Mačkin Kot (Enci) - Kašna planina

Access to starting point:
a) First, we drive to Gornji grad, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec and Kamnik. When we get to the settlement Šmiklavž, opposite the sign (cross) we continue right in the direction of the path over Mačkin Kot, company Mizarske and tesarske storitve Belaj Janez s.p. and Šmiklavž 16-26, 28-34. Further, we drive past individual houses, and then, when we cross the stream Mačkovec, the road starts ascending steeper, and we drive up it to the homestead Enci, near which we park in a suitable spot. At the starting point, there are no organized parking spots.
b) We drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards the mountain pass Črnivec and further to Gornji grad. When we descend to the settlement Šmiklavž, a few hundred meters ahead of the road sign 5 km, we turn left in the direction of the path over Mačkin Kot, company Mizarske and tesarske storitve Belaj Janez s.p. and Šmiklavž 16-26, 28-34. Further, we drive past individual houses, and then, when we cross the stream Mačkovec, the road starts ascending steeper, and we drive up it to the homestead Enci, near which we park in a suitable spot. At the starting point, there are no organized parking spots.

Path description:
From the crossroad at the homestead Enci we continue left and walk through the yard of a nearby homestead. Behind the houses, we continue across a pasture, and then the road passes into the forest, where it turns right, and further it ascends moderately. Higher a few more serpentines follow, and at the junctions we follow the road, not the cart tracks which branch off from the road. Higher, the road reaches an indistinct forested ridge, where it turns a little to the right, and in the middle of the turn a wider cart track branches off to the right, on which we can continue towards Lepenatka, but we continue on the road until we reach the main ridge between Kranjska reber and Lepenatka (saddle Kunšperk).
As soon as we reach the ridge, we continue left on a marked footpath (right Lepenatka), which first ascends moderately, then steeply along the forested ridge. During the ascent, the path leads us over a short jump, then it gradually flattens and higher brings us to a forest road.
When we reach the road, looking to the right opens a view on the two-thousanders of Kamnik Savinja Alps, and we continue on the road which bypasses Kašni vrh on the left side, and when after a few minutes of diagonal ascent we reach the road leading from the mountain pass Črnivec towards the mountain pass Volovljek, we continue a few steps to the right, then at the next crossroad left upwards towards Kašna planina.
The path ahead crosses a grazing fence, and then we continue the ascent on the road or on a marked shortcut. Wherever we continue, after about 5 minutes we will come to the hut on Kašna planina.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (July).

On the way: Sedlo Kunšperk (1119m), Na Kalu (1242m)

Trip can be extended to: Bivak na Kalu , Lepenatka , Kranjska reber ( 20 min) , Rogatec