V Koncu - Kranjska Rinka (via Žmavčarji)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Kamnik and follow the road ahead towards the valley of Kamniška Bistrica. From the hut in Kamniška Bistrica we continue driving on the forest road, which brings us higher to a crossroad, where we continue straight (right Jermanca, starting point for Kamniško sedlo). The road then past Žagana peč brings us to the parking lot at the lower station of the cargo cableway to Kokrsko sedlo.
Driving from the mountain hut in Kamniška Bistrica to the parking lot V Koncu is now forbidden (traffic sign), this extends the path by less than an hour.

Route description:
From the parking lot at the cargo cableway we continue on an increasingly rough road which after 10 minutes of walking changes into a cart track. The cart track splits into two parts, and we take the right one (the left cart track vanishes, or leads towards Gamsov skret), which by the smaller boulder covered with moss (big rock) turns a little more to the right. Right at this spot we leave the cart track and continue straight onto an initially poorly visible footpath which later ascends steeply in zigzags. The steep and especially slippery when wet path leads us over steep slopes, which are secured with a steel cable in some places. The steep path, which also crosses a few gullies, brings us higher to less steep slopes. After a good hour of walking the path brings us out of the forest, where it starts to ascend steeply again. The path first leads over grassy slopes surrounded by sparse forest, then with the help of some fixed safety gear brings us one level higher. The path ahead turns to gravelly slopes, which somewhat hinder the ascent, then the path turns left onto steep grassy slopes rising above extensive scree fields. At the top of this grassy section we head slightly right and the path transitions from grass to high-mountain terrain below Skuta. Further along the path surrounded by cairns we reach the pleasant bivouac below Skuta in a few minutes.
From the bivouac we continue on a poorly visible and still unmarked path along an indistinct ridgelet, which after 15 minutes of walking from the bivouac brings us to the marked path Kamniško sedlo - Kokrsko sedlo. Here we continue right and after a few minutes we reach a junction, where we turn sharply left towards Skuta and Rinka. A little further we reach the next junction, where we continue right uphill towards Rinka (straight to Skuta). The path ahead ascends steeply for a short time, then brings us to an indistinct ridge along and beside which we then ascend. Just before the marked path reaches the summit of Mala Rinka, it turns slightly left and descends a bit to the notch between Mala and Štajerska Rinka. On the other side of the notch the marked path starts ascending again and after a few more minutes of walking brings us to a marked junction, where we continue straight towards Kranjska Rinka (right to Koroška Rinka). The path ahead crosses the slopes of Koroška Rinka, then turns slightly left where it ascends steeply. A short very steep ascent follows, then the path brings us to the main ridge, along which we ascend to the summit of Kranjska Rinka in a few steps.
V Koncu - bivouac below Skuta 3:00, bivouac below Skuta - Kranjska Rinka 1:35.

Along the route: Bivak pod Skuto (2070m)

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