Belca - Dovška Mala Kepa

Access to the starting point:
Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road towards Kranjska Gora. When you arrive in Belca, park in the new parking lot next to the sawmill.

Path description:
Park in the marked parking lot at the sawmill. Go back a few metres to the start of the marked path, which you follow past the barrier. The path then goes directly into the stream (right cart track to the abandoned caravan). In the middle of the rubble from the collapse, on a larger rock, you will see a marker. Lok for the best passages to get here and then to the other side of the stream bed. This part is short. We follow the path on the sand, which is already quite visibly beaten, helped by a marking on a tree where the path turns into the wods. The path then rises steeply in the forest and we arrive at the road. On the left is a tunnel, if you walk through it you can see how the road has been carried away by the tunnel. We continue along the road to the right. It is a long walk along an almost permanently flat road, which is also filled in or sunken in several places, and almost completely blown away closer to the lock, but there are no problems with crossing. After about an hour and 15 minutes, we reach the former starting point at the lock. Follow the sign for Kepa (Fig. 2), the path descends into the stream bed, crosses it and turns left into the bank, a large marker and signpost. The path starts to climb steeply. Continue climbing through the forest, which is occasionally interrupted by a short scrubby clearing. The marked mountain path then crosses the forest road twice, and when you reach it for the third time, follow it to the right to a slightly larger parking area by the boundary ridge.
From the parking lot, climb a few steps up to the border ridge and follow the path eastwards. The relatively gentle path along the border ridge quickly leads to a small bivouac (2 beds) on the Slovenian side of the ridge.
From the bivouac we continue along the marked trail which is soon joined by the trail from Austria. The path then climbs slightly steeper and leads us further along the ever narrower ridge. The increasingly scenic route then crosses a few slightly exposed ravines and then turns right (completely on the Slovenian side). The path then climbs steeply across a steep and well protected slope, which is very exposed to falling rocks. Higher up, the path turns left and then climbs up the steep summit slope of Kepa. Higher up, the steep and rubble-strewn path leads back to the boundary ridge, where the next crossroads are located. Continue right (left Mittagskogel 2 minutes) along the path, which descends gently on the grassy slopes. The path, which runs along the edge of the ridge, then begins to descend more steeply and soon leads us to a small saddle, where we join the path from Austria. Continue straight ahead on the path that still follows the Austrian side of the ridge. The path, which continues to cross very steep slopes, soon leads us to the saddle between Kepa and Dovško Malo Kepa.
Here the path returns to the Slovenian side and continues to cross very steep and crumbly slopes. The path then begins to climb and, using the fixed safety gear, leads us to the eastern side of Dovška Mala Kepa. The marked path then leads us back to the main ridge, where we leave it. Continue sharp left and follow the ridge, which is partly covered with dwarf pines. A slightly nicer passage can be found on the Austrian side of the ridge, where a very steep "path" ascends to a little-visited summit.
Belca - lock 1:15, lock - bivouac 1:15, bivouac - Mittagskogel 1:45, Mittagskogel - Dovška Mala Mittagskogel 0:45.

On the way: Bivak Jepca (1550m), Mittagskogel/Kepa (2143m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Gubno ( 30 min)

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