Ravenska Kočna - Štajerska Rinka (Slovenska pot)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Kranj–East exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. In Zgornje Jezersko, just a little after the gas station, we will notice a road that branches off to the right from the main road (direction Planšarsko jezero). The road then leads us past the mentioned lake and behind it steeply ascends for a short time. Higher up, the road flattens and at the beginning of a large meadow loses its asphalt surface. We then follow the macadam road to a marked larger parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the macadam road following the signs »Češka koča, Ledine« and after approximately 15 minutes of walking, we come to a cargo cableway.
From the former parking lot at the cargo cableway, we head onto the path that goes between both cableways (the lower station of the cargo cableway to Kranjska koča burned down in June 2015) and then slightly upwards. The path soon leaves the forest and continues through dwarf pines. After some time, the path brings us to a gully named Žrelo. Here we are at a junction, where we continue left (straight ahead is the path through Žrelo), and the path then immediately becomes a climbing path. The path is well secured, but caution is still needed because of wet rocks. The path over the short wall is quite exposed in places, but full of nice views. When we climb this section, the path returns to the dwarf pines, through which we then ascend on a well-made path. We continue quite steeply upwards and soon the path through Žrelo joins from the right. From here to Kranjska koča, we have only a few dozen steps of easy walking.
From the hut, we continue left towards the east in the direction of Ledinski vrh, Mrzla gora and Babe. The path, which is initially quite gentle, brings us to a junction in a few minutes, where we take the right path (left is the climbing path to Babe). The path ahead becomes only slightly steeper and brings us to a somewhat more difficult passage over a rocky section. Here a steel cable assists us, but the passage when dry is not difficult. The path then brings us to the wide slopes below Ledinski vrh, from which there is a nice view towards the glacier below Skuta, which we can see on the right side. The path ahead ascends moderately and brings us to the next marked junction just a few dozen meters before Jezersko sedlo, where we continue right in the direction of Koroška Rinka or Križ (left Ledinski vrh, Velika Baba, Mrzla gora).
The path ahead ascends moderately over less steep scree, then joins the path from Logarska dolina.
The path ahead ascends past a natural window and then turns slightly to the right and crosses steep western slopes in ascent. The path then turns left and steeply ascends along the steel cable. Soon we reach the northern slopes of the mountain and some easy climbing follows on rugged rock without fixed protection. We reach the western slopes again, where the path once more ascends very steeply along the steel cable. From here there is also a very nice view of the precipitous walls of Skuta. A quite exposed traverse follows on the western side of the mountain, then the path turns left again and ascends almost vertically along the steel cable. We reach the northern slopes of the mountain again and a shorter ascent along the steel cable follows to the summit of Koroška Rinka.
From Križ or Koroška Rinka, we descend to the other side on a path that steeply descends towards the valley between Kranjska and Koroška Rinka. The path ahead first runs through a crumbly gully, then transitions to scree, where we quickly reach a junction, continuing left towards Turski žleb (right Kranjska Rinka 15 minutes) and then immediately left again onto a somewhat less trodden path leading towards the summit of Štajerska Rinka. After approximately 10 minutes of further ascent, we step onto the panoramic summit of Štajerska Rinka.
Ravenska Kočna - Ledine 2:00, Ledine - Koroška Rinka 2:15, Koroška Rinka - Štajerska Rinka 15 minutes.

Along the route: Kranjska koča na Ledinah mountain hut (1700m), Koroška Rinka (2433m)

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