Planina Kuhinja - Batognica (via jezero v Lužnici)

Access to starting point:
From Tolmin we drive towards Kobarid or vice versa, but only to the spot where the signs for Kamno direct us to the right (from the direction of Kobarid to the left) over the bridge. We then follow a relatively narrow and ascending road in the direction of the village Vrsno and higher Krn. From the village Krn we continue in the direction of the Koča na planini Kuhinja mountain hut. When we arrive at the large parking lot, where the road continues slightly to the left towards the Koča na planini Kuhinja mountain hut, we park at the large parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the smaller quarry we continue on the right upper road in the direction of the mountain pasture Kašina (left mountain pasture Kuhinja 3 minutes). The road, which further moderately ascends, already after a few steps of further walking brings us to the next junction, where we again continue right (left mountain pasture Zaslap). The relatively gentle road, which gradually turns into a cart track, soon brings us to expansive grassy slopes, where we step onto the pastures of the mountain pasture Kašina.
Here the road or cart track turns even more to the right, then makes a sharp left turn, and then continues crossing the slopes to the right. After approximately 45 minutes (from the starting point) of moderate ascent, the relatively panoramic path brings us to the mountain pasture Leskovca overgrown with nettles.
From the mentioned mountain pasture we continue slightly left on the marked and initially quite gentle mountain path. The path, which moves onto the western and increasingly steep grassy slopes, higher up joins from the right a somewhat less trodden path from the mountain pasture Sleme. We continue left on the already very steep path, which ascends at the foot of the steep walls of Maselnik (1906 m). Somewhat higher, the path, which due to its considerable steepness is exposed to falling rocks, is joined by yet another path from the mountain pasture Sleme. We continue straight on the path, which somewhat higher levels out, then turns quite to the left, where it enters a smaller valley. A short somewhat steeper ascent follows and to the left somewhat below us we spot the lake in Lužnica (1801 m).
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side and further ascends at the foot of the screes of the ridge Mali Peski. Higher up the path turns somewhat to the left and ascends over the grassy slopes of Srednji vrh (2032 m) to the saddle named Prag (2068 m).
At Prag, where there is a marked junction, we continue left in the direction of Batognica (straight down Krnsko jezero right Vrh nad Peski and hut on mountain pasture Razor) on the path which moderately ascends along the summit slope of Batognica. We then follow this increasingly panoramic path to the summit, which we reach after 15 minutes of further walking.

Along the route: Planina Kašina (1049m), Planina Leskovca (1230m), The lake Jezero v Lužnici (1801m), Prag (2068m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Krn ( 45 min)

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