Planina Ravne - Molička peč (via planina Polšak)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards Stahovica and mountain pass Črnivec. A few hundred 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 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 hundred meters further a road which leads towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and mountain pasture Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off to the left (by the spot, where we leave the main road, there is a road sign approximately 11 km). Further, we drive on at first still asphalt road which is then ascending towards the plateau Dleskovška planota. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the left upper road which a few hundred meters further from turn-off towards the farm Planinšek becomes a 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 worse road, we then 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 which 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 a road towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off. Further, we drive on at first still asphalt road which is then ascending towards the plateau Dleskovška planota. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the left upper road which a few hundred meters further from turn-off towards the farm Planinšek becomes a 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 worse road, we then 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 which 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 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 harder 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 bend.
When we step on the cart track we continue left, on it we at first walk without major changes in altitude, and 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 across the grazing fence. Behind the grazing fence follows a short crossing, and 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 Lučka koča). Although the turn-off is marked, the path further on 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 gently descends, further it crosses slopes towards the right. When the crossing ends, we reach an indistinct little valley, where to the right branches off the path to the nearby hunting hut, 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, and then after a few minutes we reach 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 the dwarf pines join the larches, and somewhat higher, on a small grassy clearing we arrive at a junction, where we continue on the left path (right path leads to Križevnik, which is approximately 30 minutes from the junction).
From here onwards the path turns even somewhat more to the left, the larches by the path are increasingly replaced by dwarf pines, but the path is all the time nicely traceable and passable. After a shorter crossing we reach a grassy section, where there are several piles of cut dwarf pines and an ingenious small bench. From the mentioned section a nice view opens towards Dleskovec, Veliki vrh and Velika Zelenica, the path then returns to the belt of dwarf pines, through which the crossing continues. After some time the crossing ends, and the path starts to ascend more steeply and occasionally also to disappear, but with some care it can be followed. Higher the path becomes on a few shorter sections more rocky and gradually again less steep. When the path completely flattens, to the right opens a relatively nice passage towards the summit of Molička peč, to which there is a good 10 minutes of ascent.
From the place where we leave the trodden path we ascend a partly grassy slope which is surrounded by dwarf pines, so we carefully follow the cairns and look for passages, which are, if we left the path at the most suitable place, relatively easy. When we reach the summit we are rewarded with an exceptional view of the mountains above Robanov kot.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (August).

On the way: Planina Polšak (1695m)