Planina Polog - Vrh nad Peski (via Prehodci)

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 signposts for Javorca, which direct us onto an ascending road towards Javorca. Occasionally quite narrow and in parts precipitous road after approximately 8 km of driving brings us to a smaller crossroad, where the road towards Javorca branches off to the left upwards. We continue straight, and we follow the road only for approximately 100 m, then at an appropriate place by the gate we park.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road (road is closed for public traffic), and after a few minutes of easy walking it brings us to the main part of the mountain pasture, where there are a few cottages. Behind the mountain pasture, the road becomes even a little worse, and after a few minutes of additional walking brings us to a crossing, where the path towards the mountain pasture Planina na Prodih branches off to the right (access to the mountain pasture is very interesting, because we have to cross river Tolminka, and this is done by a manual cableway). We continue straight, and the road finally changes into a cart track and higher into a well-preserved mule track. After that, the path becomes a little steeper and past two benches and higher past a fresh rockfall (earthquake in Posočje 1998) brings us to a grazing fence, over which we step on the south edge of the mountain pasture Planina pod Osojnico. Only a few meters ahead, the path splits into two parts. We continue on the right lower path, on which in a gentle descent, we quickly get to the hunting cottage at the source of Tolminka.
From the source of Tolminka we continue a gentle ascent through the mountain pasture Planina pod Osojnico, and from the left soon the upper path joins us, which is exposed to active rockfall.
We continue in the direction of "planina Prode and Prehodci" on the path which brings us to a mighty torrent. We cross the torrent and on the other side, we continue left in the direction of Prehodci (slightly right mountain pasture Dobrenjščica). Further, we gently ascend on a well-preserved military mule track, which we can leave a few times, because marked path runs on "shortcuts". Higher bushes and grass are slowly replaced by gravel, and the path is turning more and more to the left. A little higher, we again come to a mighty torrent gully, which here already joins with nearby scree, which fall from the nearby Mali and Veliki Kuntar.
Here to the left across the mighty torrent an unmarked path branches off, which leads towards the mountain pasture Planina Lašča and ahead on Rdeči rob and Mali peski, and we continue right on a marked path, which gradually passes into a dense forest. The mule track then ascends in numerous zig-zags and for some time still runs through the forest. Higher the forest thins out and the path turns more and more towards the right, where it brings us to panoramic and steep slopes. Across an artificial and wide ledge a steel cable assists us, which comes in handy when there is still snow on the ledge (in dry conditions the passage is entirely undemanding). The path ahead once again moderately ascends and in a few minutes brings us to a marked crossing on Prehodci.
We continue left in the direction of Krn (right saddle Bogatinsko sedlo and mountain pasture Razor) and we continue on a gently sloping and panoramic path. A little further another path from the lake Krnsko jezero joins us from the right, and we still continue in the same direction. The path ahead from the plateau terrain again brings us onto steep eastern slopes, from which a nice view opens up on Tolmin side (area is called Na Tminskem). After that, the path turns a little to the right and gradually brings us into a smaller high mountain valley. Here it starts ascending steeper and after approximately 20 minutes of additional walking brings us to a large monument to the fallen in the 1st World War.
Here we continue right on a marked path, which ascends diagonally by the foot of Mali Peski. Higher, the path brings us to numerous remains of the 1st World War, and then it slightly ascends and brings us on a small saddle between Mali Peski and Vrh nad Peski (a little more to the right are Veliki Peski). We continue on a marked path, from which soon an unmarked path branches off to the right to Vrh nad Peski (direction "V. Peski"). The path ahead in a few minutes ascends to a smaller grassy saddle, and then continues on an increasingly panoramic and occasionally quite steep path. We follow this panoramic and relatively steep path all the way to Vrh nad Peski, which we reach after a few minutes of additional walking.

Along the route: The Tolminka spring (695m), Planina na Zgornjih Prodih (850m), Prehodci (1639m)

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