Zali Log - Krekova koča na Ratitovcu
Starting point: Zali Log (522 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2068°N 14.1029°E 
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1120 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1140 m
Map: Škofjeloško in Cerkljansko hribovje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Škofja Loka, and then we continue driving towards Železniki and further towards Zali Log. Immediately after the sign Zali Log we continue right and then we park by the sports field of the sports club Senca Zali Log.
Path description:
From the parking lot at the sports field we continue on the road which past the NOB monument and church of St. Mary brings us to the stream Pruharca, along which we then ascend. Higher, the road ends, and the marked path turns right uphill, where it starts ascending across a panoramic grassy slope. The well-maintained path then enters the forest, which first leads us past old military bunkers. The relatively steep path higher crosses a wide cart track and then continues steeply ascending through the forest. The exemplarily maintained path, along which every 100 elevation meters we notice a wooden sign with the altitude, brings us higher to Žagarjev hlev v Grobljah, in which there is a sign-in box.
Above Žagarjev hlev the path passes onto an indistinct ridge, from which it veers right after a few minutes, where it ascends somewhat steeper for a short time. When higher we step back onto the ridge the path levels out and gradually passes onto a wide cart track, which veers from the ridge onto shady slopes. Further the path brings us to a small saddle, where we also step onto a macadam road. We follow the road to the right, which past the quarry and through a belt of forest brings us to a junction at the saddle Po(v)den.
On the saddle we continue straight (left Torka, right Prtovč) in the direction of Ratitovec, along an initially level path which ascends through a belt of raspberry bushes, then passes into the forest, where it starts ascending more steeply. The path levels out higher and brings us to a poor forest road, which we follow for only some 10 m, then the markings direct us right onto an increasingly steep footpath. The path soon passes out of the forest and brings us onto steep grassy slopes (in snow great risk of slipping and avalanche), along which we ascend towards the right. Higher the path past rocky towers brings us onto the main ridge, where it turns sharply to the left and completely levels out. There follows an easy and pleasant path, along which in 10 minutes of further walking on an increasingly panoramic slope we ascend to Krekova koča na Ratitovcu.
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