Olipova planina - Bivak na Belščici (via Hrašenska planina)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Lesce exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After a few km of driving, we will arrive at a junction, where the road to Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the Jesenice direction left). Just a few meters ahead, at the next junction, we turn left towards Moste (right Žirovnica). Further on, we drive past the monument to fallen fighters, where the road starts to ascend under the railway track. At the top of the hill, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), we continue towards Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and brings us to a junction, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left. We head onto the mentioned road (straight Koča pri izviru Završnice), which starts gently at first, then steeper and steeper ascending on an occasionally quite rough road (the steepest parts are asphalted). Higher up, the road brings us to a somewhat larger junction, where we continue left in the direction of Potoška planina (right Doslovška planina). The road then flattens and a little further brings us to the next junction, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the right, and we continue on the lower left road, which then continues for quite some time without major changes in altitude. The road then leads us past the turn-off to Ajdna and then starts to ascend more steeply on an occasionally quite poor road. The road then flattens again and past Potoška planina brings us to the Urbas spring, near which there are a few smaller parking spots. We drive further on, and the road leads us through several smaller junctions, where we always stick to the most driven one. The road then ascends steeply again and a little higher brings us to a larger parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a worse macadam road which gradually changes into a wide cart track, which past a trough, or water basin, brings us to the edge of the mountain pasture Stamare, from which a nice view of the Julian Alps opens up.
From the mountain pasture, we continue right past the shepherd and hunting hut on an initially somewhat less visible path, which goes higher into the forest and joins a wider path that comes from the other part of the mountain pasture. Further, the path turns slightly right and starts to ascend steeply. Higher, the path emerges from the forest onto slopes covered with dwarf pines and turns somewhat to the left. A slight traverse ascent follows and the path brings us to Hrašenska planina, where we notice the shepherd hut.
Here, before crossing the grazing fence, we turn right and ascend on an initially still easily followable path. After a short ascent through dwarf pines, the path transitions to slightly vegetated grassy slopes, where it starts to disappear (look for cairns). Further, we follow the occasionally barely visible path, which traverses the slopes towards the east. The path then becomes easier to follow again and brings us to the shepherd hut on the mountain pasture below Belščica.
From the mountain pasture, we continue in a gentle traverse ascent towards the bivouac (east direction), which we already see ahead of us and reach after a good 10 minutes of further walking.
Starting point - Planina Stamare 15 minutes, Planina Stamare - Hrašenska planina 45 minutes, Hrašenska planina - Bivak na Belščici 40 minutes

On the way: Hrašenska planina (1670m), Planina Stamare (1400m)

Trip can be extended to: Potoški Stol (1 h) , Weinasch/Vajnež (1 h 10 min) , Hochstuhl/Stol