Markova raven - Vrh Korena (marked way)
Starting point: Markova raven (980 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,2969°N 14,5618°E |
| |
Route name: marked way
Walking time: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Elevation gain: 1019 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1050 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
Views: 17.647
 | 1 person like this post |
Access to starting point:
We drive to Kamnik and follow the road ahead towards the valley of Kamniška Bistrica. Just a few tens of meters before the bottom station of the cable car, a forest road branches off to the left downwards into the valley of Korošica. The road then crosses a bridge and soon after that comes to a crossroads, where we continue straight. The road then again brings us to a crossroads. Ahead we have two options: 1. We turn left over the bridge and ascend along the road upwards. We follow this road to a smaller parking lot at Markova raven. We recognize Markova ravan by the fact that beside the road there is a smaller parking lot, a torrent and a wide cart track which goes left upwards, and the road starts steeply descending. 2. We continue straight and ascend along the road which brings us to the next crossroads. We continue on the left road which becomes very steep and we follow it to the parking lot at the left bend from which a wide cart track branches off straight. We park on the parking lot by the road.
Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto a wide cart track which after a few tens of meters brings us to the next parking lot. Across the parking lot we continue straight and further ascend along the cart track which turns left. After a few minutes of walking, the cart track has a junction, where we take the right marked cart track. We follow it for a few minutes to the place where a footpath branches off to the right towards Krvavec and Planina Koren. The branch-off is not specifically marked, so we must carefully follow the blazes. The path ahead ascends along the right side of the torrent quite steeply upwards. The path then brings us to a junction, where we continue right in the direction of ZA VRATA. The path ahead slowly transitions into a less dense forest, so that occasionally we cross a smaller meadow or even a short scree slope. The views also become increasingly beautiful. Further on, the path brings us below the foot of a shorter wall from which an unmarked path branches off right upwards to Planina Koren. We continue along the left side of the wall slightly upwards. The path ahead slightly descends and brings us to a pleasant spring. The path ahead goes to the left side of the spring and starts ascending again. The path ahead crosses a shorter belt of dwarf pines, then starts ascending through the grass. Further on, the path is harder to follow as it quickly disappears among the grass, but the rarer blazes will help us. After 20 minutes of ascent from the spring, the path brings us to a wooden hut. The path behind the hut turns left into the forest and after a short ascent joins the path from Kriška planina (Krvavec). We continue sharply right and without major ascent or descent cross a belt of forest. Further on, the path starts ascending the slopes which are overgrown with dwarf pines and some trees. After 20 minutes of ascent, the steepness eases and ahead of us we see the shepherd's hut on Planina Koren. The path then descends past the watering place for animals to the shepherd's hut on the Planina.
Here our path continues slightly left (slightly right Planina Košutna) across meadows along the valley bottom (the path is initially poorly visible). The path then becomes increasingly steep and after less than 30 minutes of walking brings us to a small pond, where there is a poorly marked junction. We continue straight (right Košutna) and follow the gentle path to the next junction, where we continue left in the direction of Vrh Korena (straight Kompotela). The path ahead starts to ascend more steeply and quickly brings us across karst terrain to the place where we join the path from Veliki Zvoh towards Vrh Korena (Jež ridge). We continue right and the path brings us in a few steps to the place where the path to Vrh Korena branches off right, which we reach after one minute of further walking.
Markova raven - Planina Koren 2:00, Planina Koren - Vrh Korena 1:00.
Photos:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Discussion about the trip Markova raven - Vrh Korena (marked way)
|
| petruša1. 06. 2010 |
I'm interested if anyone has recently walked this path, if there's still any snow or if the path is already clear. Because on Saturday we'd like to go to Vrh Korena or Košutna, from pictures and descriptions I saw it's all in one area and we could cover it all in one day. If someone has already walked in this part, please tell us something. regards
|
|
|
|
| Pillar2. 06. 2010 |
On Saturday (29.5.2010) we walked the circular route from Kriška planina via Planina Koren, Košutna, Kompotela, Vrh Korena and Veliki Zvoh back down. Practically no snow left, except some patches of southern snow towards Vrh Korena and Kompotela. Passable without problems, and even that won't be there soon. The tour is about 6 hours long, easy walking except at two places with fixed cables. The first difficult spot is on the path from Planina Koren to Košutna, the second on the path via Ježa (from Vrh Korena to V. Zvoh), where due to the 20-meter descent on crumbly terrain I would recommend a helmet. Both spots can be avoided, but the path is beautiful with even better views. We had quite foggy weather, so we'll have to repeat the tour. With pleasure.
|
|
|
|
| petruša2. 06. 2010 |
From Košutna did you go to Vrh Korena and from there on to V. Zvoh? Looking at the pictures and reading, it seems all close by, but I don't know if it's marked, or if from Košutna you have to go a bit back down towards Planina Koren and then to Vrh Korena, or if you can continue directly from Košutna to Vrh Korena and then to V. Zvoh. Best regards. Thanks in advance.
|
|
|
|
| Pillar2. 06. 2010 |
All peaks form a kind of U-shaped ridge around the Koren pasture and are not distinct peaks at all. When you reach Košutna, you then go a bit up and a bit down (+/- 50 m elevation) to V. Zvoha, where you descend via the ski slope. Note that it was quite cloudy or foggy at the time and it may look somewhat different in clear weather. The path is marked, well-trodden, no orientation issues in good weather. Several paths are visible though. I would warn once again about the path via Ježa, which is quite exposed, and the mentioned descent, secured with a wire rope and pegs, classifies this path as very difficult (in my opinion). LP
|
|
|
|
| maucec407. 06. 2010 |
Yesterday 6.6.2010 my husband and I went from Markova Raven to Vrh Korena. We started a bit late and the sun burned us quite a bit. Yes, we'll have to get up early. The heat is here! Otherwise the path is super marked all the way to the hut on Korenu, further on a bit worse, but there are quite a few hikers, so no problem. The view from the top was unforgettable! Gorgeous weather!
|
|
|
|
| trilko25. 08. 2012 |
The road to Markova raven is in pretty poor condition. Last time I drove there was March 2012, it was still okay then. Today (25.8.2012) the road was really bad, almost from the start from the lower gondola station at Velika Planina. If I'd known about such a road, I'd have driven to Kokro and started from there, or from Kriška planina. My poor car doesn't like it, it scratched and banged quite a bit... 
|
|
|
|
| lanževica28. 11. 2012 |
Currently the road (after the recent floods) is practically impassable for passenger cars. This extends the path by almost two hours to Markova raven.
|
|
|
|
| cerarblaz13. 12. 2015 |
The road is nicely drivable with a passenger car. It's repaired and wide. In a good hour we reached planina Koreno (there at the hut a "brandy" surprise awaits you all year round). We reached Vrh Korena after exactly two hours of hiking. Continued to Kompotelo (cca 30 min), Skutno (cca 30 min) and through the Skutna valley closed the loop to planina Koreno. Then back to Markova raven to the car. LP
|
|
|
|
| franca14. 12. 2015 |
the alpine pasture is Koren, the peak is Vrh Korena, Skutna is probably Košutna, Skutna valley is Košutna alpine pasture 
|
|
|
|
| Grenaleva15. 12. 2015 |
Is the path dry, or are there any snowy peculiarities somewhere?
|
|
|
|
| cerarblaz1. 01. 2016 |
Opa Franc... I noticed the error, you're right, it is Košutna, Thanks!!
|
|
|
|
| franjo6628. 03. 2017 |
I'm wondering what the road to the trailhead is like (snow, ice)
Thanks for the reply!
|
|
|
|
| Hribovc9127. 03. 2022 23:03:24 |
27.3.2022 - The road (1st variant) is not in very good condition (2nd variant would be even worse). With higher clearance cars or smaller cars (Clio) it's still okay, otherwise I don't recommend. Lots of falling, sharp stones on the road. The hiking trail from Markova raven onwards is very nice anyway. Maybe it's better to leave the car a bit lower and do a couple hundred meters more elevation.
|
|
|
To post a comment you must log in:
If you do not yet have a username, you must first
register.