Srednja vas - Viševnik (Za Ribnico and over Gola Ravan)

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. Only a little before Bohinjska Bistrica, at settlement Bitnje, we continue sharply right in the direction of Pokljuka. After a short ascent the road flattens and it quickly brings us into a valley Zgornja Bohinjska dolina. Here at the crossroad we continue left (right Pokljuka) and follow a road ahead to Srednja vas. Here in the second part of the village we notice signs for the church of St Martin, which point us to the right on narrower and quite steep road, on which then we quickly get to the church and primary school. We park on an appropriate place by the school or church.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the church in few steps we descend to primary school, and from there we continue in the direction of viewpoint on Kres. The path ahead leads us on a narrower asphalt road, on which we quickly get to a bigger water storage, where we notice signs for Uskovnica. We continue on a cart track which passes into the forest, at the right turn for some time we step out of the forest and a nice view opens up on Rudnica and part of the valley Zgornja Bohinjska dolina. We continue on a cart track which leads us through a little narrower passage, and then in a diagonal ascent to the spot, where we reach the road which leads on Uskovnica. We reach the road right on a well-settled viewpoint on Kres, from which a view opens up towards Srednja vas, valley Zgornja Bohinjska dolina and Spodnje Bohinjske gore at the back. A short time we continue on the road, and then at the end of the mild left turn signs for Uskovnica point us to the right on a cart track which leads us through the forest, lane of bushes, and higher again through the forest. Few minutes higher we again reach the macadam road, but this time we immediately leave it, because we still continue in the direction of the footpath on Uskovnica. Cart track soon splits, and we continue on the left, where on a power pole we notice a blaze. For some time we continue by the power line and we follow the blazes. Soon a path which leads on Uskovnica over Lom branches off to the left, and we continue on the path which turns a little to the right and passes on steep slopes of the area named Za Ribnik (Ribnica is a stream deep below us). Higher, we reach a newer cart track and we follow it to the right. Newer cart track after few minutes ends and the path still crosses slopes towards the right. A little further at the smaller crossing, we continue on the left upper path, by which there are the signs for Uskovnica and which is considerably better beaten. Further, we are ascending a little steeper on the path, from which a little higher unmarked path towards Lom branches off (on the sign is written "cheese, curd, milk and more").
We again continue in the direction of Uskovnica, and then in few minutes we reach a macadam road (we reach the road on part, where it is already closed for public traffic), which we follow to the right. When we step on the road, we join the path from Stara Fužina, the path from Srednja vas over Lom and the path from the starting point or parking lot Lom. Gentle macadam road quickly brings us to holiday cottages on Uskovnica, after that only a little behind troughs with water we leave it and we continue left on a cart track in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Uskovnici. After approximately 50 meters of the ascent on a cart track we reach the mountain hut Koča na Uskovnici.
From the mountain hut, we continue in the direction of Tosc, Draški vrh, Viševnik, Vodnikov dom, Rudno polje and Praprotnica on the path which at first crosses a grazing fence, and then it quickly joins the macadam road which we follow to the right. The road then leads us between mogul meadows, and then after the crossing of the next fence we quickly get to a crossroad at the chapel of Mary Queen of Peace on Uskovnica.
At the chapel to the left continues the path towards Vodnikov dom, to the right leads the path towards Pokljuka, and we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Planina Konjščica. (also one of the paths, on which we can get to Velo polje or Vodnikov dom). We continue among fenced pastures, on a relatively steep cart track, from which a nice view is opening up on surrounding mountains. Higher, the path which leads us past few more holiday cottages, flattens and we join a wider cart track which leads from Pokljuka or from the bridge over Ribnica (in descriptions starting point Uskovnica (Razpotje)) towards the mountain pasture Konjšica.
A little further a nice view opens up towards Viševnik, and the cart track is then for some time ascending diagonally, mostly through the forest. Higher, we cross a grazing fence and the path brings us on the southwest edge of the mountain pasture Planina Konjščica.. Here the path which was occasionally again a little steeper entirely flattens and leads us diagonally through mountain pasture. During the crossing we stride across some smaller streams, after that behind a smaller cross we also cross a little bigger stream and behind it in few steps we reach cheese cottage on the mountain pasture Konjščica, where in grazing season it is possible to buy some milk products.
We bypass cheese cottage on the right side and we short time continue on a marked path which starts descending towards Pokljuka (in descriptions starting point end of the road on Pokljuka). When we cross a nearby stream, where the marked path turns right, we continue straight on an unmarked path which starts ascending on the mountain pasture Planina Konjščica.
When we step from a riverbed of the stream footpath for some time vanishes and flattens. Over a grazing area we continue towards the east or a little more right, all the way to the spot, where the footpath becomes more distinct. After the crossing of a torrent ditch footpath becomes more distinct and with nice views on mountains, which surround the mountain pasture Konjščica it starts ascending steeper. Higher, the path passes into the forest, then quickly brings us to a marked path Rudno polje - Triglav, which we reach right at some sort of broad ridge.
We follow the marked path left downwards, and we walk there only to a crossing of first torrent. At the torrent we leave the marked path and we continue the ascent by a torrent, at first straight upwards. We soon notice traces of predecessors, few more strides and higher we see easy to follow footpath (to here possible also on the path which from the before mentioned broad ridge branches off in the forest (beginning of the mentioned footpath isn't visible)). Here, the footpath towards the right crosses a stream and behind it slowly semicircular turns left, where leads us through a meadow where the footpath isn't visible. When we again get closer to a small stream we again see footpath, and it crosses a stream and on the other side starts ascending diagonally. The path then ascends into a smaller valley, where again vanishes. When small valley flattens we continue right, where after few meters we again see footpath which is this time more distinct. From the point, when we left the small valley we walk only about a minute or two, and then by the path, we notice a smaller cairn, by which path splits into two parts. The left path leads towards the saddle between Viševnik and Plesišče, and the path which continues straight at Zlate vode joins the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik.
From the mentioned crossing, we continue on the left path which starts ascending diagonally towards the left. From for some time still easy to follow footpath occasionally a view opens up a little on Spodnje Bohinjske gore and surroundings of the mountain pasture Planina Konjščica, and then the footpath slowly starts vanishing. That we are on the right path we know, because by the path, we notice some cutted dwarf pines. After the crossing with grass vegetated torrent footpath is vanishing even more, and "path" right on this part in long arc turns semicircular towards the right, where the footpath again becomes better visible. Next follows few minutes of crossing or light ascent towards the right and easier to follow path soon brings us on the saddle between Plesišče on the right and Viševnik on the left.
On the mentioned saddle we reach a marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik, and we follow it to the left. The path ahead is at first moderately, after that steeply ascending through a lane of dwarf pines. Higher dwarf pines end and the path brings us on tiny saddle, from where a nice view opens up. Further, we are ascending on steeper and panoramic grassy slope, and the path then turns a little to the right and in a diagonal ascent brings us on the ridge of Viševnik, where a nice view opens up also towards Rjavina and surrounding mountains. The path continues on and by the ridge and is then for some time only moderately ascending. After a shorter traversing, we get below the peak of Viševnik, where the path becomes pretty steep (in the winter time is this part often icy) and in few minutes brings us on a panoramic peak.
Srednja vas - Koča na Uskovnici 1:40, Koča na Uskovnici - Planina Konjščica 1:10, Planina Konjščica - Viševnik 1:45.

On the way: Razgledišče na Kresu (619m), Koča na Uskovnici mountain hut (1154m), Kapelica na Uskovnici (1180m), Planina Konjščica (1438m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Draški vrh