Koča pri Savici - Mahavšček (via Bogatin)

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 a crossroad, where we continue straight on the left (south) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and waterfall Savica. This more and more narrow road, we then follow to a large parking lot at the mountain hut Savica. The parking lot is payable.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a wide footpath in the direction of waterfall Savica and Dom na Komni. After a short gentle ascent the path already brings us to a marked crossing where the tourist path towards the waterfall Savica branches off to the right, we continue slightly left or straight on a wide footpath in the direction of Komna. The path ahead is for a short time still ascending by Savica, and then it brings us on the first of 48 marked hairpin turns. After an hour and a half of a moderate ascent through the forest, the path brings us to the mentioned 48th hairpin turn, from which a beautiful view opens up on lake Bohinj. Here the path turns a little to the right and passes into a valley named Pekel, where for some time it is ascending gently, and then turns to the right and it ascends a little steeper again. Already after few 10 strides the path turns left again and is then ascending parallel with the valley. Further, gentle to moderately steep path, gradually passes into a more thin forest, from which we can soon see the mountain hut Dom na Komni. The path ahead leads us past a smaller artificial cave, and higher also past a natural abyss, which is fenced, so that the hikers don't fall in it. Further, the path ascends a little steeper and after few steps of additional walking brings us to a crossing, where the path towards the lake Črno jezero branches off to the right.
We continue straight on a wide path (mule track), which only a little higher brings us to the next crossing. We again continue left (right mountain hut Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih) on a path, which ascends even a little steeper and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the mountain hut Dom na Komni.
From the hut, we continue right (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and mountain pasture Govnjač) on a marked path in the direction of the mountain hut Koča pod Bogatinom. Further, pleasant and entirely gentle path, in 15 minutes of walking, it brings us to Planina na Kraju, in the middle of which stands a mountain hut Koča pod Bogatinom.
On the other side of the mountain pasture, the path towards the mountain pasture Planina za Skalo branches off to the right, and we continue straight on a wide mule track in the direction of saddle Bogatinsko sedlo and Krn. The path ahead ascends diagonally over relatively steep slopes of Srednji vrh, and in doing so on the right side bypasses valley of Gracija. Further, the path ascends quite towards the left, where it gets very close to the steep slopes of Bogatin. Next follows only a turn to the right and the path brings us on a saddle Bogatinsko sedlo, from which a nice view opens up on Krn.
On the saddle, we continue left (straight downwards Krn and lake Krnsko jezero, right Lanževica) on the path which in few minutes brings us on at first an indistinct ridge of Bogatin. The path ahead starts ascending steeply on very steep and crumbly northwest ridge of Bogatin (dangerous for slipping and falling stones). Higher the ridge narrows a little more, and the path flattens and in few 10 strides it brings us to the summit of (Mali) Bogatin.
From Bogatin we continue on the ridge path which starts descending steeply towards the saddle between Bogatin and Mahavšček (because of substantial steepness dangerous for slipping). From the saddle (to here we can also come on a marked path, which on the southwest side bypasses the peak Bogatin, the latter is quite easier) we still continue on the ridge path, which again starts ascending. Higher, the path avoids the ridge on Bohinj side, where it is ascending diagonally over smaller scree. Further path returns on the main ridge and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the summit of Mahavšček.
The starting point - Dom na Komni 2:30, Dom na Komni - Koča pod Bogatinom 15 minutes, Koča pod Bogatinom - Bogatinsko sedlo 1:15, Bogatinsko sedlo - Bogatin 30 minutes, Bogatin - Mahavšček 30 minutes.

On the way: Dom na Komni mountain hut (1520m), Koča pod Bogatinom mountain hut (1513m), Bogatinsko sedlo (1803m), Bogatin (1977m)