Dolina potoka Žep - Partisan hospital Mrzle vode
Starting point: Dolina potoka Žep (887 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3984°N 14.8273°E
Time of walking: 1 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 339 m
Altitude difference (by path): 339 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Šentrupert and we follow the road ahead towards the valley Logarska dolina. In the village Ljubno ob Savinji signpost for Smrekovec points us right. The road then runs through the center of the village, where we turn left again following the signs for Smrekovec. The road then brings us in Ljubenske Rastke, where at the crossroad near the church we continue left. We follow this road to the sharp right turn in the middle of which a macadam road branches off straight which we follow to a smaller parking lot at the end of it.
Path description:
From the parking lot at an old mill over a small bridge we cross the tributary of the stream Žep and then we ascend on a cart track which is ascending by the stream Žep. After few minutes of walking, we will notice a footpath which turns sharply right and for a short time steeply ascends. After a short ascent, the path brings us out of the forest on a smaller clearing on which stands log cabin Planinc.
We continue slightly left on a worse cart track, that starts gently ascending parallel with a torrent gully, which we notice right below. Cart track then eventually crosses the mentioned torrent and right after it, it brings us to a crossing. We continue on the right cart track which at first crosses slopes towards the right, and then in numerous zig-zags starts ascending steeper. Higher, we get to a forest road which we follow to the left, and it quickly brings us to a crossroad.
We continue left in the direction of partisan hospital and cottage on Travnik, on an ahead marked cart track which mostly only crosses the slopes. Cart track later changes into a macadam road which we follow only to a spot, where it crosses a torrent stream.
Immediately after the stream we notice a steep marked cart track which ascends by the stream and then goes into the forest. We continue the ascent on a cart track which after few additional minutes of walking through the forest brings us to the partisan hospital Mrzle vode.
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