Belska Kočna - Koroška Rinka

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Jezersko, and then we continue driving in the direction of Austria. The road from Jezersko in a few hairpin turns ascends to the border crossing Jezerski vrh, and from there in numerous hairpin turns starts descending steeper. Lower at the settlement Bela / Bad Velach, we come to the marked crossroad, where we continue right in the direction of Belska Kočna / Velacher Kotschna. The road ahead crosses the stream Bela and only a few meters ahead brings us to the next crossroad. Here we continue straight on the right road and we continue driving along the already mentioned stream. We follow this road to the arranged parking lot by the gate, which prevents further driving. Access via Pavličevo sedlo is also possible. In this case, at the settlement Bela we continue left. Further, we follow the description above. Because of the construction of a new forest road (data from the year 2009) on Jenkova planina, the parking lot by the gate can be full of timber, therefore we park already a little lower on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road, and after 3 minutes of walking, it brings us to a crossing. We continue straight, further on the road in the direction of Logarska dolina (right Goli vrh). We follow the gentle road for a little less than 20 minutes to the spot where the marked path branches off to the left upwards. Further, we ascend on at first a wide path, which through the forest in a moderate ascent brings us to a torrent stream, where the path turns right, crosses the stream and then brings us to a secured part of the path. With the help of steel cables we ascend a slightly exposed ridge, which is short and undemanding in dry conditions. The path ahead ascends among bushes with beautiful views on the surrounding peaks. The most striking is the pointed Storžek, to which we are getting closer. The path ahead runs past a pleasant spring after which we soon get to an old hunting cottage, which is surrounded by lush vegetation. The path then ascends for some time among bushes and sparse forest, after which we step into the arms of larches. The terrain ahead is becoming more and more alpine and larches are replaced by scree, which due to the shady position remains under snow for quite a long time. Over the scree a pretty steep and increasingly panoramic path leads us, which after some time brings us to Savinjsko sedlo, where there is a crossing. Here we continue right in the direction of Kranjska koča (left downwards Okrešelj, Mrzla gora and Logarska dolina). From the saddle, the path first slightly ascends to a nice vantage point, then descends to the scree which separates Savinjsko sedlo from Jezersko sedlo. We continue on the mentioned scree, which in a gentle ascent after 10 minutes brings us to Jezersko sedlo, where there is the next crossing.
From Jezersko sedlo we continue in the direction of Kranjska koča na Ledinah on a path which starts lightly descending. Already after a few dozen steps we come to the next crossing, where we continue left and continue the ascent on a moderately steep scree (straight downwards Kranjska koča and Jezersko). Only a little further the path from Logarska dolina joins from the left, and we continue past a natural window and continue the ascent on the marked path, which turns slightly to the right and in the ascent crosses steep western slopes. The path then turns to the left and steeply ascends along the steel cable. Soon we reach the northern slopes of the mountain and some easy climbing on rugged rocks without fixed protection follows. We again reach the western slopes, where the path again very steeply ascends along the steel cable. From here there is also a very nice view of the precipitous walls of Skuta. A quite exposed crossing on the western side of the mountain follows, then the path turns left again and almost vertically ascends along the steel cable. We again reach the northern slopes of the mountain and a shorter ascent along the steel cable to the summit of Koroška Rinka follows.

On the way: Lovska koča Presteralše (1469m), Savinjsko sedlo (2001m), Jezersko sedlo (2034m)

Trip can be extended to: Štajerska Rinka , Kranjska Rinka ( 20 min)