V Koncu - Mala Rinka

Access to starting point:
Drive to Kamnik and continue along the road towards the Kamniška Bistrica valley. From Dom v Kamniški Bistrici continue driving along the forest road, which higher up leads to a junction where we continue straight (right Jermanca, starting point for Kamniško sedlo). The road then leads past Žagana peč to the parking lot at the lower station of the freight cable car to Kokrsko sedlo.
In winter, driving from Koča v Kamniški Bistrici to the parking lot V Koncu is prohibited (traffic sign), which extends the walk by about an hour.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the freight cable car we continue along the increasingly poor road, which after 10 minutes of walking turns into a cart track. The cart track splits into two parts, and we take the right one (the left cart track disappears or leads towards Gamsov skret), which at a smaller moss-covered boulder (large rock) turns even more to the right. At this exact spot we leave the cart track and continue straight onto a path that is initially poorly visible and later ascends steeply in switchbacks. The steep and especially in wet conditions slippery path leads us across steep slopes, which in some places are protected by a steel cable. The steep path, which also crosses some gullies, higher up leads us to a less steep slope. After a good hour of walking the path leads us out of the forest, where it starts to ascend steeply again. The path initially leads across grassy slopes surrounded by sparse forest, then with the help of some protections takes us one level higher. The path then passes onto gravelly slopes, which make the ascent somewhat more difficult, after which the path turns left onto steep grassy slopes rising above extensive scree fields. At the top of this grassy section we turn slightly right and the path passes from grass to the high-mountain world of the plateaus below Skuta. Continuing along the path marked with cairns, in a few minutes we reach the pleasant bivouac under Skuta.
From the bivouac we continue along a poorly visible and still unmarked path along an indistinct ridge, which after 15 minutes of walking from the bivouac leads us to the marked path Kamniško sedlo - Kokrsko sedlo. Here we continue right and after a few minutes reach a junction, where we turn sharply left towards Skuta and Rinka. A little further we reach the next junctions, where we continue right upwards towards Rinka (straight ahead Skuta). The path ahead ascends steeply for a short time, then leads us onto an indistinct ridge along and on which we continue to ascend. When the marked path turns left and starts to descend, we leave it and continue right along an easier unmarked path, which in one more minute of walking reaches the summit of Mala Rinka.
In fog, orientation above the bivouac under Skuta is very difficult.
V Koncu - bivak pod Skuto 3:00, bivak pod Skuto - Mala Rinka 1:00.

Along the route: Bivak pod Skuto (2070m)

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