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Rinke

peharc11. 07. 2022 06:36:53

Thanks for the answer

garmont14. 08. 2022 19:20:38

The line of hikers in the morning in Logarska convinced me to head to Koroška Rinka. I assumed there wouldn't be crowds from the Okrešelj direction… and there weren't. nasmeh

I also made a quick trip to Kranjska and Štajerska, and descended via Mala to Turski žleb and down to Okrešelj.
On the path from Mrzli dol there are some torn steel cables, from the Jezerska side after renovation, of course all OK.
Lp

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lijaneja12. 05. 2024 11:38:56

I like to go up here as much as possible, every year. So yesterday at seven I started from the cable car parking lot on the favorite path via Žmavčarje. A hundred meters below the bivouac where the snow starts, I meet a foreigner returning. Besides Matija who went to Skuta, two skiers and nine hikers who went to Turska gora, five of them from a well-known mountaineering club with a dog. No one went to my hill, but there were fresh tracks on it. Snow mushy, rotten even at the top. Unfortunately the weather didn't hold to the forecast, the worst was just when I was at the top. Bivouac interior neglected, door latch destroyed, trash and food also put me in a bad mood. On the descent to the scree I enjoyed sliding on the snow, lower it was warm and I changed into short clothes. Next year again.

Lower there is no such scree. Dam, in front Mala Rinka.

Raduha, Ute, Ojstrica, Planjava, Brana, below all in snow Mala Rinka.

As if the weather were mocking. Right of the cloud the summit KR.

My today's mountain. I approached along the (visible) right track.

...from which Matija descends along the rotten flank.

For some time I was quite afraid for him.

The doors are supported by a pole and a rock. Bivouac designers fuss over aesthetics, functionality is foreign to them.

Turska gora, to which it is an easy walk from here.

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Tomco12. 05. 2024 16:36:18

Great!

I assume that with such snow (except gaiters) the winter gear stayed in the backpack the whole way?

lijaneja12. 05. 2024 18:23:24

Handball players excellent, Pogi really good, Gajser good. nasmeh

Not completely, @Tomco, over the years I've learned that on some sections the layer of rotten snow can be very thin, with ice underneath. In that case, putting on crampons on steeper slopes is risky, especially if you don't carry an ice axe with you velik nasmeh

. Of course, on descent it's a real pleasure sliding in boots at a suitable slope angle and visible runout.

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Todi21. 06. 2024 21:20:43

Today on all Rinkas and Turska, via Žmavčerjev to the bivouac below Skuta and further. For Kranjska Rinka I needed winter gear, … otherwise all other paths dry and normally passable. Just that Saharan sand messed a bit with the views.
Lpm

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roksraka1. 07. 2024 13:34:46

I was yesterday on Rinkas - winter gear no longer needed. At two spots towards Kranjska Rinka I had to cross small snow patches, but probably total length about 10m. Kick a bit into the snow for a step, and it's fine.

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Trobec5. 09. 2024 09:14:47

On Sunday to Rinke (well, 2 Rinkas velik nasmeh

), up from the direction of Savinjsko sedlo, down through Turski žleb. The gully is heavily eroded after floods. Especially uphill it can be quite strenuous. We met a hiker who tried it and turned back.
It was apparently a "snake day"...3 snakes on the path during descent velik nasmeh

https://trobec.blogspot.com/2024/09/rinke-in-turski-zleb-192024.html

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dolenjka&primorc23. 09. 2024 13:05:28

Yesterday on Rinkas and Turska gora.
Starting point: V Koncu via Žmavcarje past bivouac below Skuta.
Snow needs to be crossed below Kranjska Rinka. Yes, even without winter gear. But to Turska gora you can bypass the snow above the exit from Turski žleb.
On all Rinkas we were alone, some visited only Turska gora.
Wonderful day spent in KSA.

Stamp on the summit of Koroška Rinka 2433 m

Koroška Rinka, behind Kranjska Rinka, Skuta, Grintovec, Kočne,..

Also the summit of Kranjska Rinka 2453 m

On the summit of Turska gora 2251 m, behind from right: Brana, Planjava, Vilice, Lučka Baba, Ojstrica

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coffee16. 10. 2024 11:27:04

Yesterday on a longer circular tour.

Started from Logarska and past the saddle continued to Ledinski vrh. From there to Koroška and then also Kranjska Rinka. To the top of Koroška you need to cross a couple of snow patches on the ledges. Snow not yet frozen, but I went over with crampons or avoided them. Towards Kranjska there are still some patches, but no problem. Until then I had warm clear weather, then strong south wind started blowing and fogged the Kamnik side. In Kotljiči old song with faded markers, to Okrešelj partly destroyed path condition due to past storms.

water was also higher below Zgornji Okrešelj

between Kranjska rinka and Jezersko Kočno

Under Rinke there was a young herd of ibex.

Somehow in the style of now it is, now it isn't.

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Tomco16. 10. 2024 19:01:59

Wow, that was a solid loop, great! We waved to you from Ojstrica just when it started closing in from the southwest there nasmeh

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parenzo29. 10. 2024 09:20:09

To Koroška via Slovenska.
Despite holidays and nice weather, alone on the path to the summit and back. Workers renovating Kranjska koča don't count.
The gully before Slovenska gets deeper with every visit. Excellently renovated protections in the upper part still hold.
Road from pasture through forest to parking lot got new surface and was currently closed from ramp due to works.

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lijaneja7. 03. 2025 19:36:48

Congratulations Niki for the second gold medal just won.
Today I head out from home even earlier than on Wednesday, leave the car exactly at six when the headlamp battery is no longer needed. I was pleased there were quite a few cars at the cable car and spotted two lights in the upper part of the Žmavčarji on the way there. Later I realize those were the only two who went to Kranjska Rinka today and we reached the summit simultaneously.
Walking through the forest a real pleasure, snow starts only at the holes. Put on crampons, snow mostly frozen so good progress. Bivouac doors repaired, stayed quite a while as had to change most clothes. Warning: step stool to enter bivouac very wobbly, careful!!! Above bivouac seek harder snow patches or sink to knees quickly. In amphitheater and above real struggle. At Kranjska Rinka summit strong gusts at times, on Štajerska and Mali could wear short sleeves. On return snow below bivouac much softened but no new slides noticed, started from bivouac at noon sharp. On both trail sections wire ropes very poor, better ignore them.