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| Chico2. 05. 2012 16:56:59 |
Last year we did this path but in the reverse direction (recommend). We were on all peaks (Kepa, Gubno, Dovška Baba, Hruški vrh, Klek, Golica), i.e. almost always along the ridge. The tour can be done in one day, but by no means also back to the car, haha. Someone has to come pick you up. Without peaks it is considerably shorter time-wise, but still long. Plan an early start, nice weather, LOTS of fluids. Very little shade, almost none. Below Kepa 10 min of cables and pegs. Nothing special, but not exactly for children.
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| hanč2. 05. 2012 20:48:07 |
Thanks Chico, we'll try it, our daughter is 12 years old and she goes to the mountains, I meant more because of the tour length. We'll rather wait another month for more reliable weather
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| vespa12. 05. 2012 19:49:30 |
Yesterday afternoon my friend and I were on Kepa from Erjavčev Rovt. Very nice path, completely dry, phenomenal views, lots of flowers - aurikels like you rarely see. Super hike, yesterday in complete peace - didn't meet a soul. In places due to the crumbling terrain a more cautious step is needed.
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| nekdo719. 05. 2012 17:43:46 |
Is the road to Belca valley still impassable?
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| ladko19. 05. 2012 18:50:00 |
The road is passable to the end, to the saddle.
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| jprim21. 05. 2012 20:54:11 |
@voluhar
Why is it hard for you to attach a couple of pics to this page too
Regards!
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| Lunca28. 05. 2012 22:09:28 |
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| Lj16. 06. 2012 11:29:16 |
Gita, you have ZS.
Regards Lj
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| VanSims25. 06. 2012 09:11:10 |
Yesterday morning I parked in Erjavčev Rovt and headed towards Brvog. There I rested a bit, there the first steep part ends and a nice path leads to the junction at the water trough. There I turn left (straight to Mlinsko sedlo). Up to there the marks were even freshly renewed, after that junction there were practically none left. So I already think I've strayed onto some unmarked trail. Nevertheless, I continue around Plevelnica and reach the ridge, where the view opens to the Austrian side with Osojsko Lake.
Then the real thing starts: first a narrow ridgelet then a side ascent to Gubno, below it I see parked bikes. Who pushed bikes up this ridge...   Well, I get the answer after descending from Gubno when the real real thing begins. I see cyclists with helmets descending chimneys on the opposite side of the gully. We meet in it. The exit chimney is no joke and then I understand why those cyclists went through it very slowly and one by one. Besides the steepness, it's all extremely crumbly as befits the Karavanke. Later I see them descending from Gubno. Where I walked extremely cautiously,... well, looks like they master it!
After visiting Dovška Mala Kepa (by the way, the ascent might really be easy as described here on hribi.net, but descent requires some caution) the next hard part awaits me. After some relatively easy fixed protections follows crossing exposed and crumbly slope. No path visible, no marks and so I stray a bit into the rocks.  I carefully descend back to the path and reach the saddle, descend from it and join the Austrian path which leaves me another 10 min to the top.
On the top there were two Austrians and one Frenchman. For one of the Austrians it was the first Frenchman he's seen in the mountains! I sit, walk to the second cross marking the entry to the ridge path on the Austrian side (Nur für Geübte!) and then to our summit, where the stamp and metal box without logbook and lid stand alone. So I have to sign the log on the Austrian side! 
Time for descent and from the saddle onwards the path seems a tiny bit harder than in the opposite direction, not sure if it was just personal impression or real. That damn chimney now goes downwards and extra caution is needed (maybe self-belay not amiss). Unlike the Storžič ridge two days ago which was perhaps a symphony, this one here was more cacophony!  But on the way back the Julijci nicely revealed themselves, which were in clouds all the time. Well, and finally I get down from the ridge and descend to the trough at the junction, where I refresh and then via Brvog to the car and to Jesenice for a beer!
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| mukica16. 09. 2012 08:56:45 |
Our little group also had a similar tour, only we went first to Kepa to our logbook box, which is without lid, book and full of water, stopped a bit at both crosses and went to Mala Kepa, then over Gubno to the hunting hut to pick mushrooms.. weather was nice, on the ridge windy later on return it got a bit cloudy...
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| sabina196716. 09. 2012 09:43:35 |
Martina, congrats for the nice tour, we were waving to you from Begunjski vrh
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| mukica16. 09. 2012 10:14:29 |
Thanks, sabina
ah, we thought we saw you, we waved back..how does it look towards Rjavina....when you were at that end, I have it in plan
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| sabina196716. 09. 2012 11:08:15 |
Martina, in the wall there was still snow, and wet rocks... so, climbing was off, but the path over the ridge was still quite snowy... if weather favors us, we can still put it in plan....
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| tinky16. 09. 2012 11:30:32 |
mukica we met, I was already returning.
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| mukica16. 09. 2012 11:36:15 |
Nice, glad that we are slowly getting to know each other also live on hiking paths when we meet by chance, say something about the tour, weather, surroundings, nearby peaks... then via portal we find out we almost know each other....next time let's just hug when we see and recognize each other
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| tinky16. 09. 2012 14:33:31 |
I'm interested what mushrooms you picked? I saw only puffballs
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