Zatrnik - Zgornji Goreljek (Pokljuka)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Bled, and then we continue driving in the direction of Pokljuka. When we get to Zatrnik, we don't park on a parking lot by inn Gostilna Zatrnik, but about 100 meters ahead on a parking lot on the right side of the road. Parking on a parking lot in front of the inn is only for guests of the inn Gostilna Zatrnik (pr Jagru).
B) We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Lipce, and then we follow the signs for settlement Kočna and later Spodnje Gorje. In Spodnje Gorje we join the road from Bled, and we continue in the direction of Pokljuka. When we get to Zatrnik, we don't park on a parking lot by inn Gostilna Zatrnik, but about 100 meters ahead on a parking lot on the right side of the road. Parking on a parking lot in front of the inn is only for guests of the inn Gostilna Zatrnik (pr Jagru).

Path description:
From the parking lot by the main road, we descend to the parking lot by inn Pr Jagru, and we look for the beginning of the path into a smaller valley, where in the winter time there are two children's ski lifts. We continue by the ski slope or ski track Bambi (right ski lift), and after the ski lift ends, we continue with an ascent on the route of a former ski track. The path continues on a ski track, and higher it is turning more and more to the left. Soon steep ski track branches off to the left, and we continue on less steep right ski track. When route of a former ski track for some time even more flattens, the footpath branches off to the right, which descends through a narrow lane of a forest and then it brings us on a swampy meadow. We continue through a meadow to the near cottage, where we step on a wider cart track.
From the cottage, we continue left in the forest and on a cart track we diagonally ascend to a macadam road which we follow to the right. On the road, we at first slightly descend, and then we lightly ascend to the spot, where we reach a marked path Bled (Zaka) - Pokljuka.
Here signs for Pokljuka point us sharply right on the path which ascends diagonally over a little steeper slope. Higher, we reach the cart track, and we are ascending there through a small valley, where we quickly get to a crossing by a small cottage. Behind the cottage, we continue right and marked path brings us to Forestry cottage Mali Vokel, which is situated at an altitude 1145 meters.
We bypass forestry cottage on the right side, and then blazes lead us in the forest, through which we ascend steeper. Few minutes higher we cross a macadam road, and we continue straight and also on the macadam road in few 10 strides we get to the hunting cottage.
We bypass hunting cottage on the left side and we continue walking on a bad road. When the road turns a little to the right, we continue straight on a marked cart track, and further we follow the blazes and we ascend to the former ski slope Zatrnik, where we start descending (if we continue right we can in a minute or two ascend to the top of the ski slope Berjanca, from where a nice view opens up, which reaches all the way to Triglav). Next follows a shorter descent, and then we cross the forest road and we continue on a marked cart track. Cart track soon splits, and we choose the upper right path, which is further ascending through the spruce forest. Few minutes higher we go from the cart track left on a marked path, and it soon starts descending to the northeastern part of the mountain pasture Rečiška planina. Next follows a walk on the mountain pasture Rečiška planina, where we go past few cottages.
On the other side of the mountain pasture, the path widens into a road, and at the nearby crossroad, we continue on the right road, from which we soon go left on a marked path. The path is at first quite gentle, and then it starts moderately descending and lower reaches the other road. To the right continues a marked path, which semicircular bypass mountain pasture Grajska planina, in the middle of which after heavy rains there is a nice lake. On the other side of the mountain pasture road passes into the forest, and we quickly leave it and we continue left on a marked hiking path, which brings us by the edge of bog Močila, by which we for quite some time continue. Because marked path is in several parts already part of bog, a little to the right there was made a parallel footpath. When we leave the area of peat bog Močila we get to an asphalt road Bohinj - Pokljuka, and for a short time, we follow it to the left and then blazes and signs for Šport hotel point us to the right on continuation of the mountain path. Next follows longer walk through the forest, where at the crossings we follow the blazes, and after a time we get to the first cottages on Zgornji Goreljek. When a little ahead we reach an asphalt road, we follow it to the right, and then we follow the signs for Šport hotel, to which we get to past numerous holiday cottages, chapel of St. Anthony the Hermit, NOB monument and Hotel Jelka.
The starting point - Forestry cottage Mali Vokel 1:15, Forestry cottage Mali Vokel - Hunting cottage Mali Vokel 0:10, Hunting cottage Mali Vokel - Berjanca 0:10, Berjanca - Rečiška planina 0:35, Rečiška planina - Grajska planina 0:25, Grajska planina - Zgornji Goreljek 1:35.

On the way: Gozdarska koča Mali Vokel (1145m), Lovska koča Mali Vokel (1193m), Berjanca (1264m), Rečiška planina (1265m), Grajska planina (Ribšca) (1210m)