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Dovška Mala Kepa 2077

lijaneja1. 09. 2016 10:09:46

Yesterday, fog was forecasted for the Julian Alps and it really was, so I turned to the Karavanke again, hoping it would be a bit better there. Haven't been to Kepa in a long time, but my goal was also to get to know the mentioned hill, as the path leads under it. The summit is easily reachable from the east, a bit more demanding from the west, but doesn't exceed II.
Kepa was very well visited, but my colleague and I were the only Slovenes. The road to the parking lot is nice, the short climbing section right after Gubno is also well equipped.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Erjavčev rovt. The cow feasts on forbidden grass.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Hunting hut built in 1962 with nicely arranged surroundings. In the background Visoki Kurjek.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Unnamed peak 2045, Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 and Kepa 2139 from Gubno.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Kamnica 1730 from elevation 2045.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Kepa with lower sister in front.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 View back towards Gubno 2035

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 On top of Kepa. View towards Koroška Mala Kepa 1815...

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 ...and ridge to the west.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Summit without Slovenes. Young woman with paraglider.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Baško Lake and 1000 little houses around.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Visoki Kurjek and Gubno during descent from DMK.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 On return another view back from Gubno...

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 ...and to the east. Lepa Plevelnica and Visoki Kurjek, behind it Dovška Baba...

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 ...the last two a bit clearer.

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Lepa Plevelnica 1957

Dovška Mala Kepa 2077 Dovška Baba from the parking lot

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mito30008. 09. 2016 15:57:02

Nice tour, another tick on the list. :-)

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lijaneja8. 09. 2016 17:34:01

True, Matjaž! Despite a fairly high starting point, it's quite a long tour, though the peak barely exceeds two grands.

Loerst11. 05. 2020 11:51:49

Question - which peak is actually Dovška Mala Kepa? From Kepa and also on the spot it looks logical that it's the first neighbor on the ridge (higher, more prominent), but all maps mark the lower grassy peak more towards Gubno. Also here on hribi.net the description is for one peak, but the map mark is on another.

Summit marked as Dovška Mala Kepa on maps.

Summit that looks like a more suitable candidate for Dovška Mala Kepa.

The first (lower grassy) summit marked with a triangle as Dovška Mala Kepa, with ??? the probable real summit.

lijaneja11. 05. 2020 12:26:42

You're looking at the Austrian map! nasmeh

I think it's clear regarding the elevations. The neighbors see their peak a whole 6m higher.

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Loerst11. 05. 2020 12:43:51

@lijaneja Actually this is the map as officially published by the Alpine Association of Slovenia (base is OpenStreetMap) - https://plangis.pzs.si/

And, which one do you think is the real Dovška Mala Kepa?

lijaneja11. 05. 2020 13:56:22

Just as you yourself figured out. (middle summit on my third picture)

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asdf3. 05. 2026 13:24:51

Yesterday I went from Erjavčev Rovt to Kepa, and on the way back also over Dovška Mala Kepa, up the western side and down the eastern.

The ascent to DMK on the western side seemed quite pleasant to me. All the time I was on solid rock. It really doesn't exceed the second grade (question if it even reaches it) and the rock isn't overly crumbly either. But it's quite exposed.

There was a slight hitch on the descent to the eastern side. In the upper part I went on the Austrian side, as recommended by the description on hribi.net. I came to a larger clearing among the bushes, where the continuation wasn't obvious, since you couldn't see through the bushes, and there were no obvious passages in them either. In the lower part of this clearing you can't go further, because right behind the bushes there's a steep gully. Near the top of the left (looking upwards) edge of the clearing, however, you can step back onto the ridge through the fallen bushes. Here, along the ridge, there are some beginnings of a path, on which I descended back to the marked trail.

Below are some photos from Kepa and from the descent from it.