Uskovnica (Razpotje) - Viševnik (via source of Zlata voda)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead towards Bled. In Bled at the traffic lights, the signs for Pokljuka point us to the right. Ahead we drive through Gorje and past the abandoned ski slope Zatrnik to Rudno polje on Pokljuka (large parking lot, barracks and shooting range). From here we continue straight on a macadam road which a little further brings us to a crossroad, where we continue left in the direction of Uskovnica (right mountain pasture Konjščica). From here we drive a good 500 meters to a parking lot above Uskovnica. This area is called Razpotje.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the crossroad, we continue on for public traffic closed macadam road in the direction of Uskovnica. The road immediately starts quite steep descending and it quickly brings us to a bridge over Ribnica (Ribnica is a stream, which separates Uskovnica from Pokljuka). Behind the bridge road turns sharply left and then in a gentle descent crosses the slopes above the right bank of Ribnica. Some 10 meters further we get to a smaller crossroad, where we continue sharply right in the direction of the mountain pasture Planina Konjščica. (straight Uskovnica). The path ahead at first moderately ascends by the pasture, after that for few minutes it entirely flattens. When the worse road again starts ascending, from the left joins the path from the chapel on Uskovnica (crossing isn't specifically marked), and we continue right.
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 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.
We continue straight on the path which is further ascending diagonally on slopes of Plesišče. Higher, we reach the ridge of the mentioned summit, where for a short time, we are ascending there, and then the path turns slightly right and passes on the eastern slopes. Few minutes we are still ascending diagonally, and then we step on the pasture, where the footpath starts vanishing. We still walk in approximately same direction, where with a little luck we get right to the source of Zlata voda.
From the source we continue straight or slightly left and then in few minutes we join the marked path Rudno polje - Viševnik, which we reach between a marked crossing, where the path branches off towards Blejska koča na Lipanci and saddle between Plesišče and Viševnik. When we reach the mentioned path we continue left and then we quickly ascend on the mentioned saddle, from where a beautiful view opens up.
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.
The starting point - Planina Konjščica 1:05, Planina Konjščica - Viševnik 1:50.

On the way: Planina Konjščica (1438m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Draški vrh