Gate (Belca) - Huhnerkogel/Gubno

Access to the starting point:
Due to the collapse, access to the described starting point is not possible until further notice (May 2018).
Leave the Gorenjska motorway at the Hrušica exit and follow the road towards Kranjska Gora. Just after the village Belca, the forest road to Kepa branches off to the right. Take this road, which takes you through a tunnel and over a precipice to a parking area in front of a lock, where you park (no further driving is allowed).

Path description:
The path to Kepa initially leads us along a stream (the start of the path is marked), then after a few minutes it turns left and starts to climb more steeply. Next, we climb through the forest, which is occasionally interrupted by a short clearing covered with bushes. The marked mountain trail then crosses the forest road twice, and when you get on it for the third time, follow it to the right to a slightly larger parking area by the border ridge (you can also walk along the road to get here).
From the parking lot, climb a few steps up to the border ridge and follow the path eastwards. The relatively gentle path along the border ridge quickly leads to a small bivouac (2 beds) on the Slovenian side of the ridge.
From the bivouac we continue along the marked trail which is soon joined by the trail from Austria. The path then climbs slightly steeper and leads us further along the ever narrower ridge. The increasingly scenic route then crosses a few slightly exposed ravines and then turns right (completely on the Slovenian side). The path then climbs steeply across a steep and well protected slope, which is very exposed to falling rocks. Higher up, the path turns left and then climbs up the steep summit slope of Kepa. Higher up, the steep and rubble-strewn path leads back to the boundary ridge, where the next crossroads are located.
Continue right (left Mittagskogel 2 minutes) along the path, which descends gently on the grassy slopes overloking the ridge. The path along the edge of the ridge then begins to descend more steeply and soon brings us to a small saddle, where the path from Austria joins us. Continue straight ahead on the path that still follows the Austrian side of the ridge. The path, which continues to cross very steep slopes, soon leads us to the saddle between Kepa and Dovško Malo Kepa.
Here the path returns to the Slovenian side and continues to cross very steep and crumbly slopes. The path then begins to climb and, using the fixed safety gear, leads us to the eastern side of Dovška Mala Kepa. The marked trail then leads back to the main ridge and continues eastwards (left along the unmarked Dovška Mala Mittagskogel trail for 10 minutes). A rather scenic route then leads us to an exposed ravine which we cross with the help of fixed safety gear. The path then turns slightly more to the right and leads us over time to the unmarked and broad grassy southern ridge of Gubno. Here we leave the marked path and climb to the top in a few minutes on a less well-trodden track.
Starting point - bivouac 1:45, bivouac - Mittagskogel 2:00, Mittagskogel - Dovška Mala Mittagskogel 45 minutes, Dovška Mala Mittagskogel - Huhnerkogel 30 minutes.

On the way: Bivak Jepca (1550m), Mittagskogel/Kepa (2143m), Dovška Mala Kepa (2077m)

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