Bled (Velika Zaka) - Grajska planina (Ribšca)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Lesce, and then we follow the signs for Bled and Bohinj. A little before the end of Bled we leave the main road towards Bohinj and we continue slightly right in the direction of camp. After approximately 1.5 km of additional driving, we get to camp Bled, where by the edge of the camp we park on a payable parking lot. Price for parking is 3 eur/h (November 2019).
B) We drive to Bohinjska Bistrica, and then we continue driving towards Bled. At the beginning of Bled we go left in the direction of camp Bled. After approximately 1.5 km of additional driving, we get to camp Bled, where by the edge of the camp we park on a payable parking lot. Price for parking is 3 eur/h (November 2019).

Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a macadam road, by which there are signs for Bohinjska Bela, Stan, Rčitno and Pokljuka. We at first walk by camp Bled and a small stream and then we gradually get closer to railway tracks, and to the other side we come through the underpass. After the underpass, we go left, and at the nearby marked crossing we choose the right path in the direction towards Rčitno (straight Bohinjska Bela). Few strides ahead over the bridge we cross the stream and after the bridge we go right, where we follow the blazes. Next follows a walk through the forest, and we are ascending on a cart track, from which a view opens up on a torrent over which in rainy period a bigger waterfall is falling. Here the path turns a little more to the left and is mostly ascending diagonally. Higher, we once again cross a torrent stream, where during a high water level the crossing is quite difficult, and the path only a little further turns right and it brings us to a shorter panoramic part, from which a nice view opens up, which reaches from Lake Bled to Kamnik Savinja Alps. Next follows traversing towards the right, where blazes for some time vanish, and when the cart track starts ascending we again notice them. When a little higher we reach the macadam road we follow it to the left (right Bled on the road) and there we are moderately ascending. Higher, we go past the trough below crosses, and only a little further from the left joins the path from Bohinjska Bela.
We continue straight in the direction of "Rčitno" and we are still ascending on the macadam road. Further, the road passes into a small valley below Strešno brdo, and when we leave a small valley we pass over on slopes of Gače, from where for some time a view opens up a little on surrounding hills. The path ahead for some time returns into the forest, when we leave it we already reach Rčitno, where there are few cottages.
In the middle of the bottom part of the mountain pasture, we continue left in the direction of Bohinjska Bela and on the road which soon changes into a cart track, in a moderate ascent we ascend on the upper south edge of the mountain pasture, where we continue right (straight Bohinjska Bela) past the cottage in the forest. In the forest, we quickly notice signs for Pokljuka, and we diagonally ascend to a forest road which we follow to the right (left we can get to Galetovec). On the road, we for some time descend a little and then signs and blazes point us to the left on the path which ascends diagonally on 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, and we continue to the near cottage on the mountain pasture Grajska planina, by which after the rain there is a nice lake.
The starting point - Rčitno 2:00, Rčitno - Forestry cottage Mali Vokel 0:50, 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.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2019 (November).

On the way: Planina Rčitno (900m), Gozdarska koča Mali Vokel (1145m), Lovska koča Mali Vokel (1193m), Berjanca (1264m), Rečiška planina (1265m)

Trip can be extended to: Zgornji Goreljek (Pokljuka) (1 h 35 min)