Bela Peč - Vivodnik (via Ovčje jame)

Access to starting point:
A) From Kamnik or Vransko we drive into Tuhinjska Valley, where in the settlement Podhruška we turn towards the settlement Sela pri Kamniku. When we arrive in Rožično we go right, then we drive for some time through the settlement Sela pri Kamniku, where at the crossroads we follow the main road. After the village Znojile the road temporarily flattens, then from the settlement Trobelno we follow the signs for Bela Peč. There follows a traverse drive to the right, then we arrive at two successive crossroads, where the road towards Bela Peč branches off to the right. In both crossroads we continue left, then after the left hairpin turn we quickly arrive at a crossroad, where a forest road branches off to the right. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad.
B) From Gornji Grad we drive towards Kamnik, after the mountain pass Črnivec in one of the hairpin turns we turn towards Sovinja Peč. After Sovinja Peč we join the road from Tuhinjska Valley, which we follow to the left. There follows a traverse drive to the right, then we arrive at two successive crossroads, where the road towards Bela Peč branches off to the right. In both crossroads we continue left, then after the left hairpin turn we quickly arrive at a crossroad, where a forest road branches off to the right. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad.
C) From Stahovica we drive towards the mountain pass Črnivec, then in one of the hairpin turns we turn towards Sovinja Peč. After Sovinja Peč we join the road from Tuhinjska Valley, which we follow to the left. There follows a traverse drive to the right, then we arrive at two successive crossroads, where the road towards Bela Peč branches off to the right. In both crossroads we continue left, then after the left hairpin turn we quickly arrive at a crossroad, where a forest road branches off to the right. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad.
D) We drive to Luče, then continue driving towards Kamnik. When after the mountain pass Volovljek we join the road which leads from Stahovica towards Gornji Grad, we continue right, then in one of the hairpin turns we turn towards Sovinja Peč. After Sovinja Peč we join the road from Tuhinjska Valley, which we follow to the left. There follows a traverse drive to the right, then we arrive at two successive crossroads, where the road towards Bela Peč branches off to the right. In both crossroads we continue left, then after the left hairpin turn we quickly arrive at a crossroad, where a forest road branches off to the right. We park at a suitable place by the crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point we continue right onto a side road closed to public traffic. Soon we arrive at a smaller crossroad, where we continue straight (the left road ends on the slopes of Tomanova planina), then the path leads us along the upper edge of the nearby pasture, from where a beautiful view opens towards the hills above Tuhinjska Valley. After the pasture we continue on the left upper road, then at the smaller crossroad straight ahead. A little further the forest ends and we arrive at the upper edge of a larger panoramic hayfield, where a wider cart track branches off to the left, by which we can reach the saddle between Podbevška peč and the summit Seduc (in descriptions path past the summit Seduc), we however continue on the road that offers nice views. Further on the path returns to the forest and continues gently to occasionally moderately ascending, when it starts to descend more noticeably we quickly arrive at the marked junction at Ovčje jame, where we join the marked path.
We follow the marked path left towards Prevala, where we walk on a cart track that soon splits. We continue on the left cart track, along which slightly higher we notice the blazes, and higher from it a view opens towards Podbevška peč, slightly further also to Ojstri vrh. On this panoramic section the path temporarily flattens, then returns to the forest, where we follow the blazes. Initially a poorly visible path widens soon, then ascends transversely to the left, where higher it leads along a steeper slope. When after a few minutes the path flattens, we already see the pasture fence in front of us, which we cross, then we are already at Prevala, where on the left, by the cross, we notice the logbook box.
From Prevala we continue northwards and begin descending across the panoramic slopes of the upper part of planina Ravni. After a short descent we step onto a wider cart track, follow it right and after some 10 steps of further walking arrive at the shepherd's hut on the mentioned planina.
From planina Ravni we continue towards Dom na Menini planini and planina Travnik. The path ahead rises slightly and soon enters the forest, through which it continues for some time. Slightly further we join a wide cart track, by which we soon exit the forest. When we exit the forest, we step onto the western part of planina Travnik, across which we then walk to the shepherd's hut on the other side of the planina. To it leads a poorly visible path that crosses the planina.
From the hut we continue past the nearby cross and bell, behind which the marked path turns right. There follows pleasant walking on the path, which initially rises gently, then moderately across vast pastures. Higher the path enters the forest, where it gradually begins to descend. The path soon starts ascending again and brings us to a macadam road, which we follow right. We walk a few minutes on the mentioned road, then the blazes direct us right onto a footpath that moderately ascends through dense forest. Higher we cross the road once more and the path gradually brings us to the pastures of Menina planina. With a few shorter ascents and descents we continue on the pleasant path, to which after a somewhat longer descent also joins the path from Gornji Grad (path past Jespa).
We continue right towards Dom na Menini planini, on the path that crosses a strip of forest, then brings us to the parking lot near the already mentioned mountain hut. From the parking lot we continue across the meadow and the path, from which a nice view opens onto the chain of Kamniško-Savinjske Alps, quickly brings us to Dom na Menini planini.
From the hut we continue on the marked path towards Vivodnik. After some 10 steps of easy walking, the path steeply ascends briefly, then flattens and brings us to a larger grassy slope, where we encounter a direction sign with the inscription "Vivodnik - krožna pot". We continue slightly left (by the right path we can return) on a relatively gentle path that quickly brings us into a short strip of forest. Here the path ascends briefly again, then brings us out of the forest, where we already see the lookout tower on Vivodnik in front of us, which we reach after a few steps of further walking.
Starting point - Prevala 1:30, Prevala - planina Ravni 10 minutes, planina Ravni - planina Travnik 30 minutes, planina Travnik - Dom na Menini planini 2:00, Dom na Menini planini - Vivodnik 15 minutes.

On the way: Ovčje jame (960m), Prevala (1163m), Planina Ravni (1075m), Planina Travnik (1180m), Dom na Menini planini mountain hut (1453m)