Ukanc - Ožarjeni kamen (Ferata Ožarjeni kamen)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and we follow the road towards Bled, Bohinjska Bistrica, Ribčev Laz and Ukanc. On the west side of the lake, we leave the road towards Koča pri Savici and we turn right towards Ukanc. We follow this road to a parking lot near the abandoned hotel Zlatorog where we park. Parking is possible also on some of the other parking lots on the west side of the lake. Parking lots are payable.

Path description:
The described path is currently CLOSED! Data from 7/7/2021.

From the parking lot, we continue on the main road to the first crossroad where we go on a foot path towards the lake. At the lake, we continue towards the north on the path which leads around the lake. On the northwestern edge of the lake where there is a crossing, we continue right and short time we still walk on the path which leads around the lake and then signpost for climbing area Uket points us left on a narrow footpath.

We go on the mentioned footpath which at first few times ascends in zig-zags. Here is on the path also quite a few fallen trees. We quickly come to a crossing where a sign on the rock points us to the right towards the climbing area, left leads the path towards Savica.

The path further is marked with red dots and all the time runs towards the east. The path is relatively poorly beaten and is mostly slightly ascending, and on some spots also descends a little. Here through the forest occasionally nice view opens up towards Lake Bohinj and towards Vogel. When we get to climbing areas we will at first on rock notice a caption »Uket«, here we short time still continue on a footpath which crosses slopes towards the east and then on the left we notice steel cables.

In front of the entry into the climbing path, we must equip ourselves with a self-belay set and a helmet. It is also highly recommended to use climbing gloves. In wet climbing on a secured path isn't recommended.

The secured path is already from the very beginning quite demanding and at first ascends diagonally by a wall upwards. Soon the path turns to the left and we are already in front of first demanding almost vertical ascent. The path is then all the time ascending on a monolithic outside corner, and often on the path, there is also some grass and trees or bushes. The path otherwise all the time offers breathtaking views of Lake Bohinj. The path which is all the time very exposed then few more times almost vertically ascends, on the path, there are also some shorter demanding crossings. Such a path then runs all the way to the end of the secured path where there is also a marked crossing.

Right downwards leads the path which is marked with the caption »bivak« and is secured with a rope. The mentioned path leads towards a gully, which is surrounded with overhung walls and so offers a shelter.

At the crossing, we continue straight upwards and the path soon turns to the left and then crosses slopes towards the west. The path which here runs on mostly with a forest covered slopes then also ascends a little. The slope becomes more grassy and the path soon turns slightly to the right. Follows only the last shorter ascent to the top where there is an inscription box.

We descend left steeply downwards on a slope, which is secured with a steel cable and a rope. After the steep descent follows a crossing, which brings us to scree. We continue left downwards on long scree, which offers fast descent. At the end of the scree we come into the forest and we continue slightly left and downwards where we then join the path marked with red dots. We continue right downwards to the lake and then back to the starting point.

The described path has a difficulty level D and it is appropriate only for experienced mountaineers with enough strength in arms. Some additional problems can cause also a steel cable, which is a little thinner as it is usually on so demanding paths. Steel cables are otherwise attached on bolts and not on a bigger iron spikes as we see on most other secured paths. Because of this steel cable is often just by the wall and makes clipping of self-belay set a little more difficult.

The climbing part of the path has 300 altitude meters, and for climbing we will need approximately one hour.

On the way: Bohinjsko jezero (525m)

Trip can be extended to: Pršivec (3 h 10 min)