Bled (Velika Zaka) - Hotunjski vrh

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the Gorenjska motorway at exit Lesce, then follow the signs for Bled and Bohinj. Shortly before the end of Bled, leave the main road towards Bohinj and continue slightly to the right in the direction of the bivouac. After about 1. 5 km of further driving, you will arrive at the bivouac Bled, where you park at the edge of the bivouac in a pay parking lot. The price is EUR 3/h (November 2019).

b) Drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, then continue driving to Bled. At the beginning of Bled, turn left in the direction of bivouac Bled. After approximately 1. 5 km of further driving, you will arrive at the bivouac Bled, where you will park at the edge of the bivouac in a pay parking lot. The price is EUR 3/h (November 2019).

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the macadam road with signs for Bohinjska Bela, Stan, Rčitno and Pokljuka. At first, walk along the Bled bivouac and the stream, then gradually approach the railway line, and reach the other side via the underpass. After the underpass, go left, and at the nearby marked crossroads, take the right path towards Rčitno (straight Bohinjska Bela). A few steps further, cross a small stream over a bridge, and go right after the bridge, where you will follow the markings. Then walk through the forest, and we climb cart track, which opens up a view of the torrent over which a larger waterfall falls during the rainy season. Here the path turns slightly more to the left and climbs mostly transversely. Higher up, we once again cross a torrential stream, where the high water level makes crossing quite difficult, but the path turns right just a little further on and leads us to a short lookout, which opens up a beautiful view from Lake Bled to the Kamniško Savinjske Alps. Then crossing to the right, where the markings are lost for a while, when cart track starts to climb, we see them again. When you reach a dirt road a little higher up, follow it to the left (right Bled on the road) and climb moderately. Higher up we pass a trough under Križi, and just a little further on we join the path from Bohinjska Bela on the left.

Continue straight on in the direction of "Rčitno" and continue climbing along the macadam road. The road then passes into a valley below the Roof of the Roof, and when we leave the valley we pass onto the slopes of Gač, from where we get some views of the surrounding hills. The path continues onwards, returning to the forest, where it also splits.
Continue slightly right on the ascending cart track (straight mountain pasture Rčitno - 5 minutes), which bypasses mountain pasture Rčitno on the right. During the cross-climb, we get some views towards the above-mentioned mountain pasture, while cart track soon turns into a dense forest, and at the nearby fork we choose the right cart track, which is further on quite exposed from the torrential waters. Follow the cart track until you reach a dirt road, which you follow to the right. Follow the road for a few minutes, then when it starts to descend, leave it (leave the road at the part where it starts to descend, or a minute further on at the ruins of the former Posavc homestead) and continue left into the woods, where after a minute or two you will reach the former ski slope of the Zatrnik ski resort.
The ascent continues along the former ski slope, which turns left, and then, as the views get better and better, you arrive at the top station of the disused ski lift, from where it is only a short 10-step walk along the ridge to the top of Hotunjski vrh.

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