Krn - Krn (via planina Sleme)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the Tolmin - Kobarid road, a little before Idrski, the road to the village of Kamno branches off to the right. Follow the signs for Vrsno when you arrive in the village. From Vrsno, where the birthplace of Simon Gregorčič stands, continue along the narrow and steep road to the village of Krn, where the road splits into two parts. The road continues to the left towards mountain pasture Kuhinja, and we continue straight towards Mrzlemi vrh. We park above the last houses in the village, where there is a nice small parking lot with space for 4 to 5 cars.
b) We drive to Kobarid and then continue our drive to Drežnica. Just after the bridge over the Soča River, turn right in the direction of Ladra, Smast, Libušnje, Vrsno and Krn. When you reach the village of Krn, continue straight on (left mountain pasture Kuhinja), and we continue along the narrow road to a small, well-maintained parking lot, located above the last houses in the village.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road along which you parked, but after a few steps it splits into two parts. Continue straight ahead in the direction of Mrzlje vrh and follow the initially still wide cart track, which gradually turns into a dense forest. Higher up, the signs for Pretovč, Mrzli vrh and Puščavnikova cave direct us left onto a wide ascending path, which is quickly joined by an even less beaten path with mountain pasture Kuhinja. The track soon turns right and then climbs transversely through the forest. A little further on, you reach the Hermit's Cave, which is only a short 10-step walk from the waymarked trail.
Continue through the occasionally slightly more sparse forest, and a moderately steep path leads to a forest road, which you follow to the left in the direction of mountain pasture Sleme (right down Mrzli vrh and mountain pasture Pretovč). Just a little higher up, you reach the next crossroads, where the path joins from the right with the path from the mountain pasture Polog.
Continue again in the direction of mountain pasture Sleme, and the road, which begins to climb steeply, leads us into lane of a compacted forest. Higher up, we leave the forest and a gradually less steep road leads us to mountain pasture Sleme.
At mountain pasture by the NOB (National Liberation Monument), continue left on a grassy ridge, which is overlooked, and walk along it to the former crossroads. Here, signs for Krn and Red Edge direct you left to the lower path (the upper path has been closed for a long time due to impassability), which crosses the slopes to the left. The way ahead quickly leads to a steep and wide ravine, over which a perfectly maintained path leads (if the path is damaged, the crossing is life-threatening). The way ahead passes onto grassy slopes, crosses another small ravine, the foot of which is also well maintained. After this, the path enters a lane of a forest, where it continues to cross relatively steep slopes. The slope is then laid and the path leads over a grazing fence to the grazing area mountain pasture Leskovica, where the otherwise marked path begins to disappear. Cross the path and descend slightly to the right, where you catch the mountain pasture Kuhinja path towards the lake in Lužnice. Continue in the direction of Krno, and the path continues steeply upwards. Continue up the steep slopes between Maselnik (1906 m) on the left and Veliki Stador (1903 m) on the right. Higher up, the trail breaks and leads to a small cirque, where an unmarked trail to the right branches off to the Red Edge (the branch is marked). The marked path here turns left and climbs a short steep slope, then lays down and leads to a small saddle between Maselnik and Škofič. Continue straight ahead and then follow the lower path (the upper right path bypasses the lake), and within a few minutes of descending, you will reach the lake in Lužnice, which can already be seen from the aforementioned saddle.
From the lake, climb up the less visible path (direction north) and then join the path that goes around the lake on the right. Continue up the beautiful high mountain valley (Peski po Lužnici), then the path turns slightly to the left and climbs steeply. A short steep climb follows and the path leads to the ridge north of Srednji vrh. Here the path turns to the right and in a few minutes leads to Prag (2068 m). At Prag, where there is a marked crossroads, continue left in the direction of Batognica (straight down Krnsko jezero to the right Vrh nad Peski and the hut at mountain pasture Razor) along a path that climbs moderately along the top slope of Batognica. Follow this increasingly scenic path to the summit, which is reached after 15 minutes of further walking.
From Batognica, continue along the initially slightly less visible path, which continues along the left side of the summit. The path, which initially descends only gently, soon leads us into a steeper world, where we begin to descend more steeply. After a short descent, you reach a set of relatively steep steps which start to descend steeply. There is a high risk of slipping on this part of the path due to the gravel on the path. The way forward gradually lays down and leads us only slightly further on to the Krnská notch (the notch can also be reached by continuing on the so-called Northern Route at Prag, which bypasses the top of Batognica; the latter is slightly shorter, but also considerably less scenic).
From the stump, continue straight on (left mountain pasture Kuhinja, right Krnsko jezero) along the path that starts climbing up the grassy slope of the mountain. This increasingly scenic path is then followed to the lookout peak, which is reached after about 30 minutes' walk from Krnska notch.

On the way: Planina Sleme (1448m), The lake Jezero v Lužnici (1801m), Prag (2068m), Batognica (2164m), Krnska škrbina (2058m)

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