Planina Podvežak - Lučki Dedec (via Kocbekov dom)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Luče, then we continue driving into the Podvolovjek valley (towards Kamnik and Kranjski Rak). At the road marker between 11 and 11.5 km, we will arrive at a smaller intersection, where the road towards the Planinšek farm and mountain pastures Podvežak, Ravne and Vodole branches off to the right (the turn-off is marked). We head onto this initially still asphalted road, which we follow at the intersections in the direction of the mountain pasture Podvežak. After a relatively long and in the upper part also poorer macadam road, we will arrive at the parking lot below the mountain pasture Podvežak (at the starting point there is a barrier and numerous hiking signposts).
From Kamnik we drive towards the Črnivec pass, but only to the intersection, where the road towards Kranjski Rak branches off sharply to the left (the turn-off is marked and is located only 500 m before the mentioned pass). At the intersection at Kranjski Rak we continue straight on the main road, which starts descending into the Podvolovjek valley. In the mentioned valley, we will only 100 m past the Gams bar arrive at an intersection, where the road towards the Planinšek farm and mountain pastures Podvežak, Ravne and Vodole branches off to the left (the turn-off is marked). Further, follow the above description.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the footpath (or road) in the direction of the mountain pasture Podvežak. Both the road and the footpath, which during the ascent crosses a forest road, bring us in 15 minutes of moderate ascent to the shepherd's hut on the mountain pasture Podvežak, from which a beautiful view opens towards Rogatec and Lepenatka.
From the mountain pasture we continue on the marked but initially poorly visible path, which soon enters the forest. The path through the forest ascends somewhat more steeply, then transitions into a smaller bare valley, above which it completely flattens. This is followed by a few minutes of crossing the slopes below the side ridge of Deska, then the path brings us to a less noticeable junction, where an unmarked path branches off to the left towards Deska and Vodotočno jezero. We continue straight on the marked path, which descends into a pleasant grassy plain, then turns somewhat to the right and ascends through a belt of dwarf pines. At the top of the ascent, the path from the mountain pasture Vodole joins from the right, and we continue left, cross the grazing fence and after a few more steps arrive at Inkretov studenec, which is located just a few meters off the path.
This is followed by only a slight ascent, then the path flattens again and brings us below the relatively steep and, in snow, avalanche-prone slopes of Tolsti vrh. A little further, the pleasant path brings us to a marked junction, where we continue slightly left towards Korošica (slightly right the chapel on Molička peč (mountain pasture)). The path ahead crosses the slopes below Tolsti vrh for a while longer, then transitions onto the plateau-like terrain of Dleskovška planota, which is riddled with numerous sinkholes and pits. The path, continuing with some shorter ascents and descents, then quickly brings us to a junction, where the path from Robanov kot and the mountain pasture Ravne joins from the right.
We continue towards Korošica on the path that ascends transversely to the saddle between the less known Koroški vrh on the left and Mala Ojstrica on the right. We continue straight downhill (left Prag, right Ojstrica via Mala Ojstrica) on the marked path, which starts descending towards Korošica. After a few minutes of descent we step onto the expansive grassy slopes of Korošica, along which we then walk in a few minutes to the mountain hut.
From Kocbekov dom we continue left towards Podvolovjek and Kamniška Bistrica on the path which first gently then moderately ascends towards the Prag pass. After approximately 15 minutes of walking we step onto the mentioned pass, and we follow the marked path for another 10 or so meters to the place where the signs for Lučki Dedec direct us right onto an unmarked path.
At the place where we notice the signs for Lučki Dedec we leave the marked path and continue the ascent on an initially clearly visible trail. The path ahead continues through a small valley, then turns right and ascends steeply. Further on, the trail, along which there are numerous cairns, starts to fade, but in good weather this causes us no orientation problems. This is followed by an ascent over smaller scree terrain, then the path transitions onto grassy slopes surrounded by dwarf pines. Here we will already notice one of the three peaks of Lučki Dedec on the right, and we continue straight on the path which brings us to the main ridge. On the ridge we continue slightly left and the path quickly brings us past the second subpeak to a large meadow, up which we ascend in a few steps to the precipitous summit.

Along the route: Planina Podvežak (1564m), Sedelce (1900m), Kocbekov dom na Korošici mountain hut (1808m), Prag (1910m)

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