Jermanca - Brana (via Kamniško sedlo)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Kamnik and follow the road ahead towards the valley of Kamniška Bistrica. From the hut in Kamniška Bistrica we continue driving on the forest road which brings us higher to a crossroad, where we continue right towards Jermanca (straight starting point for Kokrsko sedlo). We follow this occasionally somewhat steeper road to the parking lot, which is located a little before the end of the road.
Driving from the mountain hut in Kamniška Bistrica to Jermanca is now forbidden (traffic sign), this extends the path for a good hour.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the road by which we've parked. After a few minutes, the road ends, and we continue on a footpath without large ascents or descents. The path which crosses a large number of gullies then joins the path from Kamniška Bistrica (lower starting point). Here we need to pay attention on the descent, that we go on the path by which we came. Well-marked and relatively steep path, which for some time still ascends through the forest, brings us higher to a pleasant spring (in dry periods dries up). From the spring a short ascent follows and the path brings us to the known resting place Pri Pastirjih, where there stands an emergency bivouac.
We continue straight on the marked path, which then quickly passes from the forest onto an ample panoramic meadow. Behind the meadow, the path goes into a belt of dwarf pines, where it starts to ascend more steeply again. The path, which continues on the increasingly panoramic sunny slope, brings us after a good hour of walking from Pastirji to the mountain hut on Kamniško sedlo.
From the hut on Kamniško sedlo we continue left in the direction of Brana on the path which through panoramic meadows brings us to a junction, where we continue slightly left (right downwards Okrešelj). The path, which further ascends on the increasingly rocky slope, quickly brings us to a scree field, which is in snow dangerous for slipping. We cross the scree in a gentle traverse ascent, then the path brings us to the next junction, where we continue left (right Turska gora).
The path then starts to ascend somewhat more steeply and for some time still crosses the slopes towards the west. The path then turns left and becomes somewhat more demanding. We then ascend on the rocky slope towards the ridge and from the path a nice view also towards Turska gora, Skuta and Grintovec starts to open up. The path then turns even more to the left and crosses steep slopes towards the southeast. On this section a steel cable helps us at some points. A somewhat steeper ascent follows through a narrower gully where some easy climbing is also needed. At the top of the gully the path turns right and a shorter ascent follows to the less steep summit slope.
We continue left and the nice panoramic and undemanding path brings us in a few minutes to the ample summit.
Jermanca - Pri Pastirjih 1:15, Pri Pastirjih - Kamniška koča 1:15, Kamniška koča - Brana 1:15.

On the way: Pri Pastirjih (1430m), Kamniška koča na Kamniškem sedlu mountain hut (1864m)