Rudno polje - Lipanski vrh

Access to starting point:
a) From Bled or Jesenice we drive to Zatrnik, then continue driving towards Pokljuka. When we arrive at Pokljuka we stay on the main road the whole time and drive along it to the large organized parking lot at Rudno polje.
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo we drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving in the direction of Bled. Shortly after the Petrol gas station, which is located a little after Bohinjska Bistrica, we continue driving left in the direction of Pokljuka and Jereka. In the continuation the road first climbs steeply, then after Koriti it gradually levels out and brings us to the intersection at the bus stop, where we continue right in the direction of Pokljuka, Koprivnik and Jereka (straight Srednja vas). Immediately after the intersection we arrive in Jereka, and from the intersection in front of the church we continue straight towards Pokljuka (left Podjelje). After Jereka the road begins to climb more steeply again, higher up it levels out and continues along Mrzli potok, where the road to Koprivnik in Bohinj branches off to the left, and we continue straight towards Pokljuka and Gorjuše. After Gorjuše the road enters the forest, and we drive along it to the intersection where we join the road from Bled. Here we continue left, then along the main road we drive to the large parking lot at Rudno polje.

Route description:
From the parking lot we first carefully cross the road, then we continue along the macadam road in the direction of Triglav, Viševnik and Blejska koča na Lipanci. Along the fairly gentle road we walk for about ten minutes, then we arrive at the Viševnik ski slope, where we leave the road and continue the path to the right in the direction of Viševnik and Srenjski preval (continue along the road to Triglav, Vodnikov dom and Studorski preval). The path ahead leads us to the left of the ski slope, along a trail that runs through the edge of the forest. After a short climb we return to the macadam road, which we reach at the place where the marked path towards Viševnik continues straight upwards, and we follow the road to the right, thus crossing the ski slope. The road quickly leads us into the forest and to an intersection, where we continue on the lower right road, in the next intersection again to the right, both times in the direction of Lipanca. After the second intersection we arrive at the sand quarry Rudno polje, a little further on, after a short descent, the signs for Planina Lipanca and Blejska koča direct us left into the forest. Through the forest at several forks we follow the markings, then a little higher we cross the macadam road. After crossing the road the path becomes somewhat steeper and mainly ascends transversely to the right. Higher up the forest begins to thin, and on the left we notice an animal watering place (often without water).
From here follows another few minutes of ascent, then we arrive at a fork, where we continue right downhill (left Viševnik and Mrežce) and in a minute or two of further walking we descend to Blejska koča na Lipanci.
From Blejska koča we continue right, we descend a few more steps, then we continue in the direction of Debela peč. A gentle ascent follows across the scenic part of Planina Lipanca, then at the edge of the forest the path splits. We continue left on the marked path (right hunting lodge on Planina Brda), which crosses the slopes to the left, then after a short ascent it splits again.
We continue on the less visible slightly left path (right Debela peč), which ascends for a few minutes through mostly larch forest, which higher up begins to thin and is gradually replaced by dwarf pine. Later the slope becomes steeper and in a few switchbacks we climb to a less noticeable fork, where a path branches off to the left that leads under Lipanski vrh, and we continue slightly right and climb to the ridge or saddle, where there is a fork and from where a beautiful view opens up that reaches to the other side of the Krma valley and further.
We continue left in the direction of Lipanski vrh (straight down Krma, right Kredarica peak and Debela peč), and continue walking along the ridge, where we notice the sign for Lipanski vrh. The path then mostly ascends through dwarf pine on the increasingly steep summit slope of Lipanski vrh, which we reach without major difficulties.

Rudno polje - Planinski taborni prostor 0:10, Planinski taborni prostor - Planina Krasca 0:05, Planina Krasca - Blejska koča 1:30, Blejska koča - Lipansko sedlo 0:05, Lipansko sedlo - razpotje nad Lipanco 0:10, razpotje nad Lipanco - sedlo pod Lipanskim vrhom 0:40, sedlo pod Lipanskim vrhom - Lipanski vrh 0:15.

Along the route: Planinski taborni prostor (1369m), Planina Krasca (1402m), Krucmanove konte (1425m), Blejska koča na Lipanci (1630m), Lipansko sedlo (1629m), Razpotje nad Lipanco (1666m), Pod sedlom (1859m), Sedlo pod Lipanskim vrhom (1910m)

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