Planina Ravne - Ojstrica (via Mala Ojstrica)
Starting point: Planina Ravne (1580 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3574°N 14.7002°E
Path name: via Mala Ojstrica
Time of walking: 4 h 15 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 770 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1000 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Luče, and then we continue driving into a valley of Podvolovjek (direction Kamnik and Kranjski Rak). At the road sign between 11 and 11.5 km, we will get to a smaller crossroad, where a road towards the farm Planinšek and mountain pastures Podvežak, Ravne and Vodole branches off to the right (turn-off is marked). We go on this at first still asphalted road which at the crossroads we follow in the direction of the mountain pasture Ravne. On relatively long and in the upper part also worse macadam road we will get to the mountain pasture Ravne (option of starting point). And we drive also a little further, on occasionally quite a bad macadam road which we then follow to a parking lot at the end of the road (to here there is 11 km of driving from a valley, of this 10 km of the macadam) From Kamnik we drive towards the mountain pass Črnivec, but only to a crossroad, where the road branches off sharply to the left towards Kranjski Rak (turn-off is marked and is located only 500 meters before the mentioned mountain pass). At the crossroad at Kranjski Rak we continue straight on the main road which starts descending into a valley of Podvolovjek. In the mentioned valley we will only 100 meters after bar Gams come to a crossroad, where the road towards the farm Planinšek and mountain pastures Podvežak, Ravne and Vodole branches off to the left (turn-off is marked). Further, follow the upper description.
Path description:
From the parking lot at the end of the road, we continue left on a cart track which at first slightly ascends. Already after two minutes of walking cart track turns into a footpath which is barely descending on an indistinct wide gentle ridge. After a little less than ten minutes of walking joins the path from the mountain pasture Ravne (possible also access on this path) and turns right. We cross a grazing fence and we follow the path which on the left side bypasses fenced abyss, only few ten strides. Here we come to a crossing, where we continue left in the direction of the cottage Lučka koča, Korošica and mountain pasture Molička planina (straight mountain pasture Polšak). The path ahead slightly descends into a smaller valley in which cold air is retained. The path at the end of the valley turns slightly right and it ascends to benches at the monument of the fallen soldiers.
The path ahead is mostly moderately ascending, only occasionally for a short time descends. On the path which we are ascending occasionally nice views open up towards the peaks on the north part of plateau Dleskovška planota. After a good hour of walking, the path brings us on Sedelce (1840 meters), where joins the path from the mountain pasture Dolga Trata. We continue few more meters ahead on the path which slightly descends to signs for mountain pasture Molička planina and Korošica.
We continue straight in the direction of Korošica and mountain pasture Molička planina on the path which occasionally slightly descends and again rises. The path ahead circles slopes of Veliki vrh and it brings us to a crossing, where the path branches off to the right upwards on the mentioned peak. Here we continue straight on the path which only a little further brings us on a saddle Prag, where there is the next crossing. We continue straight (sharply left mountain pasture Podvežak) on a marked mountain path, which gradually starts descending. After a good 10 minutes of descent, the path flattens and it brings us to a smaller swamp, after which we come to the next crossing. We continue slightly left in the direction of Korošica (straight Molička planina, right Robanov kot) on a pleasant mountain path which starts moderately ascending. The path higher turns a little towards the left, after that joins the path from the mountain pasture Podvežak. We continue right in the direction of Korošica, on traverse path, on which in few minutes of additional walking, we ascend on a saddle Sedelce (1900 meters), where there is a marked crossing.
From Sedelce (1900 meters) we continue right on the path Kocbekova pot in the direction of Ojstrica and Mala Ojstrica (straight downwards mountain hut Kocbekov dom na Korošici). From the saddle, the path at first slightly descends over a pleasant grassy slope, and then turns right, where it starts ascending diagonally towards the east. After a short ascent, the path brings us on the ridge of Mala Ojstrica (here from the right side joins the path from the mountain pasture Molička planina), where it turns sharply to the left and is then ascending by a very panoramic ridge. The path which is further ascending by the left side of the ridge, in few additional minutes of walking, it brings us below an indistinct peak of Mala Ojstrica, which we recognize by miniature Aljaž turret (ascent on Mala Ojstrica is only a minute from the path). The marked path bypasses the mentioned peak on the left side and only a little further again brings us on the ridge, where we cross steep and for slipping dangerous slopes. Ahead path avoids the ridge to the left, crosses a short very steep slope, and then brings us on pleasant grassy slopes. After few minutes of pleasant walking, we step into a short crumbly, but not very steep part of the path. Further, the path again flattens, crosses one more grassy slope, and then in a moderate ascent, that runs over more and more rocky slope brings us below the upper slope of Ojstrica. The path ahead starts steeply ascending on rugged rocks and starts turning more and more to the left. Further path slightly flattens, crosses very steep slopes, and then with the help of iron spikes again starts ascending steeply. The path which offers numerous (mainly) natural holds, soon brings us below the secondary peak, from which follows relatively difficult descent into a notch between the both peaks. From the notch follows a short steep ascent on a crumbly slope and a more panoramic path quickly brings us to the summit of Ojstrica.
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