Rogovilec - Račka vrata (hunting path)

Access to starting point:
From Mozirje or over Kranjski Rak we drive through Luče and further past Igla to Rogovilec a little before Solčava. There on the left side by the main road is a space for parking.

Route description:
To the farm Račnik the path is marked. The first two hundred meters of the path run on asphalt to the bridge over Savinja. Then we continue on a footpath above the left bank of Savinja. A little higher we arrive at a cart track which brings us to the farm Račnik. When we step on the road at Račnik we continue left upwards on a cart track through a meadow. The cart track immediately in the forest turns sharply right upwards, and we continue left on a hunting footpath. The path then runs almost flat through a dry riverbed past a big rock on the left side of the path. Here the path starts to ascend. Soon we arrive at the salt lick for wild animals. The path turns behind the salt lick right steeply upwards along the ridge towards Tolsta peč. Higher we cross the road which we left lower on the edge of the meadow and just continue steeply upwards along the ridge. The path nowhere strays far from the ridge. When we arrive at the collapsed shepherd's Račkeg hut we continue another approximately 100 m upwards along the ridge, then 10 m above two larches (rocky part of the path) the path turns right past several fallen trees. The path then crosses to the right for a long time through several smaller gullies, slightly ascending, and occasionally even descending. When we cross the second larger rocky slide, on the other side on the trunk of a spruce there is a red letter L, which means that we must continue right along the slide upwards. We climb about 50 m to the hunting salt lick, above which the path crosses more than 100 m to the right all the way to the magnificent Račka vrata.
The path is exposed in many places and therefore dangerous for slipping. Due to the orientational difficulty, one needs quite some adventurous and exploratory spirit, for which we are then richly rewarded.
The arch above the gates is passable but requires considerable climbing skills from us. It can be climbed from both sides. Crossing is safer from the lower side, as it is much more demanding in the opposite direction due to friability, great steepness and the narrowness of the arch in the lower part.
The wonderful panorama from the arch rewards us for the walked path.
We descend in the direction of the approach.

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