Planina Dol - Rzenik (east path)

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Kamnik, and then we continue driving in the direction of the mountain pass Črnivec. Only few 100 meters before the mentioned mountain pass we notice signs for Kranjski Rak, which point us sharply left on a narrow and at first also quite steep road. The road higher flattens and then brings us to a mountain pass Volovjek, where immediately behind the inn Kranjski Rak we turn left on a road in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we drive on a macadam road which higher brings us to the next little bigger crossroad. We continue right (straight mountain pasture Kisovec) and we follow moderately ascending road past the parking lot Ušivec. From the mentioned parking lot we continue on a little rough macadam road which at the crossroads we follow in the direction of the mountain pasture Planina Dol. After a time the road starts steep descending, and we follow it to a marked parking lot near the mountain pasture Planina Dol.
From the valley Savinjska dolina at first we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving towards Kamnik. When we come on the mountain pass Volovjek (Kranjski Rak) we continue right in the direction of Velika planina. Further, we follow the description above.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road which is barely noticeably descending towards the western part of the mountain pasture. After few minutes of easy walking we will on the left side notice a shepherd hut, and we continue on a macadam road for few 10 meters ahead, to the spot, where on a tree we notice signs for Konj, which point us right through a meadow (left Velika planina, straight valley Kamniška Bistrica - bottom cableway station on Velika planina. The path ahead moderately ascends through a meadow, and then passes into the forest, where it turns to the right and starts gradually ascending steeper and steeper. Next follows approximately 20 minutes of a steep ascent through the forest and then the path brings us to a smaller viewpoint. Here the path turns left and also flattens a little. We continue on a moderately steep path, where from a thinner forest we soon pass over in a lane of dwarf pines. A short ascent follows on a well-beaten path through dwarf pines and the path brings us on a mountain pasture Rzenik, by the edge of which we notice a shepherd hut.
From the hut, we continue on a marked path towards Konj (slightly left Rzenik on the western path), and it quickly brings us into dwarf pines. We continue the ascent on a moderately steep path, and we walk there only approximately 10 minutes, and then we will notice on the left side quite overgrown footpath which leads on Rzenik (beginning of unmarked footpath is hard to find).
From the spot, when we leave the marked path, we at first ascend through dwarf pines (overgrown), we then continue through a lane of raspberry bushes, and higher again through dwarf pines (a little less overgrown). After approximately 15 minutes of breaking through an overgrown path, we step on the ridge of Rzenik, which we follow to the left. The footpath ahead runs by the edge of occasionally exposed ridge, but unlike the initial part much easier passable, only in wet more caution is needed, that we don't slip on steep grass. Higher, the path leads us past the mighty cracks, and then in few minutes of additional walking brings us on peak of Rzenik.

On the way: Planina Rzenik (1654m)