Za Ušivcem - Gradišče (Velika planina) (via Mala planina)
Starting point: Za Ušivcem (1400 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3079°N 14.6729°E 
Path name: via Mala planina
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 266 m
Altitude difference (by path): 330 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec. Only few 100 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 flattens and then brings us to a mountain pass Volovjek, where immediately behind the inn Kranjski Rak we turn left on a road in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we drive on a macadam road which higher brings us to the next little bigger crossroad. We continue right (straight mountain pasture Kisovec) and we follow moderately ascending road to larger and marked parking lot Za Ušivcem.
B) From the valley Savinjska dolina we at first drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When we come on the mountain pass Volovjek (Kranjski Rak) we continue right in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we follow the description above.
Path description:
By the parking lot we notice signs for Mala and Velika planina, which point us into the forest, on a well-beaten, but unmarked footpath. The path at first ascends through the forest and then it flattens and out of the forest brings us on grassy slopes, where it turns a little to the left and joins the forest road. On the road, we walk only for a short time, and then we get to the next signposts.
Here unmarked footpath branches off slightly to the right, which leads on Velika planina, and we continue straight on a marked path in the direction of Mala and Velika planina. The path ahead still leads on the road, and past the hunting observatory it brings us to the next marked crossing, where a narrower road towards Dovja Raven branches off to the right. We continue straight on the road in the direction of the mountain pasture Mala planina, and with nice views it brings us on Gojška planina, from where we continue right in the direction of the mountain huts Jarški, Črnuški and Domžalski dom. After one hour and fifteen minutes of walking from the starting point, we get to the mountain hut Jarški dom na Mali planini.
Mentioned mountain hut we bypass on the left side, and then we continue the ascent on a wide path, that is gently ascending through a thin forest. Already after few minutes, the path towards the mountain hut Črnuški dom branches off to the left, and we continue straight and follow a wide path all the way to the mountain hut Domžalski dom na Mali planini.
The path then descends into a smaller valley, where we again step on a wide path (almost road). We continue right and we follow the path to a poorly marked crossing, where the path in the direction of shepherd hut Gradiščkovi branches off to the left. After a short ascent, the path brings us to the mentioned settlement, from which we continue on a poorly visible but marked path. The path ahead leads us past numerous benches, on unvegetated slope moderately upwards. The path soon brings us between two peaks, where we continue slightly right. In the middle of the ascent, we notice a caption chairlift right (left, in the direction of our ascent shepherd settlement). We continue in the direction of chairlift on the path which quickly brings us on the upper slope of Velika planina. Here we continue right on a marked path, which after few steps of ascent brings us on Gradišče.
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