Zelenci - Visoka peč

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Jesenice - west (Hrušica), then continue driving towards Kranjska Gora and then Rateče. 300 meters before the snack bar Zelenci, we will notice a larger macadam parking lot on the left side, where we park.
B) Drive to Rateče, then continue driving towards Kranjska Gora. Soon we will notice the parking lot by the snack bar Zelenci on the right, where we park.

Path description:
At the parking lot, we notice signs for walking path no. 12, which directs us slightly downhill to the wooden bridge over the Zelenci. Here, with a nice view of the Ponc ridge, we cross the still young Sava Dolinka river, then we slightly ascend to the nearby cycling road. We follow the road a few meters to the left, then arrive at the winter parking lot at the westernmost two-seater chairlift of the Kranjska Gora ski area (Velika dolina). From the winter parking lot, past the hayrack in a few dozen steps, we walk to the lower station of the aforementioned chairlift, from there we continue right along the macadam road. The macadam road quickly splits into two parts, at the fork from which a nice view opens towards Ponc, we follow it to the left along the Velika dolina ski slope. Further on, we ascend along an ever narrower and worse macadam road, which gradually turns into a rutted cart track. Higher up, the rutted cart track turns right and slightly downhill to the nearby torrent, and we leave it right there and continue the path along the old, partly overgrown cart track, which continues to ascend beside or on the ski slope.
Just a few dozen meters before the ski slope turns left towards the upper station of the Velika dolina two-seater chairlift, our poorly visible cart track turns right into the torrent gully. Here, on the other side of the torrent, we look for the continuation of the cart track, which then ascends diagonally to the right. After a few minutes of traversing, the slope flattens, the cart track turns left and continues along and at the edge of the wide and indistinct ridge. When, after a few minutes, the barely traceable old cart track turns right, we leave it and continue the ascent straight uphill through easily passable pathless terrain.
From here on, we can occasionally notice something resembling a trail, but otherwise we ascend the whole time through relatively easy pathless terrain. The relatively steep pathless "path" lasts about 30 minutes, then the slope flattens somewhat and brings us to the ridge, where we join the marked path from Planica.
When we reach the mentioned path, we follow it to the left, which leads us further along the edge of a locally precipitous and panoramic ridge. Higher up, the path returns to the forest, where it ascends steeply for a while, then brings us to the main Ciprnik ridge, where we join the path from Vitranc.
Here we continue right and ascend through the forest for some time longer, through which beautiful views open up more and more frequently. The forest is soon replaced by dwarf pines, and the path gradually moves onto quite steep slopes, which are slightly exposed in a few places. We follow this quite steep path in the final section, with views of the surrounding peaks, all the way to the panoramic summit, which we reach after a few more minutes of walking.
From Ciprnik, a beautiful view opens towards the mountains above the valleys of both Pišnice and, of course, an exceptional view of the nearby Jalovec and other mountains above Tamar; we continue towards Visoka peč, the peak we see on our side of Tamar when looking in the direction of the Ponc ridge.
At the summit, we look for a trail among the dwarf pines, which, with the help of numerous cairns, leads along the west side of Ciprnik first moderately, then steeply downhill. The path soon flattens, then ascends to a panoramic knoll between Ciprnik and Visoka peč. From the knoll, from which we have a good view of our goal for today, a descent follows again, then the path, which mostly runs through cut dwarf pines, brings us to the last saddle below the summit. A moderate ascent follows, then the path stands vertical and ascends very steeply for a few minutes. Higher up, the path flattens a bit, then quickly brings us to the panoramic and relatively rarely visited peak.
Zelenci - Ciprnik 2:30, Ciprnik - Visoka peč 30 minutes.

On the way: Ciprnik (1745m)