The Kot Valley - Požgana Mlinarica

Access to starting point:
We leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Kranjska Gora. Just a little before the village of Dovje, the road which goes to Mojstrana (Vrata, Kot and Krma) branches off to the left from the main road. We follow the road ahead in the direction of the village of Radovna and the valleys of Krma and Kot. The relatively steep road then runs past the TNP sign, behind which the road soon flattens and brings us to a crossroads, where a macadam road into the Kot valley branches off to the right (straight to Radovna and Krma). We then follow this occasionally somewhat rough road to the parking lot, where we also notice the mountain signposts.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a wide cart track (poor road), which after a few minutes of easy walking brings us to the turning point (parking is not desirable here). Here the marked path towards Staničev dom slightly descends and crosses a torrent, and we continue slightly to the right on the cart track, which gently ascends on the right side of the torrent (left bank). After approximately 3 minutes of walking from the turning point, an unmarked hunting path branches off to the right from the cart track, by which we then continue the ascent. The path, which further at first ascends gently, quickly brings us to a stream, along which we ascend for a short time and then cross it. On the other side of the stream, the path in numerous zigzags ascends relatively steeply and brings us after a while out of the forest onto quite overgrown grassy slopes. From the path, views open up mainly towards Macesnovec, Luknja peč and Rjavina; higher up it hides again in the forest. When the trail brings us to an indistinct side ridge, we can in a few steps ascend to a nice vantage point, from which a view opens onto the peaks above the Kot and Krma valleys.
On the indistinct ridge, the path turns left (not along the ridge) and in a traversing ascent brings us to a small grass-covered scree field surrounded by numerous larches. The path then goes back into the forest, higher it turns right and after a somewhat longer traversing ascent brings us to the main ridge, where we continue sharply left.
The path ahead runs along a steep and relatively narrow forest-covered ridge (danger of slipping when wet). The path, which up to here is not too demanding, then brings us to the forepeak of Rušnata Mlinarica, where less experienced hikers can end the trip (the peak is recognisable by a large cairn). We continue along the ridge, which is increasingly overgrown with dwarf pines, but the passages are good as the dwarf pines are sawn. A little further on, the path brings us to a short steep step (at a torn cable), where we must climb 5 metres steeply upwards using the dwarf pines. The path, which runs along a relatively steep slope and occasionally narrow ridge, then brings us over numerous forepeaks and gullies to the bare and panoramic summit of Rušnata Mlinarica.
From Rušnata Mlinarica, we continue along the narrow and partly exposed ridge. The difficulty does not decrease and the path features a few more steep ascents and exposed traverses. We mostly bypass the difficulties on the left side of the ridge. Such a path leads us all the way to the panoramic summit of Požgana Mlinarica.

On the way: Rušnata Mlinarica (1777m)