Gornji Grad - Lepenatka (on ridge)

Access to starting point:
From the Savinja Valley or from Kamnik via the Črnivec Pass, we drive to Gornji Grad, where on the well-maintained parking lot by the main bus station we also park.

Path description:
From the main bus station in Gornji Grad, we continue along the main road towards the Črnivec Pass and Kamnik, and we walk along it approximately 5 minutes, or to the crossroad, where a narrower asphalt road towards Lenart branches off to the right.
The path ahead leads us along the mentioned road, which at first ascends gently over expansive meadows. A little higher the road enters the valley of the stream Kanolščica, along which we then ascend gently to moderately for quite some time. At all crossroads we follow the road along the bottom of the valley, and after approximately 1 hour of walking from the starting point, we notice the mountain signposts, which direct us left onto a path that ascends under the power poles. After a few tens of meters we cross a torrent, and then the path starts to ascend steeply over occasionally quite overgrown slopes. Higher up the path leads us over a short partly demanding section, where a landslide has carried away a few meters of the marked path. The path then returns to dense forest, through which it steeply ascends for a short time, then flattens and brings us to the nearby road. We follow the road to the left, and we walk along it to the first bend, where at the end of it we continue left onto the marked footpath, along which we quickly ascend to the Knebovšek homestead. We walk through the yard, and then continue in the direction of Lepenatka and Rogatec. A little above the farm the road turns into a cart track, which veers right into the forest, where it crosses the slopes to the right. A little further we cross a slightly exposed torrent, then along an occasionally overgrown path we arrive at the forest road. We follow the road to the right and past the chapel in a gentle descent we walk to the marked junction. From the junction we continue in the direction of St. Lenart and continue along the wide cart track, along which in 3 minutes of further walking we arrive at the already mentioned church.
From the church we continue left in the direction of the Kal saddle and Lepenatka (straight ahead Zgornji Špeh and Veliki Rogatec) along the path that ascends above the cart track. After a short ascent a path that is a minute or so shorter joins us from the left, which bypasses the church of St. Lenart. We continue straight and after a further short ascent we step onto a macadam road, which we follow to the right, and along which we walk to the nearby crossroad.
From here we continue left in the direction of Lepenatka (straight ahead Kal saddle and Lepenatka and Rogatec via the mentioned saddle) and continue the ascent along the poorer macadam road, which quickly brings us to the small saddle between Ugovški vrh on the left and Lepenatka on the right. Here we continue right towards the nearby hunting observatory, and the path after it becomes more overgrown (mainly in summer). The path ahead leads us through a belt of ferns, then gradually transitions onto the ridge of Lepenatka, where it begins to ascend more steeply along the edge of the forest. Further we ascend along the edge of the ridge, and the path offers increasingly beautiful views of Menina planina and Kranjska reber. A little higher we leave behind the last trees, and the relatively steep path quickly brings us to the summit ridge, where the path from the Kal saddle joins from the right. Here we continue straight and with a view of the nearby Rogatec and the central part of the Kamniško Savinjske Alps, we quickly arrive at the summit of Lepenatka.

On the way: Sveti Lenart nad Gornjim Gradom (929m)

Trip can be extended to: Bivak na Kalu , Rogatec