Planina Dol - Rzenik (east path)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec. Just a few 100 m before the mentioned mountain pass we notice signs for Kranjski Rak, which point us sharply left onto a narrow and at first also quite steep road. The road flattens higher up and then brings us to the mountain pass Volovjek, where immediately behind the inn Kranjski Rak we turn left onto a road in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we drive on a macadam road, which higher brings us to the next slightly larger crossroad. We continue right (straight Planina Kisovec) and follow the moderately ascending road past the parking lot Ušivec. From the mentioned parking lot we continue on a somewhat rougher macadam road, which we follow at the crossroads in the direction of Planina Dol. After some time the road starts to descend steeply, and we follow it to a marked parking lot near Planina Dol.
From the Savinjska valley we first drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When we arrive at the mountain pass Volovjek (Kranjski Rak) we continue right in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we follow the above description.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which barely noticeably descends towards the western part of the mountain pasture. After a few minutes of easy walking we will notice a shepherd hut on the left side, and we continue on the macadam road a few 10 m further, to the spot where on a tree we notice signs for Konj, which point us right across a meadow (left Velika planina, straight valley Kamniška Bistrica - lower station of the cable car to Velika planina). The path ahead moderately ascends across the meadow, then passes into the forest, where it turns right and gradually starts to ascend more and more steeply. Next follows approximately 20 minutes of steep ascent through the forest, then the path brings us to a smaller viewpoint. Here the path turns left and also flattens somewhat. We continue on a moderately steep path, where from the increasingly sparse forest we soon pass into a belt of dwarf pines. A short ascent follows on a well-trodden path through the dwarf pines and the path brings us to Planina Rzenik, on the edge of which we notice a shepherd hut.
From the hut we continue on the marked path towards Konj (slightly left Rzenik via the western path), which quickly brings us among the dwarf pines. We continue the ascent on a moderately steep path, and we walk on it only approximately 10 minutes more, then we will notice on the left side a quite overgrown path which leads to Rzenik (the start of the unmarked path is hard to find).
From the spot where we leave the marked path, we first ascend through dwarf pines (overgrown), then continue through a belt of raspberry bushes, higher again through dwarf pines (somewhat less overgrown). After approximately 15 minutes of forcing our way along the overgrown path, we step onto the ridge of Rzenik, which we follow to the left. The path ahead runs along the edge of the occasionally exposed ridge, but unlike the initial part it is much easier to pass, only in wet conditions greater caution is needed so that we do not slip on the steep grasses. Higher the path leads us past a mighty fissure, then in a few minutes of further walking brings us to the summit of Rzenik.

Along the route: Planina Rzenik (1654m)

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