Žagana peč - Kalški greben

Access to the starting point:
We drive into the Kamnik Bistrica valley towards our home in Kamnik Bistrica. From home, continue along the road, which soon becomes macadam. Follow the road towards the signs for Kokrsko sedlo. Park at the large boulder, Žagani peči (Sawed Furnace), on which the altitude is also written. A few metres higher, on the left side of the road, is a small parking space where we park.
After the new road sign, driving from the Kamniški Bistrica hut to Žagana peči is forbidden, which extends the journey by about 45 minutes.

Path description:
We start at Žagana peča, or half an hour lower down at Kamniška Bistrica. A few metres above Žagana pečja, where signs from Kamniška Bistrica lead us towards Kokrsko sedlo, a well-trodden hunting trail branches off from the parking area on the left side of the road. It climbs up a steep forest and crosses several ravines. Keep to the left and in a good hour you will reach a small saddle where there is a hunting lodge with a bench (nv1330m). The path turns right above the lodge, along the left slope of the hill and then along a natural gully. The path is quite steep and pleasantly soft throughout. At the end of the gully, the elevated path branches off to the right to the Toth and on to Kalška gora, not to Čmaževski turn, which is lower. We follow the path straight ahead, which starts to lose itself in dwarf pines and becomes increasingly more gentle. The path almost completely avoids dwarf pines and gets completely lost in the high mountain fothills of Kalka. If you follow the bottom of the undistinguished valley (with the help of cairns), you will reach a scree slope and a marked path which you follow to the right towards Kokrsko sedlo. A small rope helps you across the steep place. In 10 minutes you will reach a crossroads where you turn left towards Kalški greben. (Right Kalška gora and straight ahead Kokrsko sedlo) Continue along the path, which leads us along a slightly exposed ridge and with the help of some fixed safety gear to the most difficult part of the route. The path leads us to a vertical wall which we have to climb down. Helmet required! The route is well protected and it is recommended to use self-belaying equipment. The steepness then slowly eases and we have about 20 minutes to climb to the top of the ridge. Car-hunting lodge 1h10', hunting lodge-marked trail 1h50', marked trail top 1h10'.

The trail is easy to the junction below Kalška gora. Especially in fog, orientation on the high mountain fothills is problematic, despite the moguls. The path to the summit is very difficult and exposed in places.

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