Koča pri Savici - Krn (via Krnsko jezero)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and forward towards Bohinjska Bistrica. We continue driving towards the lake Bohinj (Ribčev laz), where we come to a crossroad, where we continue straight on the left (south) side of the lake in the direction of Ukanc and waterfall Savica. This more and more narrow road, we then follow to a large parking lot at the mountain hut Savica. The parking lot is payable.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a wide footpath in the direction of waterfall Savica and Dom na Komni. After a short gentle ascent the path already brings us to a marked crossing where the tourist path towards the waterfall Savica branches off to the right, we continue slightly left or straight on a wide footpath in the direction of Komna. The path ahead is for a short time still ascending by Savica, and then it brings us on the first of 48 marked hairpin turns. After an hour and a half of a moderate ascent through the forest, the path brings us to the mentioned 48th hairpin turn, from which a beautiful view opens up on lake Bohinj. Here the path turns a little to the right and passes into a valley named Pekel, where for some time it is ascending gently, and then turns to the right and it ascends a little steeper again. Already after few 10 strides the path turns left again and is then ascending parallel with the valley. Further, gentle to moderately steep path, gradually passes into a more thin forest, from which we can soon see the mountain hut Dom na Komni. The path ahead leads us past a smaller artificial cave, and higher also past a natural abyss, which is fenced, so that the hikers don't fall in it. Further, the path ascends a little steeper and after few steps of additional walking brings us to a crossing, where the path towards the lake Črno jezero branches off to the right.
We continue straight on a wide path (mule track), which only a little higher brings us to the next crossing. We again continue left (right mountain hut Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih) on a path, which ascends even a little steeper and after few minutes of additional walking brings us to the mountain hut Dom na Komni.
From the hut, we continue right (left Vogel, Tolminski Kuk and mountain pasture Govnjač) on a marked path in the direction of the mountain hut Koča pod Bogatinom. Further, pleasant and entirely gentle path, in 15 minutes of walking, it brings us to Planina na Kraju, in the middle of which stands a mountain hut Koča pod Bogatinom.
On the other side of the mountain pasture, the path towards the mountain pasture Planina za Skalo branches off to the right, and we continue straight on a wide mule track in the direction of saddle Bogatinsko sedlo and Krn. The path ahead ascends diagonally over relatively steep slopes of Srednji vrh, and in doing so on the right side bypasses valley of Gracija. Further, the path ascends quite towards the left, where it gets very close to the steep slopes of Bogatin. Next follows only a turn to the right and the path brings us on a saddle Bogatinsko sedlo, from which a nice view opens up on Krn.
On the saddle, we continue straight in the direction of Krn and lake Krnsko jezero (left Bogatin and Mahavšček, right Lanževica) on the path which starts gradually descending. The path which runs on an old military mule track, already after few minutes of descent brings us on slopes, which are partly covered with dwarf pines. Even a little lower two paths branch off to the left, which lead on Krn (Krn past Vrh nad Peski and over Batognica), and we in both cases continue straight on a still descending path. Further, the path flattens, and from the left joins the path from Mali Šmohor. Few minutes of easy walking follows and the path brings us on the mountain pasture Planina Duplje, where at the crossing we continue left in the direction of the lake Krnsko jezero and Krn (right mountain hut Dom pri Krnskih jezerih and valley Lepena).
From the mountain pasture Planina Duplje we continue on a gently sloping path, which in a little less than 10 minutes of additional walking brings us to the pearl of Krn mountains, lake Krnsko jezero.
The marked path then leads us on the left side of the lake by the base of the scree of Mali Šmohor. On the other side of the lake, the path turns a little to the left and starts ascending on a bit steeper slope, on which higher unmarked (upper) path joins us. The upper path in ascending crosses the scree above Krn lake (this path is a little shorter but exposed to falling stones). The path then turns a little to the right and it brings us to extensive deposits of torrential gravel.
With wonderful views of the nearby peaks we cross a grassy meadow Planina na Polju (on the right side, little away from the marked path we will notice a hunting cottage) and behind it we start ascending through a small valley. The path then ascends a bit steeper and soon brings us to a partly marked crossing. The marked path that leads towards Krnska škrbina here turns right (straight unmarked path towards the saddle Prag 2068m) and it starts ascending steeper. The path then passes to the steep slopes, on which we in ascending traverse reach the saddle Krnska škrbina (on this part in the early summer snow is possible).
From the notch, we continue right (sharp left Prag, left Batognica and straight mountain pasture Planina Kuhinja) on the path that starts ascending on a grassy slope of the mountain. We follow this scenic path to the top which we reach after approximately 30 minutes of walking from Krnska škrbina.
From the top, we can descend to the mountain hut Gomiškovo zavetišče in 5 minutes.

On the way: Dom na Komni mountain hut (1520m), Koča pod Bogatinom mountain hut (1513m), Bogatinsko sedlo (1803m), Planina Duplje (1380m), The lake Krnsko jezero (1391m), Krnska škrbina (2058m)