Ledine - Gladki vrh (Ratitovec) (via Kosmati vrh)

Access to the starting point:
First we drive to Škofja Loka, then continue driving towards Železniki. In Železniki, turn right towards Dražgoše, and follow the main road to the village of Rudno, where signs for Bohinjska Bistrica direct you to a narrower road that climbs through the village. After the village the road widens, losing its asphalt surface. Continue along a relatively nice and ascending dirt road, which you follow for about 10 km, or until you reach a point where the signs for Ratitovec direct you to the left onto a slightly narrower dirt road. Continue to the next crossroads, where you can park at a suitable place (there is a signpost for Ratitovec and a Natura 2000 information board at the starting point).

Path description:
From the junction where you parked, take the road towards Ratitovec and follow it a few steps to a ramp that prevents you from continuing. The road continues to climb gently, passing the Ledina bog on Jelovica on the right. A little further on, the road is completely laid out, and the markings direct us to the right to the folded cart track, which crosses the wider cart track just a little further on. Continue in the direction of Ratitovec and follow the gently sloping tractor logging trail, which leads us higher up to an undistinguished ridge where the path turns quite to the right. A few minutes of steeper walking follows, and then the path leads to a forest road leading from Prtovč towards the Mrzla dolina na Jelovici. Cross the road and continue the ascent along the wide cart track, which soon climbs very steeply, then lays down and leads us to a marked crossroads within a few minutes of further walking.
Continue left towards Kosmati vrh (right mountain pasture Klom) along the path, which gradually passes onto the forested ridge of Kosmati vrh. The path climbs quite steeply for a short time and then leads out of the forest to the grazing areas of the aforementioned summit. Here the path partly disappears and turns slightly to the left, where it passes onto the summit slope of Kosmati vrh. The track then disappears completely, and we continue in a southerly or south-westerly direction. To help us find our way, there are markings on the rocks, but they are not visible in the fog, which makes the orientation even more difficult. Follow this "path", which climbs moderately to steeply, all the way to the Kosmati vrh lookout, which is reached after a good 15 minutes of further walking.
From Kosmati vrh, continue left down the marked trackless path, and then the markings direct you slightly to the right, where you gradually catch a less traceable path. The trail continues to descend moderately for some time along the edge of precipitous cliffs, climbs gently in the lower part of the passage, and then descends gently to a point where it joins the trail from cirque Razor. Here continue to the right and in a few 10 steps of further walking reach a marked crossroads where continue left in the direction Gladki vrh (straight down mountain pasture Pečana, right mountain pasture Klom). The trail splits into two parts just after the crossroads, and we continue on the left marked trail (the right one is unmarked and more sloping), which begins to climb steeply along the north-east ridge of Gladki vrh. The way forward leads us quickly out of the forest, and the forest leads us to Gladki vrh, with increasingly beautiful views.

On the way: Kosmati vrh (Ratitovec) (1643m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Krekova koča na Ratitovcu

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