From Dom na Komni, head towards Savica down the gently sloping path. You will soon reach a crossroads, where you will change direction and follow the path to the left heading towards Koča pri Triglavski jezerih. Go north and walk up the slight incline to the small peak, where there is a good view. Walk down the other side across an overgrown plateau to reach the trough-like Razor valley, above which there once used to be pastures. On the way you will pass a crossroads with the path from Koča pod Bogatinom, then continue walking past some derelict buildings. Slowly climb up the plateau, which is covered with pine trees, until you reach the Na Kalu pass (1,636 m), from where there is a beautiful view. Behind you will be the spacious Lepa Komna plateau, and overlooking it the peaks of Lanževica (2,003 m) and Mahavšček (1,997 m), where, according to legend, a treasure is buried under the guard of the mythical Zlatorog (Goldenhorn). In front of you is the wide Triglav Lakes Valley and the peaks that surround them. 1h. From the pass, climb down to the grassy trough in which the Planina na Kalu pasture once thrived. In order to bypass the pasture, the path makes a sharp right turn and begins to gently descend down a diverse Karstic landscape overlooking the deep Kosova konta valley to your left. You will find yourself in the wide Lopučnica valley. Walk north through the valley to the Planina Lopučnica meadow, where you will be joined by the road from Planina za Skalo. 1h. The Zgornja Komna plateau overlooks the meadow. Turn right and climb up the overgrown ridge. In front of you will be the Dvojno Jezero lake and Koča pri Triglavskih Jezerih, which you will reach by way of a comfortable path leading through the forest. 30 minutes. The hut lies between the Dvojno jezero and Močivec lakes, just below the rock face of Tičarica. This short and very pleasant stage through the Julian Alps takes 2h 30 minutes. The lakes comprising Dvojno Jezero ("Two Lakes") are the fifth and sixth Triglav lakes, whilst the seventh and last lies lower down in the valley and is host to an endemic subspecies of the Alpine newt. The remaining lakes lie higher up in the valley, through which you shall hike in Stage 12. The waters of the lakes flow out through a Karstic subterranean complex and emerge at the Savica waterfall below Komarča.

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(Peter Šilak)

The Dom na Komni hut (1,520), built by the Slovene Alpine Association in 1936, lies at the eastern edge of the Komna plateau. It has subsequently been renovated and extended. Dom na Komni is one of the most frequently visited Alpine stations in Slovenia and lies at the crossroads of the most important summer and winter Alpine trails.
Dom na Komni is the gateway to the Valley of the Triglav Lakes and the Realm of the Goldenhorn. According to a folk tale, the rocky Komna and the valley were once an Alpine paradise. It was the home of the White Maids who helped people in trouble. They guarded the flowering fields in which their white goats grazed. At the head of the herd was the Goldenhorn, a strong billy goat with golden horns, which were the key to the treasure hidden beneath Bogatin. In a fit of jealousy, a poor hunter from Trenta swore to bring the treasure to a young maiden. He tracked down the Goldenhorn and wounded it. Because the Goldenhorn was the ward of the White Maids, a magical herb, the Pink Cinquefoil (Potentilla nitida) sprang up from Goldenhorn's blood. When the Goldenhorn ate the leaves of the plant, he regained his previous strength and charged towards his attacker. As the hunter tried to get away from the Goldenhorn, he fell into an abyss and was killed. In his anger, the Goldenhorn dug up the pastures with his horns. All that remained of the paradise was bare rock and the traces of his horns cans still be seen in the rocks today. Appalled by human greed, the White Maids left Komna forever.
Indeed, Komna is a scarred Karstic landscape, particularly its northernmost part, also known as Zgornja Komna. Rainwater quickly disappears through the cracks into the Karstic underworld and carves grooves and gullies into the limestone surface. The simple folk of the area attributed these interesting Karstic formations, the result of chemical disintegration or corrosion, to the anger of the Goldenhorn. An exceptionally flat rock called Gladki lašt on Zgornja Komna above the Lopučnica valley is a fine example of such rock transformation.
The Lopučnica is a typical dry Alpine valley carved out of the earth when water still ran on the surface here. The water has long since disappeared below ground. The valley is also very rich in flora.
At the efflux of the Lopučnica lies the southernmost and lowest-lying of the Triglav Lakes, the so-called Črno jezero, which has a depth of 9 m. During winter, the temperature of the water falls to 4° C and in the summer it rises to 16°C.

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(Jerneja Fridl)