Bohinjsko sedlo - Krekova koča na Ratitovcu

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and forward towards Bohinjska Bistrica. From Bohinjska Bistrica we continue left in the direction of Tolmin and Soriška planina. We follow this road to a large parking lot near the ski center Soriška planina.
B) From Železniki we drive towards Podbrdo or vice versa, but only to a spot, where signs for Soriška planina point us on an ascending road. We follow this road to a large parking lot by the foot of the ski slope Soriška planina.

Path description:
From the parking lot below the ski center Soriška planina, we continue on the asphalt road towards Železniki and Podbrdo. Soon i.e. after approximately 50 meters, we will on the left side of the road notice signs for Ratitovec, which point us on a marked footpath, and which at first descent on a cart track, and then turns to the left and changes into a little harder to follow footpath. The path ahead leads us over a larger grassy clearing, behind it crosses a lane of a forest and then it brings us to other clearing, where we step on a wide cart track. We follow the cart track to the right and there we walk to the near road which we reach right on the lower part of short asphalt section. When we step on the road, at first we ascend, and then we start gradually descending towards the saddle Mišji grund, where we join the path from Soriška peč.
From here we continue left on at first steep cart track in the direction of Ratitovec, and it gradually changes into a little less steep footpath. Higher, the path flattens even more and on the right side bypasses a little bigger watering place for animals. From here ahead, forest is becoming thinner, so that from the path increasingly beautiful views starting to open up on Porezen, Blegoš and other surrounding peaks. The path ahead is for some time ascending diagonally, and then passes on wider grassy slope, where we step on a smaller indistinct saddle.
Here "path" on the nearby Žbajnek branches off to the left, to which is less than 5 minutes of walking, and we continue straight on a marked path, which turns slightly to the left and then it ascends on a smaller ridge.
When we step on the ridge, we notice a caption "žig" (stamp), which leads us to the nearby Kačji rob (1 minute), and we continue slightly right on a marked path, which descends to the near mountain pasture Zgornji Jirn.
Here we continue straight past two shepherd huts (one isn't visible from the path) and we ascend on a moderately steep grassy slope. Soon the path flattens and turns a little to the right, where starts a little steeper descending. The path ahead leads us past a smaller watering place, after which we quickly get to a little bigger valley, which we only cross. On the other side of the valley, the path starts steeply ascending through the forest and then it gradually flattens and brings us on an ample pastures of Ratitovec. Over panoramic grazing area we quickly reach the peak Kremant, which we recognize by stamp on a metal pole, and from there we gradually descend to a marked crossing, where joins the path from Zgornje Danje.
Here we continue straight and the path which few times slightly ascends and descends again, we follow to a marked crossing, where the path to Altemaver branches off to the right. Here we can continue right over the peak, or left on the path which bypasses the peak. On the other side of the peak paths again join, and then we start descending towards watering place for animals, which is situated on a smaller saddle below Gladki vrh. From the saddle follows only a short gentle ascent and the path past the winter bivouac quickly brings us to mountian hut Krekova koča na Ratitovcu.

On the way: Mišji grund (1266m), Kačji rob (1520m), Zgornji Jirn (1505m), Kremant (Ratitovec) (1658m), Altemaver (Ratitovec) (1678m)

Trip can be extended to: Gladki vrh (Ratitovec) ( 5 min)