Planina Ravne - Molička peč (via Zelene trate)

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving towards Stahovica and the Črnivec pass. A few hundred meters before the Črnivec pass we leave the main road which leads towards Gornji Grad and we continue driving sharply left in the direction of the Volovljek pass (Kranjski Rak). From the mentioned pass we continue straight (left road which leads to Velika planina, right Štajerski Rak) and start descending towards Luče. Lower down, the road flattens a little and brings us into the Podvolovljek valley. Further on, at first we drive past the turn-off of the road which leads into the Lučka Bela valley, after that also past the bar Pri Gamsu. After the bar, we need to pay attention, because only a few hundred meters further a road which leads towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and mountain pasture Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off to the left (by the spot where we leave the main road, there is a road sign approximately 11 km). Further, we drive on the initially still asphalt road which then ascends towards the Dleskovška planota plateau. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the left upper road which a few hundred meters further from the turn-off towards the farm Planinšek becomes macadam, and a little further it brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne (left mountain pasture Podvežak). Further on a somewhat rougher road, we then follow to the beginning of the mountain pasture Ravne, where we park on an appropriate place by the road.
From the main road to the mountain pasture Ravne is approximately 10 km, of which approximately 4 km macadam.
B) First, we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When by the road we notice a road sign which shows 10.5 km, we need to pay attention to the right turn-off, because only a little further to the right a road towards the mountain pasture Podvežak and Ravne and farm Planinšek branches off. Further, we drive on the initially still asphalt road which then ascends towards the Dleskovška planota plateau. Higher, the road towards Planinšek branches off to the right, and here we continue on the left upper road which a few hundred meters further from the turn-off towards the farm Planinšek becomes macadam, and a little further it brings us to the next crossroad, where we continue straight in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne (left mountain pasture Podvežak). Further on a somewhat rougher road, we then follow to the beginning of the mountain pasture Ravne, where we park on an appropriate place by the road.
From the main road to the mountain pasture Ravne is approximately 10 km, of which approximately 4 km macadam.

Route description:
From the starting point we walk across the mountain pasture to the shepherd's hut, which we bypass on the right side, so that we continue in the direction of Molička planina and Polšak mountain pasture (on the left side of the hut leads the path over Dolga trata). Behind the hut, the path is at first somewhat harder to follow, but the blazes help us, and a little ahead we join the cart track which branches off from the road on Planina Ravne at the right bend.
When we step on the cart track we continue left, on it at first we walk without major changes in elevation, then we start gently to moderately ascending. After a few minutes we reach an indistinct saddle between Dleskovec on the left and Smrekovec on the right. Here from the right another path from the end of the road joins us, and we continue straight across the grazing fence. Behind the grazing fence follows a short crossing, then we arrive at the next marked junction, where we continue left in the direction of Lučka koča, straight to Planina Polšak.
The path ahead continues through a series of several smaller valleys, then it brings us to the NOB monument, by which there are benches with a table. From here onward the path ascends somewhat more steeply, and somewhat higher the first nice views already open towards Križevnik, Raduha and the surrounding mountains. Higher we moderately ascend for some time through belts of brushwood, then the path flattens and brings us to Sedelce, where from the left the path over Dolga trata joins.
Here we continue straight and for a short time still continue on the marked path towards Korošica and Molička planina, then we continue right in the direction of the marked path to Veliki vrh. The path ahead leads through an indistinct valley eastward, then northeast of Veliki vrh. When the marked path to Veliki vrh turns left towards the slope, we continue straight on the subsequently worse path or partly pathless terrain. Here on the right we notice Jamarski bivak, to which there is a good 10 minutes of descent, and we continue with crossing the slopes of Velika Zelenica. After a few minutes we reach a somewhat wider path, on it we continue to the notch between Velika Zelenica on the left and Molička peč on the right. From the notch, from which a nice view opens, the path first moderately ascends, then crosses the slopes of Molička peč. In the second part of the crossing, before the path starts descending, a nice passage opens to the left towards the summit of Molička peč, to which about 10 minutes of ascent on a moderately steep slope surrounded by brushwood separates us.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2016 (August).

Along the route: Sedelce (1840m)

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