Planina Polog - Mahavšček (via planina Dobrenjščica)
Starting point: Planina Polog (457 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,238°N 13,7232°E |
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Route name: via planina Dobrenjščica
Walking time: 5 h
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain
Elevation gain: 1551 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1575 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Tolmin; from there we follow the road in the direction of Zatolmin (we leave the main road at the traffic light). In Zatolmin we notice the mountain signposts for Javorca, which direct us onto the ascending road towards Javorca. The occasionally quite narrow and in places precipitous road brings us, after approximately 8 km of driving, to a smaller crossroads, where the road towards Javorca branches off to the left upwards. Here we turn left and follow the road for another good 100 m to the marked parking lot.
Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road (the road is closed to public traffic), which after a few minutes of easy walking brings us to the central part of the mountain pasture, where a few cottages stand. Behind the mountain pasture the road becomes a little worse, and after a few minutes of further walking it brings us to a junction, where the path to the mountain pasture na Prodih branches off to the right (access to the mountain pasture is very interesting, as we have to cross the river Tolminka, which is enabled by a manual cableway). We continue straight ahead, and the road eventually turns into a cart track and higher up into a well-preserved mule track. The path then becomes somewhat steeper and takes us past two benches and higher past a fresh rocky outcrop (earthquake in Posočje 1998) to a grazing fence, over which we step onto the southern edge of the mountain pasture pod Osojnico. Just a few meters further the path splits into two parts. We continue on the right lower path, along which in a gentle descent we quickly arrive at the hunting cottage at the source of the Tolminka.
From the source of the Tolminka we continue with a gentle ascent across the mountain pasture pod Osojnico, and from the left the upper path soon joins us, which is exposed to active rockfall.
We continue in the direction "Planina Prode and Prehodci" along the path that takes us to a mighty torrent bed where there is another junction.
At the junction we continue right following the signs "Planina Prode" and cross the wide bed of the torrent at the dam. On the other side of the bed there is another junction. This time we continue left, while right leads the path to Planina Prode. The path then briefly leads through the forest parallel to the torrent bed, then turns right and begins to ascend. Later the path takes us to a small clearing, after which it begins to ascend somewhat more steeply through the forest. Further on we ascend in switchbacks through the forest for quite some time. Higher up the forest becomes somewhat sparser on a few sections and increasingly beautiful views begin to open up. The path then turns right and crosses the slopes in ascent towards the southeast. We emerge from the forest onto slopes somewhat overgrown with nettles and scrub, and the final ascent follows to the hunting cottage on Planina Dobrenjščica.
At the hunting cottage we continue left towards the northwest and the path soon takes us to a marked junction. Right upwards leads the path to the Koča na planini Razor, while we continue left and continue crossing the slope towards the northwest. Along the path we will soon notice a poorly visible little path that leads left downhill to a spring (marked with the inscription "Voda 40m"). From here we continue another good 100 meters along the path, then we will notice a narrow strip uphill to the right that is not overgrown with dwarf pines. Here we leave the marked path and head straight uphill right along the dwarf pines. We then ascend steeply alongside the dwarf pines uphill until we reach a less trodden path. On the path we continue right and then begin to ascend in switchbacks uphill. The path here is marked with a few cairns and takes us from the dwarf pines onto rocky slopes. The path becomes somewhat less visible and turns slightly right towards the east. Just below the ridge we will spot a military bunker towards which we ascend. From here a short ascent follows to the saddle between the summits of Kser and Vrh Škrli, where we join the marked path leading to Tolminski Kuk.
We do not follow the marked path in the direction of the Kuk, but continue straight downhill, where after a few steps of descent we arrive at a marked junction.
We continue left in the direction of Bogatin (right downhill Planina Govnjač) along the old military mule track, which further crosses the slopes of Vrh Škrli. Somewhat further the path takes us to the main ridge of the Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path continues to ascend very gently for some time. Higher up the ridge narrows somewhat, and the path begins to ascend more steeply towards Mahavšček, whose summit we reach after a few minutes of further walking.
The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bogatin
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Discussion about the trip Planina Polog - Mahavšček (via planina Dobrenjščica)
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| mirank16. 06. 2014 |
Warning to users of this access; that marker on the pole-26 pic is misleading because the path junction to Prehodce (pl Lašco, zg Prode..) is on the other side of the torrent bed, which has a very wide gravel bed there. In appearance-see pics 29-30 it is completely identical to the "real" one. You'll see it clearly as soon as you find the real junction, which is another 100m further in the direction marked Prode. So once again- on the other side of the torrent bed do not go left on the nicely visible path but a couple more minutes further and then left.
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| lubadar6. 07. 2014 |
You need to cross the struga along the barrier to the end to find the path to Planina Dobrenjščica... but if someone uses this path for descent, it's definitely not easy pathless terrain 
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| mirank6. 07. 2014 |
Once again so as not to be misunderstood: When we cross the stream bed by the dam, don't go left on the first path which looks identical to the one in photos 29-30; that one leads towards Prehodci. If you want to go to Dobrenjščica, you must go a bit further in the direction of Prode, only then does the right path branch off to the left. The real pathless section is in my opinion only in the part shown in photos 58-64, because here the mule track is so overgrown with brush that access is straight up. For the descent from Dobrenjščica we took it along a barely traceable path directly to Prode and there it is quite demanding especially at the bottom through the gully.
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| vulpes8. 07. 2014 |
I agree with the predecessors that to get to the right path, you need to follow the streambed all the way to the end. Then the right path is immediately visible. However, the scree for the direct ascent is quite demanding, so I wouldn't count the path as easy pathless terrain.
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| ljubitelj gora21. 09. 2015 |
Went up via Prehodce, descended along the described trail, there are few opportunities to pass, up or down, in any case it's strenuous. Skipped Pl. Dobrenjščica and descended further through scree to the marked trail.
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| ljubitelj gora19. 07. 2021 12:57:15 |
On 18.7 I completed the ascent via Prehodce-Bogatin-Mahavšček. And after descending from Mahavšček I searched for the easiest descent to the scree. It's better to descend via the path described above.
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