Ravenska Kočna - Velika (Koroška) Baba (on Slovenska and climbing way)

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

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a 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 go on the path which goes between the both cableways (bottom station of a cargo cableway on the mountain hut Kranjska koča in June 2015 burned down) 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 the crossing, where we continue left (straight path through Žrelo), and the path then immediately becomes climbing. The path is well secured, but still caution is needed because of wet rocks. The path over shorter wall is in some parts also quite exposed, but full of nice views. When we climb this part, the path returns in dwarf pines, through which we are then ascending on a well-made path. We continue relatively steeply upwards and soon from the right joins the path through Žrelo. From here to the mountain hut Kranjska koča we have only few 10 strides of easy walking.
From the mountain hut, we continue left towards the east in the direction of Ledinski vrh, Mrzla gora and Babe. The path in few minutes brings us to a crossing, where we go left following the signs “V. Baba”. The path then slightly descends and brings us below the mountain walls of Ledinski vrh. Here we turn to the left and the path becomes demanding. By the steel cable we cross steep slopes towards the north and then we turn slightly to the right, and we cross a wide gully. Because of avalanches on this spot the snow can stay also late in the summer.
Next follows again a little steeper ascent by the steel cable, and the path is becoming also more and more crumbly, therefore it is also mandatory to use a helmet. Further, the path few more times ascends towards the east and north, and then follows a short descent into a wide gully between Ledinski vrh and Velika Baba. From the gully we ascend on the other side and then follows an ascent on steep rocky plates towards the north. On this part, the path isn't crumbly anymore, but it is very steep and often also wet. Next a short steep ascent follows with the help of few stemples and then again the ascent on rocky plates by rare dwarf pines all the way to a crossing, where from the right side joins an easier path from the saddle Jezersko sedlo.
The path further becomes a little less demanding and is still ascending towards the north. Later, the path turns to the left and avoids steep walls on the west side of the mountain. After that, the path crosses the western slopes towards the north, and in the last part turns to the right and a short ascent follows towards a very panoramic summit.
The starting point - Kranjska koča 2:00, Kranjska koča - Velika Baba 1:45.

On the way: Kranjska koča na Ledinah mountain hut (1700m)