Tržič - Zavetišče na Kalu (via Kamnek)
Starting point: Tržič (530 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3647°N 14.3103°E 
Path name: via Kamnek
Time of walking: 2 h 40 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 582 m
Altitude difference (by path): 700 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway we take the Ljubelj (Tržič) exit, then before the gas station in Bistrica pri Tržiču we turn right downhill, where we quickly arrive in Tržič. At the intersection past the Mercator store we turn left in the direction of the Tržič Museum, but we continue driving along Koroška cesta, which we follow through the town center to the nearby pizzeria. Here we turn right through the old courtyard gates and then past the parking lot for pizzeria guests and the children's playground we drive to the parking lot by the castle.
Path description:
From the parking lot by the castle we first descend the stairs, then continue left on a wide path, from which a nice view of Tržič opens up. A little further on we arrive at the chapel, where we continue straight in the direction of Radetzkyjeva pot. We continue the ascent on a gently sloping path, then an arrow on a tree directs us right, where we quickly arrive at the nearby gardens. Above the gardens the path enters the forest and starts to ascend steeply. Further on the well-marked path leads past some junctions, then gradually transitions to an increasingly panoramic ridge. Here a marked path branches off slightly to the left, which bypasses the peak Kamnek, and we continue slightly right and after 3 minutes of further walking ascend to the panoramic Kamnek (on maps Kamnik).
From Kamnek we continue straight along the initially still panoramic ridge, then the path enters a low forest and starts descending. When the path levels out, the path to Slap branches off to the right, and from the left the previously mentioned path that bypasses Kamnek joins us.
We continue straight and begin to ascend gently to moderately along the Pirmance ridge. When the ridge becomes quite steep, the marked path turns left onto somewhat less steep slopes, across which we continue diagonally to the right. After a few minutes the forest thins out somewhat and the path returns to the ridge, which we reach right on a smaller saddle between the peaks Pirmance and Veliki vrh.
Here an unmarked path to Veliki vrh nad Završnikom branches off slightly to the left (5 minutes), and we continue slightly right onto the eastern side of the mountain, where we then cross the slopes of Veliki vrh. The slope quickly levels out and the path brings us to a grassy ridge, along which with nice views we descend to the nearby road. We merely cross the wider macadam road and continue the ascent along a wide cart track in the direction of Kofce. At the nearby holiday cottage the cart track ends, and we continue slightly right onto a forest path that starts to ascend more steeply through the forest. The path further leads along an occasionally quite steep ridge, then both the path and the slope level out and bring us to a cart track. Along the cart track we descend to a smaller saddle, where the path from the Završnik farm joins from the left, and we continue slightly right and proceed along a wide and gently sloping path, along which in 10 minutes of further walking we arrive at Kal, where there is a junction of several paths.
Here we continue slightly right and in a few steps walk to the nearby Zavetišče na Kalu.
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