Ravenska Kočna - Velika (Koroška) Baba (via Jenkova planina)

Access to starting point:
From the Gorenjska motorway, via Kranj or Preddvor, we drive to Zgornje Jezersko, then approximately 1 km after the Petrol filling station, we turn right in the direction of Planšarsko jezero and Češka koča. Further on, we drive past the mentioned lake, then the road leads us across a larger meadow, where the asphalt ends and from which a beautiful view opens up on the surrounding mountains, then the road returns into the forest, where it first crosses a torrent. A little further ahead, the road splits, and we continue on the right road (left: Gorniški center Davo Karničar and also the footpath to Jenkova planina and the former starting point for the mentioned mountain pasture), along which we quickly arrive at a large marked parking lot, where we park.

Path description:
Somewhere in the middle of the large parking lot a passage opens to the left, by which there are mountaineering signs for Velika Baba, Goli vrh and a sign for the hunting path to Ledine. We start the path on a cart track which brings us to the edge of a meadow, where on the left side we will spot the Gorniški center. We continue straight to the well-visible signs at the nearby junction, from which we continue straight in the direction of Velika Baba and Goli vrh (right Ledine). The path ahead still leads us on a cart track, which soon turns left, and further on ascends diagonally. Higher up, the path from the old starting point joins us from the left, i.e. the marked path from Planšarsko jezero. The cart track on which we walk then turns into a footpath, which ascends relatively steeply through the forest. After approximately an hour and a half of walking, we step out of the forest onto the abandoned and quite overgrown Jenkova planina.
On the planina we arrive at a junction, where we head right towards Velika Baba. The path initially runs across the meadows on the planina, then brings us into the forest, where it begins to ascend steeply. The path runs along the right (western) side of the ridge and continues ascending through increasingly sparse forest. The forest transitions into dwarf pines and on steep slopes we soon reach the border ridge. The path then runs along a quite narrow and unsecured ridge and brings us to Mala Baba (2014 m). Here the path becomes somewhat more demanding, and at a few spots also somewhat crumbly and exposed. Such a path, which continues along the ridge, brings us to the summit of Velika Baba in a few shorter descents and ascents.

On the way: Jenkova planina (1495m), Mala Baba (2018m)