V Koncu - Štajerska Rinka (via Žmavčarji)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Kamnik and continue along the road towards the Kamniška Bistrica valley. From Dom v Kamniški Bistrici we continue driving along the forest road, which higher up takes us to a junction where we continue straight (right Jermanca, starting point for Kamniško sedlo). The road then takes us 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 lengthens our route by almost an hour.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the freight cable car we continue along an increasingly poor road that 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 climbs steeply in switchbacks. The steep and especially in wet conditions slippery path leads us across steep slopes that are secured with a steel cable in some places. The steep path, which also crosses some gullies, higher up takes us to a less steep slope. After a good hour of walking the path takes us out of the forest where it starts climbing steeply again. The path initially leads across grassy slopes surrounded by sparse forest, then with the help of some fixed belays takes us one level higher. The path then turns to gravelly slopes that 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 transitions from grass to the high-mountain world of the plateaus below Skuta. Continuing along the path marked with cairns we reach the pleasant bivouac under Skuta in a few minutes.
From the bivouac we continue along a poorly visible and still unmarked path along an indistinct ridge that after 15 minutes of walking from the bivouac takes 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 climbs steeply for a short time, then takes us onto an indistinct ridge along and on which we continue to ascend. Just before the marked path reaches the summit of Mala Rinka it turns slightly left and descends a little to the saddle between Mala Rinka and Štajerska Rinka. On the other side of the saddle the marked path starts ascending again; we follow it for only a few steps, then on the right side we notice a poorly trodden path that in 10 minutes of moderate ascent takes us to the summit of Štajerska Rinka.
V Koncu - bivak pod Skuto 3:00, bivak pod Skuto - Štajerska Rinka 1:15.

Along the route: Bivak pod Skuto (2070m)

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