Pod Zjabci - Plaski Vogel (via Travnik)
Starting point: Pod Zjabci (745 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3261°N 13.6982°E 
Path name: via Travnik
Time of walking: 5 h 45 min
Difficulty: difficult pathless terrain
Difficulty of skiing: more demanding
Altitude difference: 1603 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1680 m
Map: TNP 1 : 50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kranjska Gora, and then we continue driving through the Vršič mountain pass towards Bovec. Soon after the Berebica gallery, we will arrive in the village of Soča, where we turn left over the bridge across the Soča River (direction tourist farm Jelinčič and camp Korita). After the bridge, we don't turn left towards the camp, but we continue driving straight on an ascending asphalt road. Further, we ascend over expansive meadows, in the middle of which stand some individual cottages, and then the road passes into the forest. Higher up, the road turns quite to the left and brings us to Pod Zjabcev, where we notice mountain signposts for the mountain pasture Planina Za skalo, Dom na Komni and Triglavska jezera. We park in a suitable place by the road.
B) From the Primorska side, first we drive to Bovec, and then we continue driving towards Trenta. Towards the end of the village Soča, we turn right in the direction of the tourist farm Jelinčič and camp Korita. After the bridge, we don't turn left towards the camp, but we continue driving straight on an ascending asphalt road. Further, we ascend over expansive meadows, in the middle of which stand some individual cottages, and then the road passes into the forest. Higher up, the road turns quite to the left and brings us to Pod Zjabcev, where we notice mountain signposts for the mountain pasture Planina Za skalo, Dom na Komni and Triglavska jezera. We park in a suitable place by the road.
Path description:
From Pod Zjabcev we head onto the marked path, which bypasses the nearby cottages on the right side. Behind the cottages, the path goes into the forest and quickly brings us to a smaller junction, where we continue right over the stream. On the other side of the stream, the path turns left and begins to ascend moderately through dense forest. We continue the ascent along an old mule track, which is already quite eroded in several places, and which higher up brings us to a short steep rocky section. Across the mentioned section, a well-maintained and wide mule track leads us, and the path above the mentioned section brings us to a vantage point from which a beautiful view opens onto Bavški Grintavec.
From the vantage point, the path returns to the forest and quickly ascends to an old trough with water (here by the path is a small spring, which dries up in dry periods). Above the trough, the path turns slightly left, then ascends in numerous zigzags through the forest. Higher up, the trail levels out somewhat and brings us to a less noticeable junction, where an abandoned path branches off to the left towards Planina Za skalo.
From here we continue straight ahead, and a somewhat steeper path, after 10 minutes of further walking, brings us to the next junction, which is this time completely unmarked. Here a unmarked trail branches off to the right, leading to the nearby hunting cottage and further towards Planina za Črnim vrhom, to the left a hunting path branches off towards Planina Za skalo, while we continue straight to the nearby next junction, which is somewhat better marked.
Here we continue left in the direction of Planina Za skalo (straight ahead the path continues towards Komna and Triglav Lakes) along the path that crosses the slopes to the left. Soon we step out of the forest, where the trail descends slightly to the left (here another, unmentioned trail joins from the left), and we continue along the initially clearly visible trail, which descends to Planina Za skalo and the TNP cottage there.
From the mountain pasture we return somewhat and ahead of us on the slope we will notice a trail that ascends across the scree towards Travnikova dolina. We head onto the mentioned unmarked trail, which ascends over already slightly overgrown scree. The path then transitions to a grassy slope, turns slightly right and ascends steeply. On this section of the path, a steel cable also assists us. The path then becomes less steep and continues along the grassy slope past increasingly sparse trees. The trail then runs along the right side of the valley, where on our right we will notice the entrance to a chasm. We continue ascending through the valley and on the right side a view soon opens towards Čelo. On this section the trail becomes increasingly difficult to follow, but orientation is not overly challenging, as we simply continue along the wide valley. Ahead we can already see the summit of Travnik. When the valley begins to turn right, we head left and begin ascending steep grass towards Travniška škrbina (the notch left of Travnik). The summit of Travnik can otherwise be reached also via the notch at the end of the valley on the right side of Travnik. Upon reaching Travniška škrbina we head right and continue along the panoramic ridge upwards to the summit of Travnik.
From the summit of Travnik we continue along the ridge towards Plaski Vogel. When the ridge becomes quite steep we descend slightly right downwards towards the scree, where we will then find a passage across the steep grassy slope towards the south ridge of the mountain. Upon reaching the ridge we continue left upwards and ascend along the relatively steep ridge towards the summit. In the last section of the path (along the south ridge) numerous cairns also assist us in finding easier passages.
Pod Zjabci - Planina Za skalo 2:15, Planina Za skalo - Travnik 2:30, Travnik - Plaski Vogel 1:00.
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