Planina Dol - Rzenik (west path)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec. Only a few hundred meters before the mentioned mountain pass we notice signs for Kranjski Rak, which point us sharply left onto a narrow and at first also quite steep road. The road higher up flattens and then brings us to the mountain pass Volovjek, where immediately behind the inn Kranjski Rak we turn left onto a road in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we drive on a macadam road, which higher up brings us to the next slightly larger crossroad. We continue right (straight to mountain pasture Kisovec) and follow the moderately ascending road past the parking lot Ušivec. From the mentioned parking lot we continue on a somewhat rougher macadam road, which we follow at the crossroads in the direction of the mountain pasture Planina Dol. After some time the road starts to descend steeply, and we follow it to a marked parking lot near the mountain pasture Planina Dol.
From the Savinjska Valley we first drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When we come to the mountain pass Volovjek (Kranjski Rak) we continue right in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we follow the description above.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which barely noticeably descends towards the western part of the mountain pasture. After a few minutes of easy walking we will notice a shepherd hut on the left side, and we continue on the macadam road for a few tens of meters ahead, to the spot where on a tree we notice signs for Konj, which point us right across a meadow (left Velika planina, straight valley Kamniška Bistrica - bottom cableway station to Velika planina). The path ahead moderately ascends across the meadow, and then transitions into the forest, where it turns right and gradually starts to ascend steeper and steeper. Next follows approximately 20 minutes of steep ascent through the forest, and then the path brings us to a smaller viewpoint. Here the path turns left and also flattens somewhat. We continue on a moderately steep path, where from increasingly sparse forest we soon pass into a belt of dwarf pines. A short ascent follows on a well-trodden path through the dwarf pines and the path brings us to mountain pasture Rzenik, at the edge of which we notice a shepherd hut.
At the hut we leave the marked path which leads to Konj and head somewhat left and walk to the western part of the partly overgrown mountain pasture. Here we will among the dwarf pines notice a less well-trodden path, which leads us into a dense belt of dwarf pines, through which runs an otherwise cleared but high-grass-overgrown path. The moderately steep path gradually turns more and more towards the left, then, when it reaches the ridge, turns right and brings us after a few minutes of further walking to the grassy summit.

Along the route: Planina Rzenik (1654m)

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