Planina Ravne - Caving bivouac on Dleskovška planota (via planina Polšak)

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Kamnik, then continue to Stahovica and the Črnivec Pass. A few 100 metres before the Črnivec Pass, leave the main road leading to Gornji Grad and drive sharp left in the direction of the Volovljek Pass (Kranjski Rak). From the above-mentioned pass, continue straight ahead (on the left the road leading to Velika planina, on the right the Štajerski Rak) and start descending towards Luce. Lower down, the road bends slightly and leads to the Podvolovljek valley. In the following, you first pass the road branch leading to the Lučka Bela valley, and then the bar at Gams. After the bar, pay attention, because just a few 100 metres further on, a road branches off to the left, leading to mountain pasture Podveža and mountain pasture Ravne and the Planinšek farm (at the point where you leave the main road, the road marking is approximately 11 km). Continue along the initially still asphalted road, which climbs further towards the Dleskovská plateau. Higher up, the road to Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue along the upper left road, which a few 100 metres further on from the turnoff to the Planinšek farm becomes macadam, and this road leads us a little further on to the next crossroads, where we continue straight on in the direction of mountain pasture Ravne (to the left, mountain pasture Podveža). Continue on a slightly less favourable road, then follow to the start of mountain pasture Ravne, where you park in a suitable place on the roadside.
From the main road to mountain pasture Ravne is about 10 km, of which about 4 km are macadam.
b) First drive to Luce, then continue driving towards Kamnik. When you see the road sign by the side of the road indicating 10,5 km, pay attention to the right fork, as just a little further on the road will branch off to the right towards mountain pasture Podveža and Ravne and the Planinšek farm. Continue along the initially still asphalted road, which climbs further towards the Dleskovški plateau. Higher up, the road to Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue along the upper left road, which a few 100 metres further on from the turn-off to Planinšek Farm becomes macadam, and this road leads us a little further on to the next crossroads, where we continue straight on in the direction of mountain pasture Ravne (to the left of mountain pasture Podveža). The road to the right is the road to Planinšek Farm, and the road to Planinšek Farm becomes macadam. Continue on a slightly less favourable road, then follow to the start of mountain pasture Ravne, where you park in a suitable place on the roadside. From the main road to mountain pasture Ravne is about 10 km, of which about 4 km are macadam.

Path description:
From the starting point, walk via mountain pasture to the shepherd's hut, which you go around on the right by continuing in the direction of Molička mountain pasture and mountain pasture Polšak (the path on the left side of the hut leads across the Dolgo trata). After the hut the path is a bit harder to follow at first, but the markings help us, and a little further on we join the cart track, which branches off the road on the mountain pasture straight at a right-hand bend.
Once on cart track, continue left, initially walking without any significant change in elevation, and then starting a gentle to moderate climb. After a few minutes, you will reach a faint saddle between Dleskovec on the left and Smrekovec on the right. Here a path joins us from the end of the road on the right, and we continue straight ahead over a pasture fence. After the grazing fence there is a short crossing, and then we arrive at the next marked crossroads, where we continue straight in the direction of mountain pasture Polšak (Korošica on the left, Molička mountain pasture, and at the crossroads there are markings for Lučko Hut). Although the fork is marked, the trail is no longer marked, with the exception of occasional informal markings with a red stripe marking the trail below.
After a short initial climb, the path lays down, then descends gently for a while, then crosses the slopes to the right. When the crossing ends, we reach an undistinguished valley where a path branches off to the right to a nearby hunting lodge, and we continue left and climb up the valley, where the path leads us past a waterhole. Following a pleasant valley surrounded by a sparse larch forest, we climb gently to moderately, and after a few minutes we reach mountain pasture Polšak, in the middle of which is a newer shepherd's hut (the old one burnt down).
From the hut, continue slightly to the right (direction north), then return to the rare larch forest, and after a few minutes the path leads to a wooden trough with water, where the water usually flows very slowly, as it is a small spring. During the easy ascent, the larches are joined by dwarf pines, and we reach a crossroads a little higher up, on a small grassy level, where we continue on the left path (the right path leads to Križevnik, which is about 30 minutes away from the crossroads). From here on the path turns slightly more to the left, and the larches along the way are increasingly replaced by dwarf pines, but the path is always traceable and passable. After a short traverse, a grassy part is reached, where there are several piles of burnt dwarf pines and an ingenious small bench. From this part there is a nice view towards Dleskovec, Velika peak and Velika Zelenica, and the path returns to the dwarf pines zone, through which the crossing continues. After a while, the traverse ends and the path starts to climb steeply and occasionally get lost, but with some care it can be followed. Higher up, the path becomes rockier in a few short sections and gradually less steep again. When the path is completely level, a relatively nice passage opens to the right towards the top of Molička peč, which is a good 10 minute climb, and we continue to traverse, initially without any major changes in altitude, then the path descends to a notch between Velika Zelenica and Molička peč, where for the first time we reach a ridge that descends precipitously towards Robanov Kot.
After the notch, the path turns left and passes onto the slopes of Velika Zelenica, where it becomes more difficult to follow again and splits a little further on.
At the above-mentioned part where the trail splits, continue on the lower left trail (the upper one joins the marked trail leading to the Velika summit higher up), which is completely lost in parts. Then, crossing the slopes without any major changes in altitude, we arrive at a relatively steep grassy gully behind a large pothole, where we start descending towards the Cave bivouac, which we can see occasionally ahead of us. We then descend the gully, and finally continue slightly right towards the bivouac, which we can see clearly ahead of us, and which we reach without any major problems, including no climbing through dwarf pines.
Description and pictures refer to the situation in 2016 (August).

On the way: Planina Polšak (1695m)

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