Ravenska Kočna - Kranjska Rinka (hunting path)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway we take the exit Kranj - east and continue on the road towards Jezersko. At Zgornje Jezersko, just past the petrol station, we notice a road branching off to the right from the main road (direction Planšarsko jezero). The road then leads us past the mentioned lake and after it rises steeply for a short time. Higher up the road levels out and at the beginning of a large meadow loses its asphalt surface. We then follow the gravel road to the marked larger parking area, where parking is chargeable (10 EUR per day, data from 2026).

Route description:
Somewhere in the middle of the large parking area a passage opens to the left, marked with mountain signs for Velika Baba, Goli vrh and a board for the hunting path to Ledine. We start the path along a cart track that takes us to the edge of the meadow, where we will see the Mountain Center on the left side. We continue straight to the clearly visible signs at the nearby junction, from which we continue right (straight ahead Goli vrh, Velika Baba) in the direction of the Planinski dom na Ledinah (marked Vadine on the board). The path continues for some time through the forest, then under the walls of Velika (Koroška) Baba the forest begins to thin, and the path increasingly passes through dwarf pine. A little further we cross a mighty torrent, which we had on our right side the whole time, then we join the path from the lower station of the freight cable car, where the starting point used to be.
We continue following the signs for Kranjska koča, walking along the torrent only for a short time or until the beginning of the steeper part of the path.
Further on the path rises steeply, and at exposed places we are helped by steel cables, reliable pitons and some carved steps that make the ascent one level easier. On this section, especially when wet and during descent, there is an increased risk of slipping, otherwise the path is not technically overly demanding.
Higher up the slope gradually becomes gentler and the path easier, but since it runs on shady northern exposures, the terrain is often damp and slippery. Soon we reach a viewpoint with a bench, and nearby there is also a memorial to the tragic helicopter accident on 29 June 1975, which was the first helicopter accident in mountain rescue in Slovenia. From here we still have about 20 minutes of easy ascent to Kranjska koča na Ledinah.
At the hut the path branches, and we continue left in the direction of Okrešelj, Ledinski vrh and Baba (right the Slovenian path into the valley of Ravenske Kočne), where we first ascend gently, then moderately. There follows a short secured but easy ascent, then from our path Rudijeva vertikala branches slightly left towards Velika Koroška Baba.
We continue slightly right, at the next junction we go slightly left (the slightly right path leads towards the foot of the scree slopes of Ledenik pod Skuto). There follows an ascent to the GRS hut or the path markers' hut, then through dwarf pine we ascend to a short demanding section where we cross a short rock slab with the help of a steel cable. On the other side of the secured section we ascend steeply for a few minutes, and when the path and slope level out the path soon branches.
We continue on the slightly right path in the direction of Kranjska and Koroška Rinka or the path over Križ (slightly left Jezersko sedlo), where we first ascend over a grassy slope that higher up turns into scree. Across the scree we ascend transversely to the left, then reach the marked junction below the Križ gully, from where we turn sharply right towards the Rinkas (straight ahead Okrešelj).
The path ahead rises past a natural window, then turns slightly right and in ascent crosses the steep western slopes. Further on it turns left and rises steeply along a steel cable. Soon we reach the northern side of the mountain, where some easier climbing follows over broken rock without protection. When we step again onto the western slopes, the path again rises very steeply along a steel cable, from where a wonderful view opens onto the precipitous walls of Skuta. There follows a quite exposed traverse on the western side of the mountain, then the path turns left again and rises almost vertically with the help of protection. When we again reach the northern slopes, only a short ascent along a steel cable remains to the very summit of Koroška Rinka.
From Koroška Rinka or Križ as many also call the summit we descend to the other, south-eastern side of the mountain, where we begin to descend steeply along a fairly loose gully that lower down widens into scree, along which we continue towards the small valley between the Rinkas. Before we reach the small valley we arrive at a marked junction, where we turn right in the direction of Kranjska Rinka (left Turski žleb and Bivak pod Skuto).
The path ahead first ascends transversely over the slopes of Koroška Rinka, then the path turns slightly left and approaches the saddle that connects Kranjska with Koroška Rinka.
Further on we ascend first steeply, then very steeply over the rocky slope of Kranjska Rinka, and when we reach the main ridge of the mountain the path levels out, and we quickly reach the highest summit in the group of four Rinkas.

Starting point - junction by the torrent 0:45, junction by the torrent - Kranjska koča 1:30, Kranjska koča - junction of Rudijeva vertikala 0:05, junction of Rudijeva vertikala - junction below Jezersko sedlo 0:35, junction below Jezersko sedlo - Križ 0:35, Križ - Koroška Rinka 1:00, Koroška Rinka - junction below Koroška Rinka 0:10, junction below Koroška Rinka - Kranjska Rinka 0:20.

Along the route: Kranjska koča na Ledinah (1011m), Koroška Rinka (1261m), Kranjska koča na Ledinah (1700m), Odcep Rudijeve vertikale (1706m), Koča GRS (1768m), Razpotje pod Jezerskim sedlom (1911m), Križ (2114m), Koroška Rinka (2433m), Razpotje pod Koroško Rinko (2342m)

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