Ravenska Kočna - Mrzla gora (hunting path)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway we turn onto the exit Kranj - east and continue following 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 past the mentioned lake and after it rises steeply for a short time. Higher up the road levels out and at the beginning of the large meadow loses its asphalt surface. We then follow the gravel road to the marked larger parking area, where parking is paid (10 EUR per day, data from 2026).

Route description:
WARNING: The path to Mrzla gora is very demanding and dangerous!
Mrzla gora is considered by many to be the most demanding marked mountain in the Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe. The path is very demanding mainly due to the lack or complete absence of protection in its upper part, which requires the climber to have reliable independent climbing in high exposure.

Somewhere in the middle of the large parking area a passage opens to the left, next to which are mountain markings for Velika Baba, Goli vrh and a sign 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 Mountaineering 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 (on the sign Vadine). The path ahead continues for some time through the forest, then under the walls of Velika (Koroška) Baba the forest begins to thin out 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 walking, 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 markings for Kranjska koča, along the torrent we walk only a short time or until the beginning of the steeper part of the path.
Further on the path rises steeply, at exposed places we are helped by 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, 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 splits, 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 protected but easy ascent, then from our path Rudijeva vertikala branches off slightly to the 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 with the help of a cable we cross a short rock slab. On the other side of the protected section we ascend steeply for a few minutes, when the path and slope level out the path soon splits.
We continue on the slightly left path that leads towards Jezersko sedlo (slightly right Križ) and ascend steeply for a few more minutes, higher up it levels out and with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains takes us to the junction at Jezersko sedlo.
At the saddle we head right downhill in the direction of Savinjsko sedlo (straight ahead leads the path to Ledinski vrh and Velika Koroška Baba), where we first descend steeply over crumbly terrain, then cross scree slopes to the left (this section of the path runs entirely on Austrian state territory). In the final part of the crossing there follows a short ascent to the ridge, along which we continue to the nearby Savinjsko sedlo, where we return to the state border.
We continue in the direction of Okrešelj and first descend moderately, then steeply through dwarf pine, where after a short steep descent we reach the site of the former Bivak pod Mrzlim vrhom, where only foundations are visible.
Further on we still descend steeply for a few minutes through dwarf pine and partly through karstified terrain, lower down we reach extensive scree slopes along which we descend to a junction where the path to Križ branches off to the right or another path from the direction of Kranjska koča na Ledinah joins from the right.
We continue slightly left and continue descending, from the scree we arrive in more grassy terrain where the path splits once more.
This time we choose the left path, next to which there are markings for the very demanding path to Mrzla gora (right downhill Okrešelj), where we first ascend through a belt of sparse dwarf pine, then arrive at a traverse across a rock slab.
To continue the path, due to the high crumbly nature of the terrain and consequently the high danger of falling rocks, a helmet is mandatory.
The path then takes us into a gully which we only cross, then a very demanding ascent begins.
Here we initially ascend steeply along the walls of Mrzla gora. In the initial part we are still helped by quite a few protections, which however end higher up, so we continue the path over exposed unprotected terrain.
There follows an unprotected ascent over a pyramid-shaped slope, where due to the considerable steepness we take care not to dislodge rocks and endanger hikers below us. Before reaching the top of the "pyramid", we get the feeling that this is already the summit itself, but when we step onto the point we see that the ridge path continues. There follows a very exposed crossing of a narrow ledge which we also do without protection, then the path turns left and ascends over a very steep slope above the ledge we have just crossed. The path continues along a scenic and in places still quite exposed ridge. We follow such a path all the way to the summit of Mrzla gora, but when we reach it we must not forget that a very demanding descent still awaits us.

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 - Jezersko sedlo 0:20, Jezersko sedlo - Savinjsko sedlo 0:15, Savinjsko sedlo - Former bivouac under Mrzlim vrhom 0:05, former bivouac under Mrzlim vrhom - junction for Križ 0:10, junction for Križ - junction for Mrzla gora 0:05, junction for Mrzla gora - gully below Mrzla gora 0:30, gully below Mrzla gora - Mrzla gora 1:20.

Along the route: Kranjska koča na Ledinah (1011m), Nad Prodi (1261m), Kranjska koča na Ledinah (1700m), Bivak pod Mrzlim vrhom (1706m), Koča GRS (1768m), Razpotje pod Jezerskim sedlom (1911m), Jezersko sedlo (2026m), Savinjsko sedlo (1999m), Nekdanji Bivak pod Mrzlim vrhom (1968m), Odcep za Križ (1878m), Odcep za Mrzlo goro (1831m), Grapa pod Mrzlo goro (1978m)

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