Planina Dol - Koritni vrh (Velika planina)
Starting point: Planina Dol (1308 m)
Lat/Lon: | 46,3178°N 14,6379°E |
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Time of walking: 1 h
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Altitude difference: 340 m
Altitude difference po putu: 340 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
a) First, drive to Kamnik, then continue driving towards the Črnivec Pass. Just a few 100 m before the pass, you will see signs for Kranjski Rak, which direct you sharp left onto a narrow and initially quite steep road. The road is then higher and leads to the Volovljek pass, where, just after the Kranjski Rak guesthouse, turn left onto the road in the route Velika planina. Continue along the dirt road, which leads you higher up to the next slightly larger crossroads. Continue to the right (straight ahead mountain pasture Kisovec) and follow the moderately ascending road past the Ušivec parking lot. From the parking lot continue along the slightly worse macadam road, which at the junctions follow in the route mountain pasture Dol. After a while the road starts to descend steeply, and we follow it to a marked parking lot near mountain pasture Dol.
b) From the Savinjska valley, we first drive to Luce and then continue to Kamnik. When you reach the Volovljek (Kranjski Rak) pass, turn right in the route Velika planina. Continue following the above description.
Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the dirt road, which descends only slightly towards the western part of mountain pasture. After a few minutes of easy walking, you will see a shepherd's hut on the left, and we continue along the dirt road for another 10 m to where we see the markers for Konja and Velika on a tree mountain pasture. Continue left here (right Konj) and after a short ascent reach the shepherd's huts at mountain pasture Dol.
From the shepherd's huts at mountain pasture, climb past the cross to the edge of the forest, then continue the climb along the path ascending through the forest. Higher up, the forest becomes increasingly sparse and after about 30 minutes of climbing from mountain pasture down, the path leads us to mountain pasture Konjščica, which opens up a view towards nearby Rzenik.
The ascent continues along a gently sloping, partly grassy path which climbs gently southwards. Further on, the relatively gently sloping path finally leaves the forest onto the grassy slopes, which are becoming more and more scenic. After about 20 minutes' walk from mountain pasture Konjščica, at a point where you will see a slightly larger sinkhole ahead (a sinkhole into which excess building material is thrown), leave the waymarked trail and continue left along a less well-trodden path that climbs steeply along the edge of dwarf pines. When you reach a faint ridge, you will see a narrower cut on the left between dwarf pines, which will take you up to Koritni vrh in a few minutes of easy walking.
In the fog, orientation in the last part is rather difficult.
Planina Dol - mountain pasture Konjščica 30 minutes, mountain pasture Konjščica - Koritni vrh 30 minutes.
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