Ribčev Laz - Planinska koča Merjasec

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenica take the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica and later Ribčevo Lazo. At the crossroads near Bohinjsko jezero turn left towards the Bellevue Hotel, and follow the road for another 100 metres, or until you reach a large marked parking lot. The parking lot is payable at a rate of 1€/h (as of May 2011).
You can also park in the free parking lot at the beginning of Ribčev Laz, which will take about 10 minutes longer.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the asphalted road towards the Bellevue Hotel, which soon turns off to the left onto the marked path to Rodica, and we follow the road almost to the aforementioned hotel. Just before the hotel, the signs for Brown Rock, Vogel and Šijo direct us left onto a wide path, which soon splits into two parts. Continue on the right marked path, which after a short climb leads to a larger meadow.
The path then returns to the woods, and at the next crossroads we take the path slightly to the left (direction Vogel), which then changes from cart track to a footpath, which climbs along the edge of the meadow. Above the meadow, the path re-enters the woods and gradually begins to climb steeply. For a while the path climbs relatively steeply through the forest, then it thins out and the path leads to the wider cart track and just a few metres further on to a macadam road. Follow the road to the left, and we walk along it for only about 30 m, and then the signs for Vogel direct us to the right onto a footpath that begins to climb steeply through the forest. Higher up, we join the tractor track logging trail, which soon splits in two. Continue along the right marked path, which soon leads to a forest road, which we only cross.
The path then climbs through lane of bushes and a short scenic slope, before entering a dense forest, through which it climbs for some time. Higher up, you come to a small avalanche cirque below Storeč vrh, which you go round in a semicircle to the right. On the other side of cirque the path climbs steeply and then leads to the Vogel plateau. Here the trail continues with some short descents and ascents, and we soon arrive in the immediate vicinity of the ski slope.
A little further on, the trail splits into two parts, with the trail to Šijo branching off to the left, and we continue to the right in the direction of the Ski Hotel on the Vogel. After a short crossing and then a steep climb, we arrive at the aforementioned hotel.
From the hotel, continue left and walk 10 steps to the Merjasec mountain hut on the Vogel.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Planina Zadnji Vogel, Orlove glave, Visoki Orlov rob, Vrh Dlani, Šija, Vrh Krnic, Rušnati vrh (3 h 30 min), Vogel, Meja (4 h)

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