Hiking and climbing
Bohinj is a perfect place for hikers and climbers, as it has more than 300 km of marked mountain trails and more than 100 km of hiking trails. There are many mountain huts along Bohinj mountain trails, where you can refresh yourself, relax and spend the night. Easier routes are suitable for beginners and those who want to introduce their descendants to the world of mountaineering. Ratitovec, Galetovec, Vogar, Voje, Rudnica, Ajdovski gradec, Senožeta, Uskovnica, the source of Bistrica… – we have first conquered these when we were only children.
Beginners can acquire basic climbing skills with the guidance of sport climbing instructors. Climbing areas for trainees are called Pod Skalco and Bellevue. In Bohinj, we have 16 climbing areas and almost 500 well-equipped routes of different levels of difficulty (described in the book Climbing Guide Bohinj).
The biggest challenges for the most tenacious hikers and mountaineers in top shape are the Bohinj Mountain Trail (BPP), Via Alpina and Juliana Trail.
The initiative to establish the BPP was created on the 200th anniversary of the first ascent to Triglav which was accomplished by four brave Bohinj natives on August 26, 1778, and each year on this day, in Ribčev Laz there is a ceremony award for hikers and mountaineers who finished BPP. The trail is divided into mountain and climbing part; the first has 36 easier ascents, and the second includes eight two-thousanders. In addition to the essential mountaineering gear for safe walking and climbing, you should bring a booklet with a description of all destinations and with empty spaces for stamps on your hike. You can get it in all offices of Bohinj Tourism, at Bohinjska Bistrica PD (Mountaineering Society) and at the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia.
Via Alpina crosses through eight European alpine countries, enters Bohinj above Bohinjska Bistrica to Vrh Bače, and then winds to Vogel and on towards Triglav Lakes.
The circular mountain hiking Juliana Trail runs along the edge of the Julian Alps and the Triglav National Park. It is divided into 16 stages, three of which run through Bohinj: Goreljek – Stara Fužina, Stara Fužina – Bohinjska Bistrica and Bohinjska Bistrica – Podbrdo.
If you are not in the best shape for hiking and climbing, you do not have the appropriate gear and equipment or you have acrophobia - fear of heights - then you should admire them safely from the valley while you do any number of things Bohinj is offering you.
