Ravenska Kočna - Vratca (past the cableway)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Kranj - East and follow the road towards Jezersko. At Zgornje Jezersko, just past the petrol station, you will see a road that branches off the main road to the right (towards Planšarsko jezero). The road then takes you past the lake and climbs steeply behind it for a short distance. Higher up, the road flattens out and loses its asphalt surface at the beginning of a large meadow. The dirt road is then followed to a marked large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the macadam road following the signs "Češka koča, Ledine" and after about 15 minutes' walk you will reach the cargo cableway.
At the cable car, the path goes behind the lower station of the cable car in the direction of Češka koča and initially climbs steeply up a wide path, which leads us to a larger clearing in a few minutes. The path across this clearing is usually quite muddy so take care. After 20 minutes of walking, the path leads us to a nondescript ridge where there is a bench. The path then continues through the forest and after a further 20 minutes leads us to a crossroads where we are joined on the right by a path from the meadow (lower starting point). Continue to the left and after a few more steps we are at the next crossroads, where the path from Makekova Koča (neighbouring valley) joins us from the right. The path then passes out of the forest onto the viewing slopes, where with the help of a few rope ladders and a ladder we climb up towards Češka koča (Hudičevi klanci). This part of the trail is not difficult in dry conditions and does not pose any major danger (more caution is needed in late autumn when the ravines are icy and in winter when there is snow). The trail then lays down and leads to the Mrzla dolina (1500m), where the cold air often lingers. A moderate climb of just over 5 minutes follows and the path leads to the Češka hut on Spodnje Ravne.
From the hut, continue right along the path in the direction of Koča, Grintovec and Vratca (to the left Kranjska hut via Žrelo). After a short climb, you will reach flat ground marked H (for helicopter landing). The path continues along the initially folded scree, which is partly covered with dwarf pines. In the lower part of the scree, a small crossroads is reached, where the path to Vratca branches off to the right (Kočna and Grintovec slightly to the left). The path continues to climb the scree and soon leads to the ravine below Vratci. The path through the ravine is well protected but caution is needed due to falling rocks. Once out of the ravine the path turns right. From here to the top we have only a few minutes of scenic walking. The last metres are dangerous to slip in the wet.
Ravenska Kočna - Češka koča 1:30, Češka koča - Vratca 45 minutes.

On the way: Češka koča na Spodnjih Ravneh mountain hut (1542m)

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