Rudno polje - Prevalski Stog

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bled, and then we continue driving towards Pokljuka. On Pokljuka we follow the main road to a large parking lot at barracks on Rudno polje. The parking lot is payable.
B) We drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, and then we continue driving towards Bled, but only to the turn-off of the road for Pokljuka. We continue in the direction of Pokljuka, in Jereka we go right towards Pokljuka and also in the next crossroads, we follow the signs for Pokljuka. When we get to Mrzli studenec we continue left and we drive to a large payable parking lot at barracks on Rudno polje.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, a macadam road branches off to the right, by which there are signposts for Triglav and Viševnik. We go on this road which is slightly ascending and after ten minutes brings us to the ski slope Viševnik.
We continue on the road (right - Viševnik and Blejska koča na Lipanci), from which soon to the left a marked path branches off towards Triglav. We continue on the mentioned path which in few minutes of a moderate ascent brings us on the forest road which we follow to the left and we walk there only few meters. The marked path then goes right and is ascending steeply for a short time. After ten minutes, the steepness decreases and the path slowly passes on steep slopes. Over steep slopes the path is mostly slightly descending and it is more and more turning to the right. A little further, we will on the left below us notice the mountain pasture Konjščica, our path then stops descending and passes out of the forest into dwarf pines. The path which is again ascending then runs below the steep rocky cliffs and soon after that, it brings us to a crossing, where we join the path from the mountain pasture Planina Konjščica.. Next follows a shorter ascent and the path brings us into a nice small valley named Jezerce.
Here the path turns left and after few steps it brings us into central area of Triglav national park. Next, we ascend by a well towards Studorski preval. A little higher we cross a torrent, and the path goes a little to the right on grassy with dwarf pines surrounded slopes. The path then ascends diagonally to Studorski preval from which a nice view opens up to Bohinj side.
The path ahead at first descends a little and then crosses slopes of Veliki Draški vrh and Tosc with few gentle ascents and descends. Eventually, the path brings us to a grassy south slope of Tosc. Here the path on Tosc branches off to the right, and only few meters ahead, the path from Uskovnica joins from the left. We continue straight, and the path ahead continues crossing slopes of Tosc. The path then in a gentle descent crosses a shorter lane of thin forest and then it brings us on steep slopes. A little further ahead, the path on a carved wide ledge in a gentle descent crosses precipitous slopes of Tosc. Since the path is quite wide it doesn't cause problems (carefully because of falling stones, rockfall in the year 2008). The path then again slightly ascends and it brings us to a crossing, where we continue slightly left in the direction of Velo polje (sharply left Voje, straight Vodnikov dom).
The path ahead starts descending diagonally towards the right and it quickly brings us to an unmarked crossing. We continue on the right marked path (left hunting cottage), which soon flattens, and then it continues by crossing the slopes below the mountain hut Vodnikov dom. After few minutes, the path turns slightly to the left and starts descending towards Malo and Velo polje. After a short descent, we come on a smaller saddle between Malo polje on the left and Velo polje on the right. Here we continue left (right Velo polje) and we continue on a marked path, which quickly descends on the mountain pasture Malo polje. Next follows few minutes walk on the mentioned mountain pasture, and then the path turns slightly to the right and it brings us to the intermittent lake on the mountain pasture Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
Lake we bypass on the right side (slightly left Voje), and then in a gentle ascent, we ascend to decaying shepherd huts on the mountain pasture Planina pod Mišelj vrhom.
From the mountain pasture, we continue right in the direction of saddle Mišeljski preval and mountain pasture Planina v Lazu (straight saddle Jezerski preval) on the path which on the other side of the mountain pasture turns to the left. The path ahead starts moderately ascending over some smaller valleys, and then passes on slopes of Prevalski Stog, where it gradually starts ascending steeper. Here we notice more cairns, which mark beginning of unmarked footpath into a valley Mišeljska dolina, and we continue on a marked path, which turns a little more to the left. The increasingly panoramic path, from which beautiful views opening up on Škednjovec, Mišelj vrh, Vernar and Tosc, higher for a short time flattens and it brings us to a smaller sinkhole, which bypasses on the right side. Ahead we diagonally ascend over short grassy slope, and then we get to more rocky terrain, where over steep gravel terrain we ascend on a saddle Mišeljski preval.
From the saddle, from which a nice view opens up on Ogradi and Debeli vrh, we go left and we continue the ascent on a poorly visible and unmarked path which starts ascending steeper and steeper on the northwestern ridge of Prevalski Stog. The ridge, on which we walk is becoming narrower, and the path increasingly steep, therefore on this part a great caution is needed, that we don't slip. After approximately 10 minutes of very steep ascent, the path flattens and to the top we have only 5 minutes of easy walking.
The starting point - Studorski preval 2:20, Studorski preval - Planina pod Mišelj vrhom 1:45, Planina pod Mišelj vrhom - Prevalski Stog 1:15.

On the way: Jezerce (1720m), Studorski preval (1892m), Malo polje (1655m), Planina pod Mišelj vrhom (1645m), Mišeljski preval (1995m)