Pri Rupah - Okroglež

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice highway, we take the Lesce exit and follow the road in the direction of Bled, where at the traffic-light crossroads signs for Pokljuka direct us to the right. This road, which in the lower part runs through some villages and later starts to ascend more steeply, we follow to Mrzli Studenec (mountain pasture, which is located a good 50 m behind the crossroads, where the road to Bohinj branches off left downwards). In the middle of the mentioned mountain pasture, the road which runs to Medvedova konta, Pri Rupah and mountain pasture Javornik branches off to the right from the main road. Here we turn right and in the next crossroads we follow the road in the direction of the mountain pasture (Za)Javornik. The road then runs past the mentioned mountain pasture and a good kilometer further brings us to a parking lot at the monument to fallen NOB soldiers.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the footpath in the direction of Blejska koča mountain hut on Lipanca, which past the NOB monument quickly leads us into the forest. The path, which initially ascends gently, after a good 10 minutes ascends somewhat more steeply and brings us to a forest road, which we merely cross. We continue on the cart track in the direction of Lipanca, which higher up brings us to the point where we join the path from mountain pasture Javornik. The fairly wide path, which all the time runs embraced by spruce forests, then higher brings us to the next junction, where we continue again in the direction of Lipanca (left). We continue the ascent on a very wide cart track, which in a gentle ascent brings us in a few minutes to the grazing area of mountain pasture Lipanca. Here the path turns right and leads us in a moderate ascent along the right lower edge of the mentioned mountain pasture. This is followed by crossing a grassy slope, and the path, which brings us back into the forest, makes a sharp right turn at the NOB monument, after which we reach the shepherd and mountain hut on mountain pasture Lipanca.
From the mountain pasture, we continue right on an initially poorly visible and even worse marked path, which after a short ascent brings us to the upper edge of the mountain pasture, where there is also a smaller junction. We continue slightly left in the direction of Lipanski vrh, Brda and Debela peč on the path which bypasses a larger sinkhole on the right side. A little further on, a path towards Lipanski vrh branches off from the "main" path. We continue slightly right in the direction of Debela peč on the path which gradually starts to ascend ever more steeply. When we pass this somewhat steeper section of the path, we reach the next junction, where we continue straight in the direction of Debela peč (left to Lipanska vrata and Brda). We continue on a gentle path, from which after just a few more steps a path to mountain pasture Klek branches off to the right. The well-marked path then bypasses the interesting peak Spodnja Brda (1844 m) on the left side and thereafter starts to ascend more steeply on increasingly less vegetated slopes. When we reach the expansive ridge, the steepness eases and the path turns right. Here a path branches off to the right, which in 3 minutes of further walking brings us to a lesser-known peak (straight to Debela peč).
Starting point - Blejska koča 45 minutes, Blejska koča - Okroglež 1:10.

Along the route: Blejska koča na Lipanci mountain hut (1630m)

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