Spodnje Danje - Krekova koča na Ratitovcu

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Škofja Loka, then continue driving in the direction of Železniki and Tolmin. A few kilometres after Zali Log we reach a crossroads at Podrošt, where we continue straight on in the direction of Sorica and Soriška planina (Petrovo Brdo and Tolmin on the left). When the road from Petrovo Brda joins us above Sorica from the left, we continue to the right, and then drive towards Soriška planina only as far as a crossroads, where the roads to Zgornji and Spodnje Danje branch off to the right. Continue on the lower road towards Spodnje Danje. After approximately 1 km of further driving, you arrive at Spodnje Danje, where the route described above begins. There are no parking places in the village. Recently, the road Podrošt - Sorica has been closed frequently due to the rehabilitation of the road. In this case, use the detour by continuing towards Tolmin at Podrošt, then turn right at the first crossroads. After a fairly steep road, you will arrive in Sorica, where you will join the main road back to Soriška planina.
b) From the direction of Baška grapa, drive to Petrovo Brda, and from there turn left towards Soriška planina. Shortly after joining the road from Sorice, you will reach a crossroads where the roads to Zgornji and Spodnje Danje branch off to the right. Continue on the lower road towards Spodnje Danje. After approximately 1 km of further driving, you arrive at Spodnje Danje, where the route described above begins. There are no parking spaces in the village.
c) From Bohinjska Bistrica continue driving to Soriška planina and from there start descending towards Sorica. After a few kilometres of descending, the roads to Zgornji and Spodnje Danje branch off to the left and continue along the lower road to Dolní Danji. After about 1 km of further driving, you arrive at Spodnje Danje, where the route described above begins. There are no parking spaces in the village.

Path description:
In the middle of the village Spodnje Danje there is a crossroads where you continue left (St Mark's Church on the right) and then the road immediately splits into two parts. One is on the left and the other is on the right side of an older house. After the house, the two roads merge and we pass the last house and continue straight on cart track, which starts to climb through a view hayfield. The hayfield is slowly replaced by a sparse forest, and we continue straight ahead at a couple of crossroads. Higher up, the path leads us past two more small boulders, and then we cross the pasture fence once more and enter the road leading from Sorice towards Zgornje Danji. Follow the road to the right and it gradually passes out of the forest onto more scenic slopes. Then turn left and, with views of the Ratitovec cliffs, reach a small crossroads directly in front of Zgornji Danji. Continue along the upper road on the left, which after some 10 m turns into a stone cart track, which you follow only to a nearby wooden shack, where you will see the beginning of the marked path leading to Ratitovec on the left.
The path first climbs through the forest and then crosses a relatively new clearing, where you will also cross cart track. There are no markings at this point due to the fallen trees, so orientation is a little more difficult in this part, but if you look for a path that continues in the same direction, you will have no major problems with that either. The way forward returns to the forest for a while, then lays down and leads us to a larger meadow (planina Spodnji Jirn). On the other side of the meadow, by the watering place for animals, the path turns slightly to the left and then right into the forest. The way forward leads us to the worse cart track, which we walk on for only a short time, as the poorly visible signs then direct us left onto the mountain path, which we follow through the forest to a relatively new wooden log cabin.
From the log cabin, where we also leave the forest, we continue in the same direction and continue our ascent along the less visible path, which climbs slightly to the right. The increasingly scenic path, which offers beautiful views of Blegoš, Črni vrh and Porezen, leads us higher up to the old military bunker, where we can rest or take some nice panoramic shots. From the bunker, continue for a few minutes on the less well-trodden path, then join the Soriška planina - Krekova koča path. Here continue to the right and follow the path, which slightly ascends and descends a few times, to a marked crossroads where the path to Altemaver branches off to the right. Here you can continue right over the summit, or left along the path that goes around the summit. On the other side of the summit the paths join again and then start descending towards the animal watering point, which is located on a small pass below Gladki vrh. From the pass, there is only a short, folded climb and the path leads quickly past the winter bivouac to the Krekova hut on Ratitovec.
Spodnje Danje - Zgornje Danje 45 minutes, Zgornje Danje - Altemaver 1:45, Altemaver - Krekova koča 15 minutes.

On the way: Zgornje Danje (1070m), Spodnji Jirn (1334m), Altemaver (Ratitovec) (1667m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Gladki vrh (Ratitovec), Altemaver (Ratitovec)

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