Ski hotel Vogel - Vrh nad Škrbino (po Bohinjski planinski poti)

Access to the starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Lesce exit and follow the road towards Bled and on to Bohinjska Bistrica. Continue driving towards Bohinjsko jezero (Ribčev laz), at which you will come to a crossroads, where you will continue straight along the left (south) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanec and the Savica waterfall. Follow this road to the bottom station of the pendulum at Vogel, then buy a ticket and take the cable car to the top station, which is the starting point for our tour, unless we shorten it further (by 30 min) by taking the quad chair to Orlov glave. The chairlift is also open in the summer season.

Path description:
Walk a few hundred metres past Ski hotel Vogel, past the Merjasec mountain hut and down the ski slope past the Storeč station and the four-seater railway leading to the Orlovy galvas. If you continue on foot (chairlift transport is also an option), follow the path under the quad chairlift to the upper station of the Eagle's Heads. Here, continue under the chairlift to the upper station Šija. The trail initially follows a transport road for the ski resort, but soon narrows to a footpath. When the path reaches the edge of the Šija - Last Vogel slope (just before the steepest section of all the Vogel slopes), turn right and cross the ski slope and continue in a westerly direction under the slopes of Šija. Soon you reach a crossroads where you can continue on the upper ridge path (difficult) or on the slightly longer lower easy path, which starts to descend and turns slightly to the right, giving you the feeling that you are going the wrong way. But at the point where we are almost sure we are wrong, we join the trail from the top station of the double chairlift Last Vogel. Bear left and descend a little further. The trail then picks up its rhythm and starts to climb gently. A little further on, you reach a crossroads where a signpost for Vogel directs you up to the left. The path starts to climb here and leads us over a scree slope to the Vrata or Vratca notch, which is the second lowest point between Primorska and Gorenjska, from Mangart to Črna Prsta (after Vršič). At the notch - a little earlier we join the ridge path from Šija - a view of Primorska opens up. Continue right along the ridge, which is steep and challenging, but well protected. The path then crosses the slopes and leads to the crossroads for Vogel, from which you continue straight on in the direction of Konjsko sedlo , which is reached by a scenic and gentle path. From the saddle, continue downhill following the "Komna" signs. The path crosses the slopes on the western side of Bohinjski Migovec (1896 m). Soon we are at the crossroads again. Here we continue left (right Komna) in the direction of the Hut on mountain pasture Razor.
After a short crossing, the path leads us past a small valley where we step off the slopes of Bohinj Migovec onto the rockier slopes of Vrh nad Škrbino. Here the path turns slightly to the right and leads us over a small rough scree slope to a small ravine, after which we enter a very short lane of dwarf pines. Above dwarf pines, the path climbs steeply for a short time, then lays down and crosses a steep scree slope to the right (this part is usually still snow-covered in early summer, so snowshoes and snowshoes are compulsory then). The path continues on the left, passing a small crater, which is snow-covered all year round. On the other side of the conte, the path starts to climb steeply towards Škrbina, which is reached after about 15 minutes of further ascent. When we get to Škrbina, we get a nice view of the coastal side, and at the crossroads we continue left along the south side of the ridge in the direction Vrh nad Škrbino (straight down Koča na planini Razor, right Tolmin Kuk).
The path then leads us along a steep, slightly crumbly slope to the steep northern slopes of Vrch nad Škrbino. Here we reach the first steeply ascending cables. At a higher level, turn right and, with the help of some scrambles, climb back up to the south side of the ridge. On the south side, the path climbs steeply along the cliffs a few more times, and then gradually becomes less difficult. There is a 10-minute or so walk along the scenic ridge towards the summit. A few metres below the summit, an easier path with mountain pasture Razor joins from the right.

On the way: Ski hotel Vogel (1540m), Planinska koča Merjasec (1530m), Spodnja postaja štirisedežnice Orlove glave (1505m), Zgornja postaja štirisedežnice orlove glave (1650m), Vrata (1725m), Konjsko sedlo (1782m), Škrbina (1915m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Meja, Podrta gora

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