Olipova planina - Kamnitnik

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we take the exit Lesce and follow the road ahead in the direction of Žirovnica and Jesenice. After a few km of driving, we will get to a crossroads, where the road to Žirovnica and Moste branches off to the right (from the direction of Jesenice left). Only a few meters ahead at the next crossroads, we turn left to Moste (right Žirovnica). Further, we drive past a monument to fallen soldiers, where the road starts ascending up a hill below the railway track. On top of the slope, we turn right (at the sign Vila Karin), but we continue towards Završniško jezero and Valvasorjev dom. The road then flattens and brings us to a crossroads, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the left. We take the mentioned road (straight Koča pri izviru Završnice), which starts gently at first, then steeper and steeper ascending on an occasionally quite rough road (the steepest parts are asphalted). Higher, the road brings us to a somewhat larger crossroads, where we continue left in the direction of Potoška planina (right Doslovška planina). The road then flattens and a little further brings us to the next crossroads, where the road to Valvasorjev dom branches off to the right, but we continue on the left lower road, which then for quite some time continues without major changes in altitude. The road then leads us past the turn-off to Ajdna and then starts ascending steeper on an occasionally quite rough road. The road then flattens again and past Potoška planina brings us to the spring Urbas, near which there are a few smaller parking spots. We drive further, and the road leads us through several smaller crossroads, where we always stick to the most used one. The road then ascends steeply again and a little higher brings us to a larger parking lot, where we park.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a worse macadam road which gradually changes into a wide cart track, which past a trough, or water basin, brings us to the edge of the mountain pasture Stamare, from which a nice view of the Julian Alps opens up.
From the mountain pasture, we continue right past the shepherd and hunting hut on at first a somewhat poorly visible path, which goes higher into the forest and joins a wider path that comes from the other part of the mountain pasture. Further, the path turns slightly right and starts to ascend steeply. Higher, the path leaves the forest for slopes covered with dwarf pines and turns somewhat to the left. A gentle traverse ascent follows and the path brings us to Hrašenska planina, where we notice a shepherd hut.
Here, before crossing the grazing fence, we turn right and ascend on at first still easily followable path. After a short ascent through dwarf pines, the path passes onto slightly vegetated grassy slopes, where it starts to disappear. A little further, we come to an unmarked and barely noticeable fork, where the "path" splits into two parts.
We continue on the left upper path (slightly right shepherd hut on Belska planina and bivouac on Belščica) along which we notice unofficial blazes (red dots). Further we follow the mentioned dots, which lead us across the slope diagonally upwards. Higher on the left side we notice the indistinct summit of Kamnitnik, to which we ascend on easier pathless terrain (the summit is located only a few tens of meters away from the marked path which leads from Golica towards Stol).

Along the route: Planina Stamare (1400m), Hrašenska planina (1670m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Hochstuhl/Stol

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