Ravenska Kočna - Vratca (on ferrata)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Kranj - East and follow the road towards Jezersko. At Zgornje Jezersko, just past the petrol station, you will see a road that branches off the main road to the right (towards Planšarsko jezero). The road then takes you past the lake and climbs steeply behind it for a short distance. Higher up, the road flattens out and loses its asphalt surface at the beginning of a large meadow. The dirt road is then followed to a marked large parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the macadam road following the signs "Češka koča, Ledine" and after about 15 minutes' walk you will reach the cargo cableway. At the cargo cableway where there is a crossroads, follow the signs Kranjska koča na Ledinah (Through the hatch/Slovenska pot) and Češka koča (Hatch retreat). At first you walk through the forest for a short time and then the path leads you to a terrain partly covered with dwarf pines. The path here starts to climb slightly steeper and then leads to a crossroads.
Turn right on the scree slope where the inscription on the rock 'Ferata Češka koča' directs you. After a short climb on the scree, we reach the entrance to the climbing route. At the entrance to the climbing route, an easier route branches off to the left, bypassing the initial most difficult part of the climbing route. This route is marked with a sign "retreat".
The climbing route climbs very steeply at the beginning along the belay (difficulty C/D) and, as there are few steps, it takes some strength in the arms. There is a short, less difficult traverse on a slope covered with grass and dwarf pines (A/B). The route then becomes more difficult again and climbs up a steep wall (C/D). In the wall, the route turns left uphill and over a short but still quite difficult overhang (E) leads to slightly less difficult terrain. Here you climb along a rope along a slope partly covered with grass and dwarf pines (B/C). The route then leads to easier terrain where the first part of the climbing route ends.
Climb up the easy slope for a while through dwarf pines, then come back to the ropes where the second part of the protected route starts. Here, the path also joins from the left, giving way to the initial most difficult part. We then climb along the steel cable for a while on a not too difficult slope (A/B), then the path turns to the left and there is a short vertical climb (D). We then climb steeply along the steel cable for a while (C and C/D). This route then leads to a registration box where the route briefly becomes a shade less difficult (B/C). The route then climbs steeply again (C/D) and then the steepness begins to ease. The crags then end and soon the "Hatch retreat" trail is joined. Continue right here and it is only a few minutes' walk to the hut, which you can already see ahead. From the hut, continue right along the path in the direction of Koča, Grintovec and Vratca (Kranjska koča via Žrelo on the left). After a short climb, you will reach flat ground marked H (intended for helicopter landing). The path continues along the initially folded scree, which is partly covered with dwarf pines. In the lower part of the scree, a small crossroads is reached, where the path to Vratca branches off to the right (Kočna and Grintovec slightly to the left). The path continues to climb the scree and soon leads to the ravine below Vratci. The path through the ravine is well protected but caution is needed due to falling rocks. Once out of the ravine the path turns right. From here to the top we have only a few minutes of scenic walking.
Ravenska Kočna - Češka koča 2:00, Češka koča - Vratca 45 minutes.

On the way: Češka koča na Spodnjih Ravneh mountain hut (1542m)

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