left and Kredo on the right.
A little further from the saddle, which can be traced by the name Stog, an unmarked path branches right towards Slatna, and we get the first beautiful views of the mountains rising above the Za Kopico valley. A traverse ascent follows above the abandoned Planina Ščavje, the path gradually moves from the slopes of Slatna to the slopes of Prvi Vogal, and higher up the view increasingly catches the interesting rocky peak of Kopica rising on the left, western side of the Za Kopico valley.
Higher up we gradually arrive in the central part of the valley, where from the slopes we enter a series of several smaller valleys, through which we mostly ascend moderately, only occasionally a shorter steeper section follows. With beautiful views, we continue upwards through the wonderful landscape, the valley narrows higher up and at 2192 meters above sea level we reach preval Vratca, which separates the Za Kopico valley from the Dolina Triglavskih jezer.
From the pass, located between Velika Zelnarica on the left and Zadnji Vogal on the right, from the marked junction continue straight towards Prehodavci, Hribarice and Dolič (sharply left Mala Zelnarica, Mala Tičarica, Štapce, Planina Ovčarija and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih) and begin a traverse descent on the scree of Zadnji Vogal. The path ahead levels out temporarily and leads us for a short time through flatter terrain, then we reach the slopes of Vršaki, where the slope gradually becomes steeper, on a shorter section also somewhat slippery, when the slopes become less steep we reach a marked junction below Hribarice.
Continue left downhill towards Prehodavci (right Kanjavec, Hribarice, Dolič and Triglav) and begin a traverse descent on the scree below Poprovec, lower down the path turns slightly left and brings us to a junction, from where we continue slightly right towards Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih (left Zeleno jezero and Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih). A few minutes of moderate descent follow and we arrive at Rjavo jezero or Rjava mlaka.
At the lake, another path branches left to Zeleno jezero, which then leads lower to Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih, but we continue straight, or right and begin ascending towards the hillock above Rjavo jezero. More than ten minutes of ascent follow and we reach a panoramic ridge, which we reach at the winter room on Prehodavci, but we go right here and quickly arrive at Zasavska koča na Prehodavcih.
Starting point - Planina pri Jezeru 1:00, Planina pri Jezeru - Planina Dedno polje 0:30, Planina Dedno polje - Stog 0:30, Stog - Vratca 1:40, Vratca - junction below Vršaki 0:45, junction below Vršaki - Rjavo jezero 0:25, Rjavo jezero - Zasavska koča 0:15.

Along the route: Razpotje Pungrat (1255m), Razpotje pod Vodičnim vrhom (1449m), Koča na Planini pri Jezeru (1453m), Razpotje Krištofojca (1512m), Planina Dedno Polje (1560m), Stog (1740m), Vrata (2192m), Razpotje pod Vršaki (2192m), Razpotje nad Rjavim jezerom (2087m), Lake Rjavo jezero (2006m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Koča na Doliču, Vodnikov Vršac (Vršac nad Zadnjico), Malo Špičje (1 h), Veliko Špičje (2 h 15 min), Kanjavec, Kanjavec (West peak)

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