Planina Ravne - Križevnik

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards Stahovica and mountain pass Črnivec. A few 100 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 of Lučka Bela, after that also past the bar Pri Gamsu. After the bar, we need to pay attention, because only a few 100 meters further the road which leads towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and mountain pasture Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off to the left (at the spot where we leave the main road there is a road sign approximately 11 km). Further, we drive on a road that is at first still asphalt, which then ascends towards the plateau Dleskovška planota. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the upper left road, which a few 100 meters further from the turn-off towards the farm Planinšek becomes macadam, and a little further it brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne (left mountain pasture Podvežak). Further on a somewhat rougher road, then we follow to the beginning of the mountain pasture Ravne, where we park on an appropriate place by the road.
From the main road to the mountain pasture Ravne is approximately 10 km, of this approximately 4 km macadam.
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 the road towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off. Further, we drive on a road that is at first still asphalt, which then ascends towards the plateau Dleskovška planota. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the upper left road, which a few 100 meters further from the turn-off towards the farm Planinšek becomes macadam, and a little further it brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne (left mountain pasture Podvežak). Further on a somewhat rougher road, then we follow to the beginning of the mountain pasture Ravne, where we park on an appropriate place by the road.
From the main road to the mountain pasture Ravne is approximately 10 km, of this approximately 4 km macadam.

Path description:
From the starting point through the mountain pasture we walk to the shepherd hut, which we bypass on the right side, so that we continue in the direction of the mountain pasture Molička planina and mountain pasture Polšak (on the left side of the hut leads the path over Dolga trata). Behind the hut the path is at first a little hard to follow, but the blazes help us, and a little ahead we join the cart track which from the road on the mountain pasture Ravne branches off at the right turn.
When we step on the cart track we continue left, on it we at first walk without large changes in altitude, then we start gently to moderately ascending. After a few minutes we reach an indistinct saddle between Dleskovec on the left and Smrekovec on the right. Here from the right joins the path from the end of the road, and we continue straight over the grazing fence. Behind the grazing fence follows a short traverse, then we arrive at the next marked junction, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Polšak (left Korošica, Molička planina, by the junction there are signs for mountain hut Lučka koča). Even though the turn-off is marked, the path further is no longer marked, exceptions are occasional unofficial signs with a red line.
After a short initial ascent the path flattens, then for some time it lightly descends, further it crosses slopes towards the right. When the traverse ends we reach an indistinct little valley, where to the right branches off the path to the nearby hunting cottage, and we continue left and ascend through the little valley, where the path leads past the water catchment. Through a pleasant little valley surrounded by sparse larch forest we gently to moderately ascend, then already after a few minutes we reach the mountain pasture Polšak, in the middle of which there is a newer shepherd hut (the old one burned down).
From the hut we continue somewhat to the right (direction north), then we return to the sparse larch forest, and the path after a few minutes brings us to a wooden trough with water, where usually the water flows very slowly, as it is a small spring. During the gentle ascent dwarf pines join the larches, and somewhat higher, on a small grassy clearing we arrive at a junction, where we continue on the slightly right path (slightly left Veliki vrh, Jamarski bivak...), so that we bypass the small sinkhole on the right side. Further the path starts to ascend transversely mostly towards the right, occasionally it ascends more steeply as well. Higher the path passes among the dwarf pines and gradually brings us with ever better views alongside the ridge of Križevnik, alongside which it continues all the way to the very scenic and precipitous summit.
Planina Ravne - mountain pasture Polšak 1:00, mountain pasture Polšak - Križevnik 1:00.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (August).

On the way: Planina Polšak (1695m)