Planina Podvežak - Ojstrica (via Mala Ojstrica)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Luče, then continue the drive into the Podvolovjek valley (direction Kamnik and Kranjski Rak). At the road marker between 11 and 11.5 km, we arrive at a smaller intersection, where the road towards the farm Planinšek and mountain pastures Podvežak, Ravne and Vodole branches off to the right (the turn-off is marked). We head onto this initially still asphalted road, following it at intersections in the direction of the mountain pasture Podvežak. After a relatively long and in the upper part also worse macadam road, we arrive at the parking lot below the mountain pasture Podvežak (at the starting point there is a barrier and numerous hiking signposts).
From Kamnik we drive towards the pass Črnivec, but only to the intersection where the road towards Kranjski Rak branches off sharply to the left (the turn-off is marked and is located only 500 m before the mentioned pass). At the intersection at Kranjski Rak we continue straight on the main road, which starts descending into the Podvolovjek valley. In the mentioned valley, only 100 m past the Gams bar, we arrive at an intersection where the road towards the farm Planinšek and mountain pastures Podvežak, Ravne and Vodole branches off to the left (the turn-off is marked). Continue as per the description above.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the footpath (or road) in the direction of the mountain pasture Podvežak. Both the road and the footpath, which during the ascent crosses a forest road, bring us in 15 minutes of moderate ascent to the shepherd's hut on the mountain pasture Podvežak, from which a beautiful view opens towards Rogatec and Lepenatka.
From the mountain pasture, we continue on the marked but initially poorly visible path, which soon enters the forest. The path through the forest ascends somewhat more steeply, then transitions into a smaller unwooded valley, above which it completely flattens. This is followed by a few minutes of crossing the slopes below the side ridge of Deska, then the path brings us to a less noticeable junction, where an unmarked path branches off to the left towards Deska and Vodotočno jezero. We continue straight on the marked path, which descends into a pleasant grassy plain, then turns somewhat to the right and ascends through a belt of dwarf pines. At the top of the ascent, the path from the mountain pasture Vodole joins from the right; we continue left, cross the grazing fence, and after a few more steps arrive at Inkretov studenec, which is located just a few meters from the path.
This is followed only by a gentle 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 the chapel on Molička peč (mountain pasture)). The path ahead crosses the slopes below Tolsti vrh for some time, then transitions to the plateau-like terrain of Dleskovška planota, which is riddled with numerous sinkholes and caves. The path, continuing with some shorter ascents and descents, quickly brings us to a junction where the path from Robanov kot and the mountain pasture Ravne joins from the right.
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 Kocbekova pot in the direction of Ojstrica and Mala Ojstrica (straight down Kocbekov dom na Korošici). From the saddle, the path first gently descends across a pleasant grassy slope, then turns right, where it begins to ascend transversely towards the east. After a short ascent, the path brings us to the ridge of Mala Ojstrica (here the path from Molička planina joins from the right), 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 more minutes of walking below the indistinct summit of Mala Ojstrica, which we recognize by the miniature Aljažev stolp (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 to the ridge, where we cross steep and slippery-prone 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 over an increasingly rocky slope brings us below the summit slope of Ojstrica. The path ahead begins to ascend steeply through rugged rocky terrain and starts turning increasingly to the left. Further, the path gently flattens, crosses very steep slopes, then with the aid of pegs begins to ascend steeply again. The path, which provides 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 the increasingly panoramic path quickly brings us to the summit of Ojstrica.
Planina Podvežak - Sedelce 2:00, Sedelce - Ojstrica 1:30.

On the way: Planina Podvežak (1564m), Sedelce (1900m), Mala Ojstrica (2017m)