Ribčev Laz - Planinska koča Merjasec

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica and later Ribčev Laz. At the crossroad right next to Lake Bohinj we turn left towards the hotel Bellevue, and we follow the road a little less than 100 meters, or to a large marked parking lot. The parking lot is payable, the price is 1€/h (data May 2011).
We can also park on a free parking lot at the beginning of Ribčev Laz, this extends the path for approximately 10 minutes.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of the hotel Bellevue, and from which soon a marked path on Rodica branches off to the left, and we follow the road almost to the already mentioned hotel. Only a little before the hotel, signs for Rjava skala, Vogel and Šija point us to the left on a wide path, which soon splits into two parts. We continue on the right marked path, and after a short ascent, it brings us on a larger meadow.
The path then returns into the forest, and at the next crossing we choose the slightly left path (direction Vogel), which then from a cart track changes into a footpath, and it ascends by the edge of a meadow. Above the meadow path goes again in the forest and gradually starts ascending steeper. For some time we are ascending relatively steeply through the forest and then it gets thinner and the path brings us on a wider cart track and only few meters ahead to a macadam road. We follow the road to the left, and we walk there only about 30 meters and then signs for Vogel point us to the right on a footpath which starts ascending steeper through the forest. Higher, we join a cart track, and it soon splits into two parts. We continue on the right marked path, which soon brings us to a forest road which we only cross.
The path ahead ascends through a lane of bushes and short panoramic slope, and then passes into a dense forest, through which is quite some time ascending. Higher, we come into a smaller avalanche cirque below Storeč vrh, which we in a semicircle bypass towards the right. On the other side of the cirque, the path steeply ascends, and then it brings us on a plateau of Vogel. Here the path continues with some shorter descents and ascents, and we soon get very close to a ski slope.
A little further, the path splits into two parts, where the path on Šija branches off to the left, and we continue right in the direction of Ski hotel on Vogel. After a shorter crossing and then also gentle ascent, we get to the already mentioned hotel.
From the hotel we continue left and in few 10 strides we walk to the mountain hut Merjasec on Vogel.

Trip can be extended to: Planina Zadnji Vogel , Orlove glave , Visoki Orlov rob , Vrh Dlani , Šija , Vrh Krnic , Rušnati vrh (3 h 30 min) , Vogel , Meja (4 h)