End of road on Vogar - Čelo (via Štapce)
Starting point: End of road on Vogar (1350 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2956°N 13.8412°E
Path name: via Štapce
Time of walking: 7 h 20 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way, easy pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 878 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1500 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and forward towards Bohinjska Bistrica. We continue driving towards the Lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where we come to the crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Stara Fužina. In Stara Fužina at the crossroad at the chapel, we turn sharply left on an ascending road in the direction of the mountain pasture Blato, mountain pasture Vogar and valley Voje. The road ahead brings us to the spot, where the road toll or parking fee has to be paid, we follow it forward to the next crossroad, where we continue left (right Voje). The road we then follow to the next crossroad (we drive for quite some time), where we continue straight (sharply right mountain pasture Planina Blato). Then we follow the road past the mountain pasture Vogar and we drive there to the parking lot at the end of the road.
From the spot, where a road toll has to be paid to the starting point is a little less than 11 km of driving, last half or a little less is macadam road.
Path description:
By the parking lot we notice signs for mountain pasture Planina Viševnik, which point us to the right on a wide and at first also quite a steep logging trail. After few minutes of a steep ascent cart track flattens, and then continues without large changes in altitude still through the forest. When the logging trail turns to the right, we continue straight on a marked footpath, and at first, it is for a short time ascending gently. When the path becomes steeper we will notice on the left side a cairn and by it path which leads on Pršivec (path later joins the normal path from Vogar), and we continue straight on a steep mountain path. The path ahead is for some time still steeply ascending through the forest, after that for some time flattens and it brings us to abyss Brezno pri Gamsovi glavici (abyss is explored to depth 817 meters). Above the abyss, the path passes into indistinct and in the upper part also steeper small valley, through which we ascend on a smaller saddle between Pršivec (1761 meters) on the left and Gornji Viševnik (17022 meters) on the right. Here the path entirely flattens, and then it for some time continues through pastures of Gornji Viševnik. On the other side, the path returns into the forest and in few minutes of descent brings us to the mountain pasture Planina Viševnik, in the middle of which stands cottage Bregarjevo zavetišče.
From the mountain pasture Viševnik we continue slightly left (sharply left Pršivec, left lake Črno jezero, slightly right mountain pasture Planina pri Jezeru past Krištofojca, right mountain pasture Planina pri Jezeru) on the path in the direction of the mountain pasture Ovčarija and lakes Triglavska jezera. The path ahead at first ascends diagonally towards the left over steeper slope, and then it gradually flattens and brings us in more plateau terrain. We continue southwest from Griva (1758 meters) for some time without large changes in altitude. A little further, more precisely at signposts in the direction of straight continues unmarked footpath which continues towards the mountain pasture Dedno polje, and we continue sharply left in the direction of the mountain pasture Ovčarija. From the signposts path descends a little and then turns right and for some time continues on some sort of sinkhole. On the other side of the sinkhole, the path again starts moderately ascending, and then it flattens and it brings us to shepherd huts on the mountain pasture Ovčarija.
We continue among cottages on a marked mountain path which starts moderately descending. A little lower path leads past some more cottages, and then in few minutes of additional walking brings us to the spot, where joins a wider path from the mountain pasture Dedno polje. Here we continue left and in few steps we get to the next crossing.
Straight the path continues towards Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih - through Prodi, and we continue right in the direction of the path through Štapce. Further, the path is at first gently, and then moderately ascending on some sort of valley between Rušnata glava on the left and Bela glava on the right. Higher, the path for some time becomes a little steeper, and then it flattens and it brings us to a marked crossing on Štapce.
Here we continue left downwards towards the lake Dvojno jezero, which we clearly see below us (right Tičarica). The path immediately from Štapce starts descending steeply on very well secured path (path is secured with a steel cable, in the lower part also with a ladder). After less than 5 minutes of descent path passes on the scree and then descends to the lake Dvojno jezero, where we continue right towards the mountain hut (left path over Prodi and lake Črno jezero). A gently sloping path then on the right side bypasses lake and it quickly brings us to the mountain hut Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih.
From the mountain hut, we continue sharply left in the direction of the mountain hut Dom na Komni on the path which starts to ascend diagonally on the west side of the lake Dvojno jezero. After a short ascent, we come on an indistinct ridge, from which, the path turns right and starts descending. After half an hour of a gentle descent, the path brings us on the mountain pasture Lopučnica, where there is a crossing.
We continue right in the direction of the mountain pasture Za skalo (slightly left Dom na Komni) on a badly beaten path, which crosses slopes of the mountain pasture towards the northwest. The path which runs through high grass (in the summer months) little higher crosses a lane of thin forest and then turns a little towards the left. The path ahead steeply ascends and in few minutes of additional walking brings us on karst terrain of abysses and limestone pavements. Here the path flattens and on rocky terrain starts vanishing (we carefully follow the blazes). On this part, a breathtaking view opens up on mountains, which surround the valley Dolina Triglavskih jezer. We then follow the marked path only to a saddle Velika vrata, which we reach after few additional minutes of a light ascent.
On the other side of Velika vrata we leave an already little-visited path and we continue right on pathless terrain. At first, the passages among dwarf pines and limestone pavement terrain are relatively easy, because we get help from cairns, which are actually rare. We continue the ascent somehow in the direction towards the north, but there aren't any direct passages because of karst terrain. Because of the cracks, we occasionally have to do quite a large turn. When "path" finally brings us on the ridge, the orientation problems end. We continue the ascent on a more and more panoramic ridge and "path" then quickly brings us on an indistinct peak Glava za Bajto.
Further, we slightly descend, after that on a grassy slope of Čelo we ascend on a little known and even less visited peak.
The starting point - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih 3:20, Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih - Velika vrata 2:30, Velika vrata - Čelo 1:30.
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