Ravenska Kočna - Kranjska koča na Ledinah (through Žrelo)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - vzhod and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. In Zgornje Jezersko only a little behind the gas station, we will notice a road which from the main road branches off to the right (direction lake Planšarsko jezero). The road then leads us past the mentioned lake and behind it for a short time steeply ascends. Higher, the road flattens and at the beginning of a large meadow loses an asphalt covering. We then follow the macadam road to a larger marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road following the signs »Češka koča, Ledine« and after approximately 15 minutes of walking, we come to a cargo cableway.
From the former parking lot at the cargo cableway we continue by following the signs for mountain hut Kranjska koča na Ledinah – through Žrelo. At first for a short time, we walk through the forest and then the path brings us on a grassy terrain, which is partly covered with dwarf pines. Here the path turns slightly to the left and then it is ascending diagonally by rare dwarf pines, and later on the scree. Such a path brings us to the first crossing, where the path towards the mountain hut Češka koča (Umik žrela) branches off to the right. The crossing is marked with the caption »Češka koča« on rock. Already after few ten meters of ascent we are again at the crossing. This time left into a wall path Slovenska pot branches off. We continue slightly right and we start ascending on steep scree upwards. On this part of the path even in the late summer there can still be a snow field. In the upper part of the scree from the right joins also the path from Češka koča (through Žrelo). Here we continue left and soon enter into a gully, named Žrelo. Because of great risk of falling stones is at the ascent through the gully mandatory to use a helmet.
In the gully we at first diagonally ascend by the steel cable, after that follows a short very steep ascent right upward. We get help from slightly downwards bent iron spikes and a steel cable. Next follows crossing to the left on a slightly crumbly slope and then an ascent by the steel cable through the gully upwards. In the last part, the gully becomes even a little more steep and besides the steel cable we also get help from some iron spikes and stemples. From the gully we then with the help of some iron spikes step out left upwards and the path becomes again easier.
After few meters from the left joins the path Slovenska pot and then follows an undemanding ascent to the mountain hut Koča na Ledinah.

Trip can be extended to: Bivak pod Mrzlim vrhom , Ledinski vrh , Vellacher Turm/Storžek , Velika (Koroška) Baba , Mrzla gora , Štajerska Rinka , Koroška Rinka , Kranjska Rinka