Ukanc - Vrh nad Škrbino

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica, Ribčev Laz and ski resort Vogel. We park on a large well-maintained parking lot at the lower station of the cableway on Vogel.

Route description:
Below the bottom station of the cableway on Vogel we notice a forest road (in winter a ski slope), which starts moderately ascending towards the west. The path ahead continues gently to moderately ascending for some time, then brings us out of the forest onto a panoramic slope, from where a beautiful view opens up on Komarča, Pršivec and Lake Bohinj.
When the road or ski slope turns left and starts to ascend more steeply, we pay attention, as after approximately 100 m on the right side we notice a smaller cairn, by which a initially quite overgrown path starts, which after a shorter traverse starts ascending more steeply through the forest. Higher the path temporarily flattens and traverses somewhat steeper slopes to the right. From here a nice view of the surroundings opens up for a short time, then the path returns to the forest, through which it starts ascending more steeply again. On some spots a somewhat overgrown path then higher brings us to a larger rock (picture no. 17), behind which after some 10 m we arrive at an unmarked junction.
At the junction, where there is also a smaller cairn, we continue left (right hunting cottage on Melu and Ražnova Suha) and continue along the more overgrown path, which first traverses slopes to the left, then brings us out of the forest and higher bushes onto panoramic and high-grass-covered slopes, from which a nice view opens up on Pršivec and Lake Bohinj. We continue the ascent along an occasionally quite overgrown and on some spots also harder-to-follow path (harder-to-follow spots are mainly where a fallen tree lies across the path). Higher the path continues for some time through a belt of bushes and dwarf pines, then arrives at a series of smaller basins, where numerous cairns also show the path. When the dwarf pines have already thinned out considerably the path turns somewhat to the right and gradually flattens. Here follows a short left bend and the path brings us to the mountain pasture Planina za Migovcem, where we also step onto the marked path Vogel - Komna.
From the mountain pasture we continue left along the marked path towards Vogel. After a transitional few-meter descent the path starts ascending and brings us to a marked junction, where we leave the path leading towards Vogel. Here we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na planini Razor, along the path which starts traversing upwards to the right. After a shorter traverse the path leads us past a smaller basin, where we step from the slopes of Bohinjski Migovec onto more rocky slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here the path turns somewhat to the right and across a smaller rough scree brings us to a smaller gully, behind which we step into a very short belt of dwarf pines. Above the dwarf pines the path steeply ascends for a short time, then flattens and traverses steep scree to the right (this section is usually still under snow in early summer, so crampons and ice axe are mandatory then). The path ahead bypasses a smaller sinkhole on the left side, in which snow persists throughout the year. On the other side of the sinkhole the path starts steeply ascending towards Škrbina, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes of further ascent.
When we step onto Škrbina, a nice view opens up on the Primorska side, and at the junction we continue left along the south side of the ridge in the direction of Vrh nad Škrbino (straight down Koča na planini Razor, right Tolminski Kuk). The path then brings us via a steep, slightly crumbly slope onto the steep northern slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here we reach the first steel cables, along which we ascend steeply. Higher we turn right, where with the aid of a few pegs we climb back onto the south side of the ridge. On the south side the path steeply ascends a few more times along the steel cable, then the path gradually becomes less demanding. This is followed by approximately ten minutes of walking along the panoramic ridge towards the summit. A few meters below the summit an easier path from the mountain pasture Razor also joins from the right.

Along the route: Planina za Migovcem (1600m), Škrbina (1910m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Meja, Podrta gora

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