Kraljev dol - Ojstrica (via Mala Ojstrica)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards Stahovica and the mountain pass Črnivec. A few hundred meters before the mountain pass Črnivec we leave the main road which leads towards Gornji Grad and we continue driving sharply left in the direction of the mountain pass Volovljek (Kranjski Rak). From the mentioned mountain pass we continue straight (left road which leads to Velika planina, right Štajerski Rak) and start descending towards Luče. Lower down the road flattens a little and brings us into the valley Podvolovljek. Further on we first drive past the turn-off of the road which leads into the valley Lučka Bela, after that also past the bar pri Gamsu. After the bar, we need to pay attention, because only a few hundred meters further the road which leads towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off to the left (by the spot where we leave the main road, there is a road sign approximately 11 km). Further, we drive on an initially still asphalt road which then ascends towards the Dleskovška planota plateau. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the left upper road, which a little further brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne (left mountain pasture Podvežak). After 9 km of driving from the main road (of which 8 km macadam) we will get to the sharp right turn in the middle of which a road branches off to the left, which is already at the very beginning closed with a grazing fence. We head onto the mentioned road, which we then follow to the turning point at the end of the road. We park in an appropriate place at the end of the road.
B) First, we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When by the road we notice a road sign which shows 10.5 km, we need to pay attention to the right turn-off, because only a little further to the right a road towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off. Further, we drive on an initially still asphalt road which then ascends towards the Dleskovška planota plateau. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the left upper road, which a little further brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne (left mountain pasture Podvežak). After 9 km of driving from the main road (of which 8 km macadam) we will get to the sharp right turn in the middle of which a road branches off to the left, which is already at the very beginning closed with a grazing fence. We head onto the mentioned road, which we then follow to the turning point at the end of the road. We park in an appropriate place at the end of the road.

Path description:
From the end of the road, we cross the fence and then immediately after it we continue right next to it steeply upwards. The path soon goes into the forest, where it ascends steeply for some time, then gradually flattens. Next follows a few minutes' walk through an increasingly sparse forest and a relatively gentle path quickly brings us to the decaying shepherd's cottage on the mountain pasture Vodole.
From the renovated (renovated a few years ago) shepherd's hut we continue along the bottom of the mountain pasture, on the path which leads us past a smaller marsh. On the other side of the mountain pasture the path starts to ascend slightly and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to a boulder, on which we notice already quite faded signs for Korošica, which direct us slightly right, onto the path which goes into the forest and gradually starts to ascend more steeply. A considerably overgrown path which runs through scrub joins higher up a much wider path which comes from the mountain pasture Podvežak.
We continue in the direction of Korošica, on the path which crosses a grazing fence and after a few further steps brings us to the Inkretov studenec spring, which is located just a few meters from the path.
Follows only a slight ascent, then the path flattens again and brings us below the relatively steep and in snow avalanche-prone slopes of Tolsti vrh. A little further the pleasant path brings us to a marked junction, where we continue slightly left in the direction of Korošica (slightly right chapel on Molička peč (mountain pasture)). The path ahead for some time crosses the slopes below Tolsti vrh, then transitions to the plateau-like terrain of Dleskovška planota, which is riddled with numerous sinkholes and caves. The path, which continues with some shorter ascents and descents, then quickly brings us to a junction, where from the right side the path from Robanov kot and mountain pasture Ravne joins.
We continue in the direction of Korošica on the path which ascends transversely to the saddle between the less known Koroški vrh on the left and Mala Ojstrica on the right.
From Sedelce (1900 m) we continue right on the Kocbekova pot path in the direction of Ojstrica and Mala Ojstrica (straight down Kocbekov dom na Korošici). From the saddle the path first descends slightly over a pleasant grassy slope, then turns right, where it starts ascending transversely towards the east. After a short ascent the path brings us to the ridge of Mala Ojstrica (here from the right the path from Molička planina joins us), where it turns sharply left and continues ascending along a very panoramic ridge. The path, which further ascends along the left side of the ridge, brings us in a few further minutes of walking below the indistinct summit of Mala Ojstrica, which we recognize by the miniature Aljažev stolp tower (ascent to Mala Ojstrica is just one minute from the path). The marked path bypasses the mentioned summit on the left side and a little further brings us back onto the ridge, where we cross steep and slippery-dangerous slopes. Further the path withdraws from the ridge to the left, crosses a short very steep slope, then emerges onto pleasant grassy slopes. After a few minutes of pleasant walking, we enter a short crumbly but not too steep section of the path. Further the path flattens again, crosses another grassy slope, then in a moderate ascent which runs over an increasingly rocky slope brings us below the summit slope of Ojstrica. The path ahead starts steeply ascending over rugged rock and begins turning increasingly to the left. Further the path slightly flattens, crosses very steep slopes, then with the aid of pegs starts steeply ascending again. The path, which offers us numerous (mainly) natural holds, soon brings us below the fore-summit, from which follows a relatively difficult descent into the notch between the two summits. From the notch follows a short steep ascent over a crumbly slope and an increasingly panoramic path quickly brings us to the summit of Ojstrica.

On the way: Planina Vodole (1570m), Sedelce (1900m), Mala Ojstrica (2017m)