Ukanc - Šija (via Žagarjev graben)
Starting point: Ukanc (570 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2758°N 13.8358°E
Path name: via Žagarjev graben
Time of walking: 4 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1310 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1325 m
Map: TNP 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and we follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica, Ribčev Laz and ski center Vogel. The path starts at a large settled parking lot at the bottom station of the cableway on Vogel.
B) From Primorska we at first drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, and then we follow the signs for Lake Bohinj and Vogel. The path starts at the parking lot at the bottom station of the cable car on Vogel.
Path description:
Below bottom station of the cableway on Vogel we notice a forest road (in the winter time ski track), which starts moderately ascending towards the west. The path ahead is for some time gently to moderately ascending, and then it brings us out of the forest on a panoramic slope, from where a beautiful view opens up on Komarča, Pršivec and Lake Bohinj.
After that the road starts turning more and more to the left and is becoming steeper and steeper. Higher, we continue on a relatively steep ski track, on which all the time leads worse and gravel transport road. After a time the road or ski track for some time flattens, and then it again steeply ascends and it brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue left in the direction of Ski hotel on Vogel (straight bottom station of two-seater chairlift Zadnji Vogel).
Only a little further, we get to the next crossing, where we continue right towards the mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel (slightly left Ski hotel on Vogel and mountain hut Planinska koča Merjasec). On a ski track we walk a little less than 10 minutes and the path brings us to the mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel, where there is a cheese cottage.
Past the cheese cottage continues a marked path towards Vogel, Šija and Komna, and we go straight and we continue the ascent on a ski track, which starts ascending towards the southeast. Higher, where the ski slope splits, we cross one of the marked paths which leads towards Vogel and we continue in approximately the same direction (left - Ski hotel Vogel).
Further, we are still ascending on a ski slope, and on the ski slope we walk all the way to the upper station of one-seater chairlift Šija.
From the upper station, we continue slightly right and in few steps we ascend on an indistinct peak Visoki Orlov rob.
From here the path for some time descends a little and then starts moderately ascending and in few minutes brings us to a marked crossing. From the crossing, we continue straight in the direction of Šija (left Rodica, right Vogel) and we continue the ascent on the steep path, on which in 5 minutes of additional walking, we get to panoramic and a precipitous peak.
The starting point - mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel 2:30, mountain pasture Zadnji Vogel - Visoki Orlov rob 1:15, Visoki Orlov rob - Šija 0:15.
On the way: Planina Zadnji Vogel (1413m), Visoki Orlov rob (1800m)
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