Razglednik - Gladki vrh (Ratitovec)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenica take the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and on to Bohinjska Bistrica. From Bohinjska Bistrica turn left towards Tolmin and Soriška planina. Above the village Nemški Rovt you will reach a marked crossroads, where you continue right in the route Soriška planina (slightly left Škofja Loka and Železniki). On the road to Soriška planina, pass the trail (road) turnoff to Orožnovo hut (the turnoff for Orožnovo hut is marked, but it branches off the main road to the right), and then follow the main road for about 1 km, where you will see a small parking area on the right, and on the left you will see a road that branches off sharply to the left and continues towards mountain pasture Pečana (Pečana). At the crossroads, you can also see the first markings and a mountain direction sign for Ratitovec.
b) From Železniki or Podbrdo, take the first exit to Soriška planina and then continue towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From the parking lot at Soriška planina drive for about 1 km and then you will see a forest road turning off to the right, leading to mountain pasture Pečana. Park at the crossroads on the left side of the road in a small parking lot.

Path description:
From the starting point, first cross the road carefully, then turn onto the macadam road towards Ratitovec. The road quickly enters the forest, through which it starts to climb moderately. Higher up, the road is laid and leads to a small marked crossroads.
Continue slightly to the left (to the right is the road leading to the nearby Črnji vrh 1486 m) and continue along the road, which climbs slightly and then descends again a few times. From the road, which continues through the forest, only rarely do we get some views of the western Karawanks and central Julian Alps. After about an hour and a half of walking, the road descends more visibly and brings us to a crossroads where the road from Bitenjska mountain pasture joins from the left.
Continue slightly to the right and start to climb gently, initially still through the forest, and then cross a short scenic slope. Quickly return to the forest and then reach the next crossroads, where you continue right in the direction of Ratitovec (straight ahead Rovtarica). The way forward leads us along the road, which continues through a small valley, and we are joined by the marked path from Bitenjska mountain pasture from the left only a few 10 metres further on. The road we are walking on soon ends and leads us to a parking and turning place under mountain pasture Pečana.
From the parking lot, continue along the wide cart track, which starts to climb relatively steeply through the forest. After about 10 minutes' walking, cart track lays down, and then only a little further on leads to the huts at mountain pasture Pečana.
A few steps above these huts we emerge from the forest onto grassy slopes, and we continue along the right side of mountain pasture for a few metres, then at the crossroads we continue right in the direction of Krek's hut (straight ahead Kosmati vrh and Vratca). The way ahead begins to climb moderately through an increasingly sparse spruce forest. Higher up, we finally emerge from the forest onto the vast pastures of Ratitovec, where we leave cart track and continue our ascent along a slightly less visible, but marked path which, after a few minutes' further walking, leads us to the top slopes of Ratitovec, where the path from Soriška mountain pasture joins us on the right. Continue to the left and follow the increasingly scenic path that leads past the winter bivouac all the way to Krekova koča na Ratitovcu, only to reach it after less than 5 minutes of further walking. From the hut, continue left along a slightly steeper path in the direction of Gladki vrh. Follow this increasingly scenic path all the way to Gladki vrh, which is reached after 5 minutes of further walking.

On the way: Planina Pečana (1472m), Krekova koča na Ratitovcu mountain hut (1642m)

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