Volovljek - Kranjska reber

Access to starting point:
A) First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the Črnivec pass. Just a few hundred meters before the mentioned pass we notice signs for Kranjski Rak, which direct us sharply left onto a narrow and initially also quite steep road. The road higher up levels out and then brings us to the Volovljek pass, where near the Kranjski Rak inn we also park (parking in front of the inn is allowed only for guests). A little more space for parking is near the Štajerski Rak inn.
B) From Gornji Grad we drive towards Kamnik, then just a few hundred meters after the Črnivec pass we continue right in the direction of Kranjski Rak. Further, we follow the above description.
C) From the Savinja Valley we first drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When we arrive at the Volovljek pass we park at a suitable spot near the Kranjski Rak inn (parking in front of the inn is allowed only for guests). A little more space for parking is near the Štajerski Rak inn.

Route description:
From the starting point, we first walk to the Volovljek pass, and then at the crossroads we continue towards the east (direction Štajerski Rak and Kašna planina). The road, which further moderately ascends, quickly brings us to the Štajerski Rak inn, near which we notice a large parking lot (option of starting point). We continue on the forest road, which further gently to moderately ascends through the forest. From the road, which on the north side crosses the slopes of Kranjska reber, occasionally we get a little view on the Savinja side, where we can notice Ojstrica and the Dleskovška planota plateau, a little higher also Raduha. After a while the road starts to turn more and more to the right, after a few minutes of further walking it brings us to a smaller saddle Na Kalu.
Here we leave the wide road and continue right on a somewhat steeper cart track, along which in 10 minutes of further walking we ascend to the shepherd hut on Kašna planina (from the saddle Na Kalu to Kašna planina we can also ascend on a newly built road).
From the mountain pasture, we continue on a well-visible footpath, which further moderately ascends along a panoramic grassy ridge. This increasingly panoramic path, which offers a nice view on the surrounding hills, we then follow all the way to the summit of Kranjska reber, which we reach after 20 minutes of walking from the shepherd hut on Kašna planina.

Along the route: Na Kalu (1242m), Kašna planina (1317m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bivak na Kalu, Lepenatka, Rogatec

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