Planina Ravne - Velika Zelenica (via Dleskovec)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards Stahovica and mountain pass Črnivec. 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 on Velika planina, right Štajerski Rak) and start descending towards Luče. Lower the road flattens a little and brings us into a valley Podvolovljek. Further at first we drive past the turn-off of the road which leads into a valley Lučka Bela, after that also past Bar pri Gamsu. After the bar, we need to pay attention, because only few 100 meters further road which leads towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and 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, 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 Podveža). Further a little rough 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.
B) First, we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When by the road we notice a sign road 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, 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 Podveža). Further a little rough road, we then follow to the beginning of the mountain pasture Ravne, where we park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
At the beginning of the mountain pasture Ravne (also Ravni) we notice wooden mountain signposts for Veliki vrh, Korošica, Molička planina and Dolga trata, which point us to the left towards the nearby cottage, which is situated on the edge of the mountain pasture. We bypass the cottage on the left side, and then we pass into a narrow lane of a forest, where blazes lead left. The path ahead leads us through the clearing, through which it ascends diagonally in the forest. Further, we are ascending through the forest, where we soon cross a grazing fence. Higher, the forest starts to get thinner, or changing into a lane of dwarf pines. On some spots a little worse beaten, but all the time easy to follow footpath higher flattens and brings us on the bottom edge of pastures Dolge trate. Here the path entirely flattens and in few 10 strides of additional walking brings us to the shepherd hut on Dolge trate.
At shepherd hut, where there is a smaller marked crossing we continue right in the direction of Dleskovec (left mountain pasture Molička planina, Veliki vrh and Korošica). Further unmarked footpath on the left side bypasses the nearby cross and passes into dwarf pines through which it starts moderately ascending. From the cross ahead for some time we follow beaten and partly cutted path, after that when it flattens and it brings us to a smaller sinkhole, it suddenly almost entirely vanishes. Here we continue on the left side of a sinkhole and we ascend among dwarf pines on the left and broken rocky slope on the right. Steep part quickly ends and "path" then quickly brings us on a panoramic peak.
From the top of Dleskovec we continue towards the north, where worse footpath, by which we notice few smaller cairns, gradually brings us to a smaller valley. The footpath which is then moderately to occasionally a little more steeply descending, continues a little to the left from the small valley, where it runs on a partly grassy slope surrounded by dwarf pines. Lower the footpath descends right into the small valley, and then joins the marked path from the mountain pasture Ravne or from the end of the road a little above the mountain pasture.
We follow a marked path to the left, and it soon brings us to a crossing, where from the left joins a marked path over Dolge Trate. Here we continue straight, and only a little ahead we get to the spot, where the path on Veliki vrh branches off to the right.
At this spot, we leave a wide path which leads towards Korošica and we continue right following the signs Veliki vrh. Further, we are ascending on a little less beaten path which continues through a lane of dwarf pines. After approximately 15 minutes of additional walking, the path passes on more rocky terrain, where the footpath becomes even a little less beaten. The path which is further well-marked with cairns and new blazes, ascends on the right side of the scree, where it leads us below smaller cliffs. The steepness then decreases and after approximately 10 minutes of additional walking, we get to more grassy terrain. Here we go left upwards and we continue on a less beaten footpath which leads towards the saddle between Veliki vrh on the left and Velika Zelenica on the right. In the upper part of the ascent, we stick a little more to the right, because the slope below Veliki vrh is becoming very steep. When we walk the steep part, the path suddenly flattens and brings us on ample grassy slopes.
Here we continue right (left Veliki vrh) and on a gentle grassy slope we ascend on the nearby peak.

On the way: Planina Dolga trata (1835m), Dleskovec (1965m), Sedelce (1840m)