Koča pod slapom Rinka - Kamniška koča na Kamniškem sedlu

Access to starting point:
Drive to Logarska dolina, then follow the main road towards the end of the valley, where we park at the parking lot at the turning point near Bara Pod slapom, also known as Koča pod slapom Rinka.

To enter the Krajinski park Logarska dolina with a motor vehicle, an entrance fee or ecological tax must be paid, which amounts to 10 € for a passenger car (7 € for motorcycles, 20 € for vans). The entrance fee is collected during the tourist season (from spring to the end of October) and also applies to electric vehicles. Payment of the tax includes the use of all parking lots within the valley. Entry is free for pedestrians and cyclists.

The current price list is available on the official website of Krajinski park Logarska dolina.

Route description:
From the place where we parked, we first walk to Bar Pod slapom, then head onto the marked path, along which numerous mountain destinations are indicated. We continue along the mountain trail through the forest (a slightly less steep tourist path leads a little more to the left), which after a few minutes of ascent joins the tourist path, and along it we continue with an easy ascent to the junction near Slap Rinka.
We continue slightly left in the direction of Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju (straight ahead the foot of Slap Rinka and Orlovo gnezdo), where a little further we cross Savinja via a wooden bridge. It then sinks into the gravel bed, but immediately after the bridge a beautiful view of Slap Rinka opens up on the right side.
In the continuation we begin a steep ascent along a well-arranged and maintained path, which higher up turns right and passes under the rock walls, where there is a risk of falling rocks. Here, with the help of fixed safety gear, we ascend transversely to the right, then cross Savinja via a footbridge just above the mouth of Slap Rinka.
The path then leads for some time along the picturesque Savinja, where a few fixed safety gear also help us for easier progress; higher up the slope levels out. This is followed by crossing the bed of Savinja, which in this section has almost no water, and then we reach the marked source of Savinja.
After the source the path enters the forest, through which we ascend moderately to steeply, and higher up it levels out and forks.
We continue right in the direction of Kamniško sedlo, Turski žleb, Savinjsko sedlo and Mrzla gora (straight ahead leads the path to Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju – two minutes, from where all the mentioned paths also lead). From the forest we then step onto the grassy plain of Okrešelj, from which a magnificent view of the surrounding mountains and their rock walls opens up.
Here a path quickly joins from the left, leading past Frischaufov dom, and we head left in the direction of Kamniško sedlo, Planjava, Brana and Turska gora. The path ahead first ascends moderately through the forest, later through a belt of shrubs, and all the time leads roughly southward. Later the path levels out completely and crosses scree to the left; after the scree we already reach the northern wall of Brana or the passage called Boštjanca, which is not overly demanding as numerous fixed safety gear help us for easier progress. When we ascend the rock step higher, the path turns eastward, but is still quite steep and exposed to falling rocks. Higher up we reach a rather steep and, in snow that can remain here until the beginning of summer, a slippery dangerous scree slope, which we only cross. This is followed by a short ascent along a wide and somewhat exposed ledge, after which we already reach the extensive grassy slopes of Kamniško sedlo, where west of the saddle we reach a marked junction.
We head slightly left in the direction of Kamniško sedlo (sharp right Brana and Turska gora) and in a few minutes, with a view of the rock walls of Planjava, descend along the grassy slope to Kamniška koča na Kamniškem sedlu.

Starting point - Slap Rinka 0:15, Slap Rinka - Izvir Savinje 0:35, Izvir Savinje - Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju 0:20, Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju - razpotje nad Kamniškim sedlom 1:25, razpotje nad Kamniškim sedlom - Kamniška koča 0:05.

Along the route: Slap Rinka (1100m), Izvir Savinje (1305m), Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju (1396m), Razpotje nad Kamniškim sedlom (1914m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Turska gora, Brana, Planjava (2 h)

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