Koča pod slapom Rinka - Koroška Rinka

Access to starting point:
We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or over Kranjski rak) and onwards towards Logarska dolina. Soon after the village of Solčava we come to the junction, where the road to Logarska dolina branches off to the left. We turn left towards Logarska dolina (toll payment) and drive along the road to the parking lot at the mountain hut Koča pod slapom Rinka, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto a wide tourist path that starts to ascend gently. After a good ten minutes of walking, we emerge from the forest, where we reach a junction. We head left (right to Orlovo gnezdo 3 minutes) in the direction of Dom na Okrešlju. The path ahead crosses a small bridge and on the other side starts to ascend more steeply. After a short ascent, the path brings us below the walls, from where a traverse to the top of the waterfall follows. This section is exposed to falling rocks. The path then crosses the Savinja again and ascends further along the river with the aid of steps. Next, we ascend on the right side (left bank) of the Savinja. Soon we reach the source of the Savinja, where we cross the water again. On the other side, the path enters a dense forest and after a short ascent brings us to the winter shelter on Okrešelj. We continue left and in a few steps reach the Dom na Okrešlju.
At the hut, we take the path in the direction of Kamniško sedlo and Savinjsko sedlo. Soon we reach the edge of a panoramic meadow, where there is a junction. We continue straight across the meadow in the direction of Češka koča and Kranjska koča (left to Kamniško sedlo). The path ahead crosses a torrent and then ascends gently beside the scree. Soon we reach the next junction, where the path to Turški žleb and the memorial branches off to the left, just a few dozen steps away. We continue straight through the increasingly narrow valley. The path starts to ascend more steeply and brings us below the walls of Mrzla gora. The path continues on the left side of the torrent, on a moderately steep grassy slope that is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. The path then crosses to the left side below the scree of Štajerska Rinka. In a traversing ascent, the path brings us below the walls, where there is a risk of falling rocks. A shorter steep pitch follows, then the path heads slightly right onto grassy slopes, where we reach a junction. We continue straight, while the path to Mrzla gora branches off to the right. Soon we reach another junction, where we head left onto the very demanding path marked Križ (straight leads the path toward Savinjsko sedlo). From the junction, the path ascends the scree and brings us to the start of the climbing section. The path then ascends a slightly gravelly slope, then turns slightly right and with the steel cable and the help of a few pegs traverses steep slopes in a gentle ascent. The path then turns slightly left and with the aid of steel cables and pitons ascends a fine passage and then several more times traverses very steep slopes along the steel cable. The path then brings us to a steep gully, up which we first ascend vertically on pegs and then continue steeply upward along the steel cable. The path then ascends steeply several more times along steep gullies, then brings us to a notch, where a view opens toward the Ledine. From the notch, we descend along the steel cable over gravelly terrain and reach a junction. We head left following the marks for Rinke, while right leads the path toward Ledine. The path ascends past a natural window and then turns slightly right and traverses steep western slopes in ascent. The path then turns left and ascends steeply along the steel cable. Soon we reach the northern slopes of the mountain and some easy climbing follows on rugged rock without fixed protection. We return to the western slopes, where the path once again ascends very steeply along the steel cable. From here there is also a very fine view of the sheer walls of Skuta. A quite exposed traverse follows on the western side of the mountain, then the path turns left again and ascends almost vertically along the steel cable. We reach the northern slopes of the mountain again and a shorter ascent along the steel cable follows to the summit.
Koča pod slapom Rinka - Dom na Okrešlju 1:15, Dom na Okrešlju - Koroška Rinka 3:45.

Along the route: Orlovo gnezdo (Rinka waterfall) (1120m), Dom na Okrešlju (1396m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Štajerska Rinka, Kranjska Rinka ( 20 min)

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