Mačkin Kot (Enci) - Kranjska reber

Access to starting point:
a) First, we drive to Gornji grad, then continue driving in the direction of the Črnivec pass and Kamnik. When we arrive at the settlement Šmiklavž, opposite the sign (cross), we continue right in the direction of the path over Mačkin Kot, the company Mizarske in tesarske storitve Belaj Janez s.p. and Šmiklavž 16-26, 28-34. Further on, we drive past individual houses, then, after crossing the Mačkovec stream, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we drive up it to the Enci homestead, near which we park in a suitable place. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.
b) We drive to Kamnik, then continue driving towards the Črnivec pass and further to Gornji grad. When we descend to the settlement Šmiklavž, a few 100 meters further from the road sign "5 km", we turn left in the direction of the path over Mačkin Kot, the company Mizarske in tesarske storitve Belaj Janez s.p. and Šmiklavž 16-26, 28-34. Further on, we drive past individual houses, then, after crossing the Mačkovec stream, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we drive up it to the Enci homestead, near which we park in a suitable place. At the starting point there are no arranged parking spaces.

Route description:
From the crossroad at the homestead Enci we continue left and walk through the yard of a nearby homestead. Behind the houses, we continue through a pasture, then the road passes into the forest, where it turns right, and further moderately ascends. Higher up, a few more hairpin turns follow, at the junctions we follow the road, not the cart tracks which branch off from the road. Higher, the road reaches an indistinct forested ridge, where it turns slightly to the right, and in the middle of the bend a wider cart track branches off to the right, by which we can continue towards Lepenatka, but we continue on the road until we reach the main ridge between Kranjska reber and Lepenatka (saddle Kunšperk).
Immediately when we reach the ridge we continue left on the marked footpath (right Lepenatka), which first moderately, then steeply ascends along the forested ridge. During the ascent the path leads us over a short drop, then gradually flattens and higher brings us to a forest road.
When we reach the road, upon looking to the right a view opens up on the two-thousanders of the Kamnik Savinja Alps, and we continue on the road which bypasses Kašni vrh on the left side, and when after a few minutes of traverse ascent we reach the road leading from the Črnivec pass towards the Volovljek pass, we continue a few steps to the right, then at the next crossroad left upwards towards Kašna planina.
The path ahead crosses a grazing fence, then we continue the ascent on the road or on a marked shortcut. Wherever we continue, after about 5 minutes we will arrive at the hut on Kašna planina.
From the hut we continue on a well-trodden path, which in a moderate ascent and with nice views, in approximately 20 minutes of further walking brings us to the summit of Kranjska reber.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in the year 2016 (July).

Along the route: Sedlo Kunšperk (1119m), Na Kalu (1242m), Kašna planina (1317m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bivak na Kalu, Lepenatka, Rogatec

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