Olipova planina - Weinasch/Vajnež (via Hrašenska planina)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, we take the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After a few km of driving, we will get to a crossroads, where the road to Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the direction of Jesenice left). Only a few meters ahead, at the next crossroads, we turn left towards Moste (right Žirovnica). Further, we drive past a monument to fallen soldiers, where the road starts ascending on a hill below the railway track. At the top of the slope, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), but we continue towards Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and brings us to a crossroads, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left. We take the mentioned road (straight Koča pri izviru Završnice), which starts gently at first, then steeper and steeper, ascending on an occasionally quite rough road (the steepest parts are paved with asphalt). Higher up, the road brings us to a somewhat larger crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Potoška planina (right Doslovška planina). The road then flattens and a little further brings us to the next crossroads, where the road towards Valvasorjev dom branches off to the right, and we continue on the left lower road, which then for quite some time continues without major changes in altitude. The road then leads us past the turn-off of the path to Ajdna and then starts ascending steeper on an occasionally quite poor road. The road then flattens again and past Potoška planina brings us to the spring Urbas, near which there are a few smaller parking spots. We continue driving, and the road leads us across some smaller crossroads, where we always stick to the most used one. The road then ascends steeply again and a little higher brings us to a larger parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a worse macadam road which gradually changes into a wide cart track, which past a trough, or water basin, brings us to the edge of the mountain pasture Stamare, from which a nice view of the Julian Alps opens up.
From the mountain pasture, we continue right past the shepherd and hunting hut on an initially slightly less visible path, which goes higher into the forest and joins a wider path that comes from the other part of the mountain pasture. Further, the path turns slightly right and starts to ascend steeply. Higher, the path leaves the forest for slopes covered with brushwood and turns somewhat to the left. A gentle traversing ascent follows and the path brings us to Hrašenska planina, where we notice a shepherd hut.
Here, before crossing the grazing fence, we turn right and ascend on an initially still easily followable path. After a short ascent through brushwood, the path goes onto slightly vegetated grassy slopes, where it starts to disappear (look for cairns). Further, we follow the occasionally barely visible path, which traverses the slopes to the east. The path then becomes easier to follow again and brings us to the sheepfold hut on the mountain pasture below Belščica.
From the mountain pasture, we continue in a gentle traversing ascent towards the bivouac (direction east), which we already see ahead and reach after a good 10 minutes of further walking.
Just a little left of the bivouac, we will notice a less visible path, which continues ascending to the east. Further, we ascend on the mentioned path, which traverses across occasionally somewhat steeper slopes. The path, which crosses two more pronounced gullies, then brings us higher to a marked path, which we follow to the right, but only to the place where the sign for Vajnež directs us left upwards.
Here we leave the marked path again, along which we walked only a few meters, and continue the ascent on a barely visible path, which after a short ascent brings us to the edge of the main ridge of the Karawanks. We then follow this path, which gradually turns into easier pathless terrain, to the panoramic summit.
In fog, orientation on the entire path is difficult.
Starting point - planina Stamare 15 minutes, planina Stamare - Hrašenska planina 45 minutes, Hrašenska planina - bivouac on Belščica 40 minutes, bivouac on Belščica - Vajnež 1:10.

On the way: Planina Stamare (1400m), Hrašenska planina (1670m), Bivak na Belščici (1750m)

Trip can be extended to: Hochstuhl/Stol