Podvolovljek (Petkov graben) - Bivak na Kalu (via Lepenatka)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec. Just a few hundred meters before the mentioned mountain pass we notice signs for Kranjski Rak, which point us sharply left on a narrow and at first also quite steep road. The road higher up flattens and then brings us to mountain pass Volovljek, from where we start descending towards Podvolovljek. After we cross Petkov graben, we will on the right notice a road sign 8 km, and on the left side of the road appropriate space for parking.
B) From Gornji Grad we drive towards Kamnik, after that just a few hundred meters after mountain pass Črnivec we continue right in the direction of Kranjski Rak. Further, we follow the description above.
C) From Savinjska dolina at first we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When the road starts ascending steeper towards the mountain pass Volovljek, we pay attention to the road signs. When we get to the road sign 8 km, we park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
At the road sign 8 km from the main road towards the east a forest road branches off, on which we start our tour. First, we ascend diagonally on the road which leads us on the slope of the hill Ker (895 m). On the part where the road makes a longer right turn, temporarily a view opens up towards Raduha, Mali Rogatec and Kunšperski vrh. At some crossings or crossroads we continue on the "main" road, from which beautiful views open up more frequently on the peaks of Dleskovška planota. Higher, at the crossroad of two more "equivalent" roads we continue left, from the mentioned crossroad we walk on the road to the first turn-off of a cart track to the right. The cart track from the road turns sharply to the right, and we continue on it for a few minutes on a diagonal ascent to the right, then we join the marked path Kranjska reber - Lepenatka, which we follow to the left.
A short time we still continue on the cart track, then we go slightly right on a marked footpath. The path immediately starts to ascend steeply, soon it turns a bit to the right, where it ascends diagonally across a steeper slope. Further on, the path ascends steeply, occasionally it also leads us through some shorter exposed section, where especially in wet and snow greater caution is needed. Higher the slope gradually flattens, and the path turns right and brings us to the ridge east of Kunšperski vrh (also Brezovec).
When we reach the ridge we continue right (left Kunšperski vrh, 5 minutes of easier pathless terrain) on the marked path, which continues on the occasionally panoramic ridge. Further, we ascend gently to moderately on or slightly left of the ridge. Higher the path leads us over a grazing fence, behind which we step onto the summit grassy slopes of Lepenatka. There follows a few minutes of moderate ascent on the path, from which beautiful views open up reaching from nearby Veliki Rogatec, across Raduha and Olševa, to the highest peaks of Kamniško Savinjskih Alp and we already reach the grassy summit of Lepenatka.
From the top of Lepenatka we continue a few 10 steps along the ridge, then at the marked junction left downhill in the direction of saddle Kal and Veliki Rogatec. There follows approximately 15 minutes of moderate descent on initially quite panoramic grassy slope, then we arrive at saddle Kal, where there is a marked junction.
From the junction we continue left, where after a minute of further walking we arrive at Bivak na Kalu.
Podvolovljek - Lepenatka 2:15, Lepenatka - Bivak na Kalu 15 minutes.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2015 (December).

On the way: Lepenatka (1425m)

Trip can be extended to: Rogatec