Belska Kočna - Kranjska 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 by the already mentioned stream. We follow this road to the arranged parking lot by the gate, which prevents further driving.
Access is also possible via Pavličevo sedlo. 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 junction. We continue straight, further on the road in the direction of Logarska dolina (right Goli vrh). We follow the gentle road for 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 when dry. The path ahead ascends among bushes with beautiful views on the surrounding peaks. Most noticeable 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 embrace of larches. The terrain ahead becomes increasingly high-alpine and larches are replaced by scree, which due to the shady location remains under snow for quite a while. Over the scree a fairly steep and increasingly panoramic path leads us, which after some time brings us to Savinjsko sedlo, where there is a junction. 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 that 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 junction.
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 junction, where we go left and continue the ascent on a moderately steep scree (straight downwards Kranjska koča and Jezersko). Only a little further from the left joins the path from Logarska dolina, and we continue past a natural window and continue the ascent on a marked path, which turns slightly to the right and in ascent crosses steep western slopes. The path then turns to the left and steeply ascends by the steel cable. We soon come to the northern slopes of the mountain and some easy climbing on rugged rock without fixed protection follows. We again come to the western slopes, where the path again very steeply ascends by the steel cable. From here there is also a very nice view of the precipitous walls of Skuta. A fairly exposed traverse on the west side of the mountain follows, then the path again turns to the left and almost vertically ascends by the steel cable. We again come to the northern slopes of the mountain and a shorter ascent by the steel cable to the top of Koroška Rinka follows.
From Križ or Koroška Rinka we descend to the other side, on a path which steeply descends towards the valley between Kranjska and Koroška Rinka. The path at first runs through a crumbly gully, then transitions to scree, where we quickly come to a junction, where we continue right (left Turski žleb and Kamniška Bistrica). The path ahead crosses the slopes of Koroška Rinka, then turns slightly to the left, where it steeply ascends. A short very steep ascent follows, then the path brings us to the main ridge, along which in a few steps we ascend to the summit of Kranjska Rinka.

On the way: Lovska koča Presteralše (1469m), Savinjsko sedlo (2001m), Jezersko sedlo (2034m), Koroška Rinka (2433m)