Črnivec - Kranjska reber

Access to starting point:
From Kamnik we drive towards Gornji Grad or vice versa. When we reach the mountain pass Črnivec, we park on the parking lot by the information boards. Parking in front of the nearby inn is only for guests.

Path description:
On the mountain pass, we look for mountain signposts for Vrh Kašne planine, which point us towards the north on a macadam road. After some 10 steps of walking on the road, we will notice the sign for the water catchment area and right next to it the beginning of the footpath. The path at first leads over a panoramic slope, as there is no forest here anymore since the strong wind on 13th July 2008 (in the area of Črnivec more than 50,000 seedlings were planted in the year 2009, approximately one third deciduous trees) on the newly made path (the old one was completely destroyed) along which we notice numerous blazes.
Higher, we cross the forest road and then continue the ascent on a relatively steep cart track. The path ahead for some time leads on slopes ruined by strong wind, and then, when we again cross the forest road, it gradually passes into old mostly conifer forest. Further, we moderately ascend on a cart track, cross some smaller springs and again step on the forest road. Higher, the path for a short time entirely flattens, and then gradually starts to ascend steeper and steeper. After a good hour of walking from the starting point, we step out of the forest on grassy slopes of Kranjska reber. The path, which is in the lower part of the grassy slope surrounded by fern, higher ascends even a little steeper and brings us to the main ridge of Kranjska reber, where it flattens. From the spot when we stepped on the ridge, only some 10 strides of easy walking separate us to the top.

On the way: Na križu (1238m)

Trip can be extended to: Bivak na Kalu (2 h) , Kašna planina ( 15 min) , Lepenatka (1 h 45 min) , Rogatec (2 h 50 min)