Planina Kuhinja - Vrh nad Peski

Access to starting point:
From Tolmin we drive towards Kobarid or vice versa, but only to a spot where signs for Kamno point us to the right (from the direction of Kobarid to the left) over a 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 mountain hut Koča na planini Kuhinja. When we get to a large parking lot, where the road continues slightly to the left towards the mountain hut Koča na planini Kuhinja, 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 Planina Kuhinja 3 minutes). The road, which further moderately ascends, already after a few steps of further walking brings us to the next crossing, where we continue right again (left mountain pasture Zaslap). The relatively gentle road, which gradually changes into a cart track, soon brings us onto ample 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 by 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 covered with nettles.
From the mentioned mountain pasture we continue slightly left on the marked and initially quite gentle mountain path. The path, which passes 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 along the foot of the steep walls of Maselnik (1906 m). A little higher, the path, which due to its considerable steepness is exposed to falling stones, is joined by another path from the mountain pasture Sleme. We continue straight on the path, which a little higher levels out, then turns quite to the left, where it passes into a smaller valley. There follows a short somewhat steeper ascent and to the left a little below us we spot the lake Jezero v Lužnici (1801 m).
The marked path bypasses the mentioned lake on the right side and then ascends along the foot of the scree of the ridge Mali Peski. Higher, 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).
On Prag, where there is a marked junction, we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut on Planina Razor (left Batognica and Krn, straight down Krnsko jezero) on the path which crosses the slopes of Vrh nad Peski. After approximately 10 minutes of crossing the scree below Vrh nad Peski, we will come to a smaller junction, where we continue left in the direction of "V. Peski". The path ahead ascends in a few minutes to a smaller grassy saddle, then continues on an increasingly panoramic and occasionally quite steep path. We then follow this panoramic and relatively steep path all the way to Vrh nad Peski, which we reach after a few minutes of further walking.

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

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