Rudno polje - Viševnik (via Gola Ravan)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled. At the traffic lights in Bled, the signs for Pokljuka direct you to the right. Continue through Gorje and past the abandoned ski resort Zatrnik to Rudni Polje on Pokljuka (a large parking lot, a military barracks and a shooting range).

Path description:
From the large parking lot opposite the barracks at Rudne Polje, first cross the road and then look for the start of the forest road (there are also signs for Triglav at the start of the forest road), which leads to the Viševnik ski resort. After about 10 minutes' walk along the road, you will arrive at the foot of the ski slope, where the marked trail splits into two parts. The right-hand path leads to Viševnik and Blejska koča na Lipanci, and we continue along the road for a short distance in the direction of Triglav, Vodnikov dom and Studorski Preval. When the road returns to the forest, you will see a marked path on the left, which begins to climb moderately through the forest. After a few minutes, get back on the road, which you will reach at a medium sized parking lot with space for about 20 cars (it is also possible to drive here, this will shorten the journey by about 20 minutes).
When you reach the parking lot, walk along the road for a few 10 m, and then signs will lead you slightly to the right onto a waymarked and well-trodden path that begins to climb through the forest. After a few minutes, the path lays down and gradually passes onto the relatively steep southern slopes of Plesišče (1790 m). There are a few minutes of scrambling before you reach the back of the aforementioned peak. Here the marked path turns right (straight down leads the unmarked but well-trodden path to Planina Konjščica) and descends some more.
From the back, follow the marked path only as far as the first torrent crossing. Leave the marked trail at the torrent and continue climbing right along the torrent, initially straight up. Soon you can see the tracks of the predecessors, and a few steps higher you can see a well-traced path (you can also get here by following the path that branches off into the woods from the aforementioned back (the start of the path is not visible)). Here the path crosses a small stream to the right, and then turns slowly in a semicircle to the left, where it leads you across a meadow, where the path is not visible. As we approach the stream again we see the track again, but it crosses the stream and starts to climb crossways on the other side. The path then climbs into a small valley, where it disappears again. When the valley flattens out, continue right, where after a few metres you see the track again, this time more distinct. From the point where we left the valley we walk for only a minute or two, then we see a small cairn along the path, at which the path splits into two parts. The left path leads to the saddle between Viševnik and Plesišče, while the path that continues straight ahead joins the marked Rudno polje - Viševnik path at Zlaté vode. From this crossroads, continue along the left-hand path, which begins to climb crosswise to the left. For some time, the trail is still easy to follow and occasionally opens up some views of the Lower Bohinj Mountains and the surrounding mountain pasture Konjščica area, but then the trail slowly starts to disappear. We know we are on the right track because we see something burnt dwarf pines along the way. After crossing the grass-covered torrent, the path loses further, and just at this point the "path" turns in a long arc in a semicircle to the right, where the path becomes more visible again. A few minutes of traversing or a slight ascent to the right follows and the trail, which is becoming more and more traceable, soon leads to the saddle between Plesišče on the right and Viševnik on the left.
At this saddle we reach the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik, and we follow it to the left. The way ahead climbs first moderately and then steeply through lane of dwarf pines. Higher up, dwarf pines ends and the path leads to a mini-valley from where a fine view opens up. Further on, we climb up a steeper and more scenic grassy slope, and the path then turns slightly to the right and leads us in a cross-climb to the ridge Viševnik, where we get another nice view towards Rjavina and the surrounding mountains. The trail continues along and along the ridge and climbs only moderately for some time. After a short crossing, we arrive at the bottom of Viševnik, where the trail becomes quite steep (this part is often icy in winter) and leads us to a scenic summit in a few minutes.
Starting point - mountain pasture Konjščica 30 minutes, mountain pasture Konjščica - Viševnik 1:45.
The description refers to July 2014, all images are from then.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Mali Draški vrh ( 30 min)

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