Ribčev Laz - Rušnati vrh (via Konjsko sedlo)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica and later Ribčev Laz. At the crossroad right next to Lake Bohinj we turn left towards the hotel Bellevue, and we follow the road a little less than 100 meters, or to a large marked parking lot. The parking lot is payable.
B) With a car shuttle train from Podbrdo or over Soriška planina we drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, and then we continue driving in the direction of Lake Bohinj. At the crossroad right next to Lake Bohinj we turn left towards the hotel Bellevue, and we follow the road a little less than 100 meters, or to a large marked parking lot. The parking lot is payable.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of the hotel Bellevue, and from which soon a marked path on Rodica branches off to the left, and we follow the road almost to the already mentioned hotel. Only a little before the hotel, signs for Rjava skala, Vogel and Šija point us to the left on a wide path, which soon splits into two parts. We continue on the right marked path, and after a short ascent, it brings us on a larger meadow.
The path ahead returns into the forest, and at the next crossing we choose the slightly left path (direction Vogel), which then from the cart track changes into a footpath, and it ascends by the edge of a meadow. Above the meadow path goes again in the forest and gradually starts ascending steeper. For some time we are ascending relatively steeply through the forest and then it gets thinner and the path brings us on a wider cart track and only few meters ahead to a macadam road. We follow the road to the left, and we walk there only about 30 meters and then signs for Vogel point us to the right on a footpath which starts ascending steeper through the forest. Higher, we join the cart track, and it soon splits into two parts. We continue on the right marked path, which soon brings us to a forest road which we only cross.
The path ahead ascends through a lane of bushes and short panoramic slope, and then passes into a dense forest, through which we are for quite some time ascending. Higher, we come into a smaller avalanche cirque below Storeč vrh, which we in a semicircle bypass towards the right. On the other side of the cirque, the path steeply ascends and it brings us the plateau of Vogel. Here the path continues with some shorter descents and ascents, and we soon get very close to a ski slope.
A little further, the path splits, where the path branches off to the left towards Šija, and we continue right in the direction of Ski hotel on Vogel. After a shorter crossing and then also gentle ascent, we get to the already mentioned hotel.
At Ski Hotel we go towards the west and we continue on a macadam road which goes past the mountain hut Merjasec. The road starts slightly descending and it brings us to a crossroad. We go on the right road following the signs »Komna, Sirarna Zadnji Vogel«. The road is still slightly descending and we are soon at a crossing again. This time we go to the left road following the signs »Pl Zadnji Vogel, Komna«. Already after few ten meters of ascent the caption on rock (Vogel) points us on a footpath which goes right into the forest. The path through the forest runs parallel with the road and starts slightly descending. When we again join the road we continue by following the signs »Pl. Zadnji Vogel«. The road then crosses a cableway Zadnji Vogel and it brings us to a crossing at the cheese cottage Zadnji Vogel.
We continue straight past cheese cottage and we follow the signs »Komna« (left path on Vogel branches off). The path then through dwarf pines it brings us into the forest and again starts descending a little. The path which runs into a valley towards the hotel Zlatorog branches off to the right, and we continue on the left path, which soon brings us out of the forest and nice views open up on surrounding peaks. The path here starts ascending again and runs mostly on a grassy terrain surrounded by rare dwarf pines. The path slowly starts turning to the left and it brings us to a crossing. To the left leads the path towards the saddle Globoko (1828 meters), and we continue right towards the saddle Konjsko sedlo. Here we start ascending on the left side of the valley, and view is the most beautiful on Konjski vrh and Bohinjski Migovec. When we reach the saddle Konjsko sedlo we continue left following the signs »Vogel«. After that, the path crosses slopes below Meja (1996 meters). When we will start getting closer to the neighbouring summit – Rušnati vrh (1915 meters), the slopes above us will became a little less steep. Here we leave the marked path and we start ascending on the scree right upwards. The slope becomes quite steep, and we reach the ridge without climbing slightly right from Rušnati vrh. On the ridge where we come on an unmarked footpath we continue to the left and on a grassy terrain in few minutes we reach Rušnati vrh.
Ribčev Laz - Ski hotel Vogel 3:00, Ski hotel Vogel - Konjsko sedlo 2:30, Konjsko sedlo - Rušnati vrh 1:00.

On the way: Ski hotel Vogel (1540m), Planinska koča Merjasec (1535m), Konjsko sedlo (1782m)