Žagana peč - Kalški greben (Hunting path)

Access to starting point:
We drive into the valley of Kamniška Bistrica towards the Dom v Kamniški Bistrici. From the Dom, we continue forward on the road which soon becomes macadam. We follow the road ahead towards signs for Kokrsko sedlo. We park at the big boulder, Žagana peč, on which the altitude is also written. Some meters higher is on the left side of the road a smaller parking spot where we park.
Driving from the Koča v Kamniški Bistrici to Žagana peč is now forbidden (traffic sign), this extends the path for approximately 45 minutes.

Path description:
We start at Žagana peč, or half an hour lower at Kamniška Bistrica. Some meters above Žagana peč, where from Kamniška Bistrica lead blazes towards the saddle Kokrsko sedlo, on the left side of the road from parking space a well-beaten hunting footpath branches off. It rises through steep forest and crosses some gullies. We stick to the left direction and in a good hour we come to a small saddle, where there stands a hunting cottage with a bench (1330m). The path turns right above the cottage on the left slope of the hill and then on a natural groove. The footpath is all the time pretty steep and pleasantly soft. At the end of the groove a beaten path branches off to the right to Zob and ahead to Kalška gora and not to Čmaževski turn, which is lower. We follow the path straight, which starts vanishing in dwarf pines and is becoming less steep. The path almost completely avoids dwarf pines and completely vanishes on high mountain karst terrain of Kalce. If we follow the bottom of the indistinct valley (helped by cairns), we come to scree and via it to a marked path, which we follow to the right towards Kokrsko sedlo. Over a steep spot we get help from a steel cable. In 10 minutes we come to a crossing of paths, where we turn left towards Kalški greben. (Right Kalška gora and straight Kokrsko sedlo) We continue on the path which on places somewhat exposed ridge and with the help of some fixed safety gear brings us to the most difficult part of the path. The path brings us namely to a vertical wall, which we have to climb downwards. Helmet mandatory! The path is well secured and the use of self-belaying is also recommended. The steepness then slowly decreases and to the top there is still approximately 20 minutes of ascent on a panoramic ridge. Car-hunting cottage 1h10', hunting cottage-marked path 1h50', marked path-peak 1h10'.

The path is easy to the crossing under Kalška gora. Especially in fog, the orientation on high mountain karst terrain, despite cairns, is problematic. The path to the top is very demanding and partly exposed.