Rudno polje - Mali Draški vrh (via Viševnik)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway we turn off at the Lesce exit and continue following the road towards Bled. At Bled, at the traffic lights, the signs for Pokljuka direct us to the right. We continue driving through Gorje and past the abandoned Zatrnik ski area to Rudno polje on Pokljuka (large parking lot, barracks and shooting range).

Route description:
At the end of the parking lot a gravel road branches off to the right, along which there are signposts for Triglav. We head onto this road, which gently ascends and after ten minutes brings us to the ski area.
On the other side of the ski area, next to the ski lift we will notice a marked footpath that continues from the road to the right. We head onto the mentioned path, which in a moderate ascent through a belt of forest brings us to a gravel road (up to here also possible by road), which we follow to the right, but only a few steps. Just before the road crosses the ski slope, however, a marked footpath branches off to the left, which first crosses a pasture fence, then ascends along the edge of the ski slope. At the top of the first ski lift the marked path turns left and then begins to ascend more steeply along the edge of the second, steeper ski slope. The second ski lift also ends soon, and we continue on the path that transitions into a smaller, relatively steep valley. Towards the top of the mentioned valley the path ascends relatively steeply, then suddenly flattens and brings us past an abandoned hunting observation post to a junction.
We continue straight in the direction of Viševnik (right Lipanca and Viševnik via Kačji rob) on an again steeper path, which after a few minutes of further walking brings us to a smaller saddle, from which a nice view opens to the Bohinj - Tolmin mountains, sometimes called the Lower Bohinj mountains.
At the saddle we continue to the right along the wide mountain path, which then ascends through a belt of dwarf pines. We soon leave the dwarf pines and the path brings us to relatively steep grassy slopes, across which we then climb to the ridge of Viševnik. This is followed by a short traverse of a rocky slope, then we pass under the summit of Viševnik itself. Here the path steeply ascends and after a few more steps of walking brings us to the panoramic summit.
From the summit of Viševnik we continue along the ridge, which begins to descend towards the west. The path at the beginning crosses a very steep grassy slope, then turns somewhat to the right, where the steepness of the slopes eases. This is followed by a traversing descent, then the path returns to the ridge and continues along the right side of it. This is followed by a somewhat more difficult crossing over a ragged slope, then the path flattens and brings us to Srenjski preval.
Here we continue along the ridge towards the north (left downhill unmarked path towards Jezercem, right Lipanca and Kačji rob) on the path which after a slight ascent brings us to a marked crossroads.
We continue straight (left Studorski preval) along an unmarked and less visible path, which begins to ascend ever more steeply along and beside an indistinct gully. The path in the lower part ascends somewhat to the right of the gully, then for a short time crosses to its left side (viewed in the direction of ascent). Higher up the gully becomes even steeper, and the path begins to disappear. Further we ascend straight up the gully steeply upwards (carefully due to the great crumbiness) and along the "path" we will notice some very old and already completely faded markings. After a good 20 minutes of ascent we step onto a precipitous ridge, from which a nice view opens to the valley of Krma and the peaks that surround it.
From here we can climb to the nearby eastern peak, to which we are separated by a few meters of easier climbing along the exposed ridge, or to the somewhat more distant, but a few meters higher western peak. To it we must first descend a little, then climb in a few dozen steps along a quite exposed ridge to the panoramic summit.

Rudno polje - Planinski taborni prostor 0:10, Planinski taborni prostor - Planina Krasca 0:05, Planina Krasca - Zlata voda 0:50, Zlata voda - sedlo pod Plesiščem 0:10, sedlo pod Plesiščem - Viševnik 0:45, Viševnik - Srenjski preval 0:20, Srenjski preval - Mali Draški vrh 0:40.

Along the route: Planinski taborni prostor (1369m), Planina Krasca (1402m), Zlata voda (1717m), Sedlo pod Plesiščem (1780m), Viševnik (2050m), Srenjski preval (1959m)

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