Planina Blato - Krsteniški Stog (hunting path)

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 towards Bohinjsko jezero (Ribčev laz), at which you will come to a crossroads where you will turn right towards Stara Fužina. At Stara Fužina, at the crossroads by the chapel, turn sharp left onto the ascending road towards mountain pasture Blato, mountain pasture Vogar and the Voja valley. The road continues to the place where the toll and parking fees are collected, and we follow it to the next crossroads, where we continue to the left (right Voje). We then follow the road to the next crossroads (we drive for some time), where we take a sharp right in the direction of mountain pasture Blato (straight ahead mountain pasture Vogar). Follow this road to the parking lot above mountain pasture Blato.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the dirt road, which takes a few steps past the ramp to a right-hand bend. On the right-hand side of this bend, you will see the start of a hunting trail, which leads us over a short, very steep slope with the help of a jeklenice. The path soon passes into the forest and turns slightly to the right, where it soon crosses the wide cart track (you can also follow the road to here, or the higher cart track). Continue along a pleasant forest path, which climbs parallel to a relatively steep track. Higher up, the path curves to the left, and a track joins from the right, leaving the track about 15 minutes above mountain pasture Blato.
The hunting trail continues through the forest with a few short steep climbs and after a good hour's walk leads us to a small hunting lodge on the left side of the trail. Here, a minute-long path branches off to the left to a viewpoint where we can see mountain pasture Blato below us.
From the hunting lodge onwards, the path soon leads us out of the forest, where we rejoin the cart track. It is only a good five-minute walk to mountain pasture Krstenica, where we have a beautiful view of Ogradi, Krn and the Lower Bohinj Mountains.
From the shepherd's huts, walk to the eastern side of mountain pasture, then continue the ascent along a grassy ridge that rises gently to the north. At the top of mountain pasture you will rejoin a prominent path which turns right just before the steep slopes of Krsteniški Stog. The path then crosses a small scree slope, and then continues in a moderate ascent over the scenic and partly grassy slopes, from which we have a nice view of Tosc and the Voja valley. Higher up, the path turns more and more to the left, so that we soon reach the northern slopes, which are occasionally a little steeper, but not exposed. Once on the north side of Krsteniški Stog, there is also a fine view of Jezerski Stog and Triglav, and we follow the moderately steep path to the main ridge of the Stogi, which is reached a little to the south of the saddle between Krsteniškis Stogi and Jezerski Stogi. Once on the ridge, continue left and follow the initially less visible path which climbs through the dwarf pines zone. The path ahead turns slightly to the left, and then after a short steep climb leads us to the ridge, where we quickly get to the top of the Krsteniškého Stog. There follows a slight descent and then a folded ascent to the nearby summit along a very scenic and in some places slightly exposed ridge.

On the way: Planina Krstenica (1670m)

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