Koča pod slapom Rinka - Kranjska Rinka (via Turski žleb)

Access to starting point:
We drive into the Logar Valley, then follow the main road towards the end of the valley, where we park in the parking lot at the turning point near Bar Pod slapom, also known as Koča pod slapom Rinka.

Entry by motor vehicle into the Logar Valley Landscape Park requires payment of an entry fee or ecological tax, which amounts to 10 € for a passenger car (7 € for motorcycles, 20 € for vans). The entry fee is collected during the tourist season (from spring to the end of October) and also applies to electric vehicles. Payment of the fee 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 the Logar Valley Landscape Park.

Route description:
From the place where we parked, we first walk to Bar Pod slapom, then head onto the marked path with numerous mountain destinations indicated. We continue along the mountain trail through the forest (a slightly less steep tourist path leads a bit 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 towards Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju (straight to 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, and immediately after the bridge a nice view of Slap Rinka opens up on the right side.
Further on we begin a steep ascent along a well-maintained path, which higher up turns right and passes under the walls where there is a risk of falling rocks. Here, with the help of fixed safety features, 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 features help with easier progress, and higher up the slope levels out. This is followed by crossing the Savinja riverbed, which at this point 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 splits.
We continue right towards Kamniško sedlo, Turski žleb, Savinjsko sedlo and Mrzla gora (straight 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 walls opens up.
Here a path quickly joins from the left, leading past Frischaufov dom, and slightly to the left a demanding mountain path branches off towards Kamniško sedlo. We continue right towards Turski žleb, Savinjsko sedlo and Mrzla gora. The path returns to the forest and a little further crosses a regulated torrent, then leads us to a second torrent. We walk along it for a short time, then continue beside it, where we encounter the next junction.
We turn left towards Turski žleb and quickly reach a boulder with numerous memorial plaques. The best known among them is the memorial plaque erected in memory of the mountain rescuers who died during a helicopter rescue exercise on 10 June 1997.
After the plaques we ascend for some time to the left of a belt of forest, then from the gravel beds the path passes onto gradually steeper and initially still grassy slopes, which higher up turn into increasingly steep scree. As we approach Turski žleb, we must put on a helmet for greater safety, as the path through the gully is distinctly exposed to falling rocks, and the use of a self-belaying kit is also recommended.
When we enter the gully, the path first leads along the right side, where we quickly reach the first fixed safety features, where the climbing section begins. The path first ascends vertically over numerous stemples, then turns left and with the help of cables and stemples traverses more or less vertical walls above the gully. After crossing numerous stemples the path gradually becomes less demanding and soon the last fixed safety features in Turski žleb end. This is followed by a relatively steep ascent over scree terrain to the top of the gully, where we must take extra care not to dislodge rocks, as this can be fatally dangerous for hikers below us. When we step onto the saddle, we reach a marked junction, from where a wide view opens to the south.
We continue right towards Skuta and Rink (left Turska gora and Kamniško sedlo) and ascend transversely over the slopes of Mala Rinka to the next junction, where we turn right again towards Skuta and Rink (straight Bivak pod Grintovcem and Kokrsko sedlo).
A little further we go right once more (slightly left Skuta) and ascend steeply for a few minutes, then the path leads us onto the indistinct ridge of Mala Rinka, along which we continue to ascend. Just a few dozen steps before the summit of Mala Rinka the marked path turns slightly left and descends a little to the notch between Mala and Štajerska Rinka.
On the other side of the notch we begin to ascend again, this time over the slopes of Koroška and Štajerska Rinka.
When a path branches off to the right towards Štajerska Rinka we continue straight, and we also go straight at the junctions for Koroška Rinka.
The path ahead first ascends transversely over the slopes of Koroška Rinka, then turns slightly left and approaches the saddle connecting Kranjska with Koroška Rinka.
Further on we ascend first steeply, then very steeply over the rocky slope of Kranjska Rinka, and when we reach the main ridge of the mountain the path levels out, and we quickly reach the highest summit in the group of four Rinkas.

Starting point - Slap Rinka 0:15, Slap Rinka - Izvir Savinje 0:35, Izvir Savinje - Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju 0:20, Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju - junction at the memorial 0:15, junction at the memorial - Turski žleb 2:00, Turski žleb - Mali Podi 0:05, Mali Podi - junction for Rinke 0:05, junction for Rinke - Mala Rinka 0:20, Mala Rinka - junction for Štajerska Rinka 0:10, junction for Štajerska Rinka - junction below Koroška Rinka 0:05, junction below Koroška Rinka - Kranjska Rinka 0:20.

Along the route: Slap Rinka (1100m), Izvir Savinje (1305m), Frischaufov dom na Okrešlju (1396m), Razpotje pri obeležju (1449m), Spominska obeležja (1454m), Turski žleb (2116m), Mali Podi (2155m), Odcep za Rinke (2167m), Mala Rinka (2289m), Odcep za Štajersko Rinko (2325m), Razpotje pod Koroško Rinko (2342m)

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