Ravenska Kočna - Vellacher Turm/Storžek (Slovenska pot)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Kranj - East exit and follow the road ahead towards Jezersko. In Zgornje Jezersko, just a little after the gas station, we will notice a road which branches off to the right from the main road (direction Planšarsko jezero). The road then leads us past the mentioned lake and behind it steeply ascends for a short time. Higher up, the road flattens and at the beginning of a large meadow loses the asphalt surface. We then follow the macadam road to the marked larger parking lot.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the macadam road following the signs »Češka koča, Ledine« and after approximately 15 minutes of walking, we come to a cargo cableway.
From the former parking lot at the cargo cableway, we head onto the path that goes between both cableways (the lower station of the cargo cableway to Kranjska koča burned down in June 2015) and then slightly uphill. The path soon leaves the forest and continues through dwarf pines. After some time, the path brings us to a gully named Žrelo. Here we are at a junction, where we continue left (straight is the path through Žrelo), and the path then immediately becomes climbing. The path is well secured, but caution is still needed due to wet rocks. The path over the shorter wall is quite exposed in places, but full of nice views. When we climb this section, the path returns to the dwarf pines, through which we then ascend on a well-made path. We continue quite steeply uphill and soon the path through Žrelo joins from the right. From here to Kranjska koča hut, we have only a few dozen steps of easy walking.
From the hut, we continue left towards the east in the direction of Ledinski vrh, Mrzla gora and Rinke. The path, which is initially quite gentle, brings us to a junction in a few minutes, where we take the right path (left is the climbing path to Babe). The path ahead becomes only slightly steeper and brings us to a somewhat more difficult passage over a rocky section. Here a steel cable assists us, but the passage is not difficult when dry. The path then brings us to wide slopes below Ledinski vrh, from which there is a nice view towards the glacier below Skuta, which we can see on the right side. The path then brings us in a moderate ascent to Jezersko sedlo, which borders neighbouring Austria.
From Jezersko sedlo, we continue right in the direction of Savinjsko sedlo, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes of traversing.
From Savinjsko sedlo, we continue sharply left (right to Okrešelj and Mrzla gora) on the path which starts to descend towards the valley of Belska Kočna. After a few minutes of descent, we will notice a large inscription on the rock “Klettersteig” on the left side of the path. Here we leave the path towards the valley of Belska Kočna and head left uphill on a somewhat less trodden trail. The path, which is further marked with red dots, soon brings us to the start of the climbing section. The climbing path initially crosses the steep eastern slope of the mountain towards the north with the aid of a steel cable and pegs. The path then turns left and steeply ascends alongside the steel cable. Later, the path brings us to a steep partly grassy slope, where caution is needed as the path is often slippery. In the last section of the path, we turn left and follow a short ascent on the unsecured slope towards the summit.
Ravenska Kočna - Kranjska koča 2:00, Kranjska koča - Storžek 2:00.

Along the route: Kranjska koča na Ledinah mountain hut (1700m), Jezersko sedlo (2034m), Savinjsko sedlo (2020m)

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