Podvolovljek (Petkov graben) - Rogatec

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec. Only few 100 meters before the mentioned mountain pass we notice signs for Kranjski Rak, which point us sharply left on a narrow and at first also quite steep road. The road higher flattens and then brings us to mountain pass Volovljek, from where we start descending towards Podvolovljek. After we cross Petkov graben, we will on the right notice a road sign 8 km, and on the left side of the road appropriate space for parking.
B) From Gornji Grad we drive towards Kamnik, after that only few 100 meters after mountain pass Črnivec we continue right in the direction of Kranjski Rak. Further, we follow the description above.
C) From the valley Savinjska dolina at first we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When the road starts ascending steeper towards the mountain pass Volovljek, we need to pay attention to the road sign. When we get to the road sign 8 km, we park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
At the road sign 8 km from the main road towards the east forest road branches off, on which we start our tour. First, we are ascending diagonally on the road which leads us on a slope of the hill Ker (895 meters). On the part, where the road makes a longer right turn, for some time a view opens up a little towards Raduha, Mali Rogatec and Kunšperski vrh. At some crossings or crossroads we continue on "main" road, from which more often beautiful views are opening up on peaks of plateau Dleskovška planota. Higher, at the crossroad of two relatively "equivalent" roads we continue left, and from the mentioned crossroad we walk on the road to a smaller saddle between Mali Rogatec on the left and Kunšperski vrh on the right.
We continue on the road and we follow it to its end. From the end of the road, we continue on the upper path, left bottom path leads towards Podvolovljek, and next to it we can notice old blazes. Next follows crossing of steeper slope, where we get some help from fixed safety gear. When after less than 5 minutes we reach the end of other road, slightly to the right we will notice the continuation of the path which leads towards the bivouac Bivak na Kalu. Next follows an ascent through the forest, where we notice some old blazes, and easy to follow but badly beaten path we follow all the way to bivouac Bivak na Kalu.
From the bivouac, we walk to a marked crossing, which is situated few 10 strides ahead, on the saddle between Veliki Rogatec on the left and Lepenatka on the right.
From the crossing, we continue left in the direction of the climbing path on Veliki Rogatec (slightly left Rogatec past Zgornji Špeh, straight Sveti Lenart, right Lepenatka). The path ahead turns a little to the left and it brings us to the entrance into a climbing part. Next follows a steep ascent on a slope, which is partly rocky and partly grassy, and then the path turns slightly to the right, where it continues steeply ascending, this time through a thin forest. Higher, the path brings us on a ridge, from which a nice view opens up on Kamnik Savinja Alps. We continue left, where at first we get help from few iron spikes, and we are then ascending on unsecured and partly precipitous ridge. After few minutes ridge passes into the forest, through which it few times steeply ascends. Higher, the forest starts to get thinner, and a little below the summit we step entirely out of the forest, and to the nearby peak we have only few 10 strides with nice views.
The climbing part of the path technically isn't too demanding, but it isn't secured and therefore in wet it is very dangerous for slipping.
Podvolovljek - Bivak na Kalu 2:30, Bivak na Kalu - Veliki Rogatec 50 minutes.

On the way: Bivak na Kalu (1285m)