Rdeči Kal - Dom Frata (via Velika raven)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Obrežje we go to the exit Trebnje zahod, and then we continue driving in the direction Dobrnič and Žužemberk. In Dobrnič, at the church, we leave the main road which leads towards Žužemberk and we continue driving straight towards Artmanja vas. At the end of the Artmanja vas we go slightly left (slightly right Korita), and then before we get to Vrbovec once again left, this time in the direction of Mirna Peč. The road a little further steeply ascends, and then it brings us to the village Rdeči Kal, where by the sign, which marks the beginning of the settlement, we park on a smaller parking lot by the crossroad.
B) First, we drive to Trebnje, and then we continue driving towards Mirna Peč. After the settlement Dolenje Ponikve, we leave the main road towards Mirna Peč and we continue driving right towards Dečja vas and Jordankal. In Jordankal we go right, and then we drive all the way to Rdeči Kal, where we already notice signposts for Ostri vrh. From the signs, we drive for approximately 100 meters ahead, and then we park on the left side of the road, on a smaller parking lot near the sign, which marks the end of the settlement.
C) From highway Obrežje - Ljubljana we go to the exit Mirna Peč, and then we continue driving to the mentioned settlement. In Mirna Peč we reach the main road Novo mesto - Trebnje, we only cross it and we continue driving in the direction of Dobrnič. After Mirna Peč the road for some time steeply ascends, and then it brings us to a smaller crossroad, where the road towards the settlement on Globodolsko polje branches off to the left, and we continue straight and we soon get to Jordankal, where we go straight. Towards Dobrnič we drive to the village Rdeči Kal, where we already notice signposts for Ostri vrh. From the signs, we drive for approximately 100 meters ahead, and then we park on the left side of the road, on a smaller parking lot near the sign, which marks the end of the settlement.
D) From Novo mesto, we drive to Mirna Peč, where at the crossroad near the church we continue left in the direction of Dobrnič. After Mirna Peč the road for some time steeply ascends, and then it brings us to a smaller crossroad, where the road towards the settlement on Globodolsko polje branches off to the left, and we continue straight and we soon get to Jordankal, where we go straight. Towards Dobrnič we drive to the village Rdeči Kal, where we already notice signposts for Ostri vrh. From the signs, we drive for approximately 100 meters ahead, and then we park on the left side of the road, on a smaller parking lot near the sign, which marks the end of the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue towards the east, that means, on an asphalt road which leads towards the center of the village. When after approximately 100 meters we get to a smaller crossroad, by which we notice a cross, we continue right in the direction of Ostri vrh, where also nearby red mountain signpost pointing us to. The path ahead ascends past few houses, and then we continue left on a macadam road, by which we soon notice blazes. When the road passes into the forest, we continue right on a cart track which continues through the forest (straight on the road Ostri vrh over Mali vrh).
Further, we are gently to moderately ascending through the forest, at some crossings we follow the blazes. Higher, the path flattens, and then it for some time continues with some shorter ascents and descents, and later it again starts ascending. When the path passes on slopes of Ostri vrh turns for some time more to the left, and for a short time also some view opens up. Worse beaten, but relatively well-marked path higher brings us to the spot, where from the right side joins the path from hut Dom LD Dobrnič.
From here only a short ascent follows and the path brings us on a forested Ostri vrh.
From the top, we return to the last crossing, and then we continue on the slightly left path (looking in the direction of descent from the peak), which is further descending diagonally towards the right. After few minutes of descent, we step on the road which we reach right next to the cottage Dom LD Dobrnič.
We bypass the cottage on the left bottom side, and then we continue on the road, on which we start descending. About a minute lower, signs for Frata point us to the left in the forest, on the path which continues without large changes in altitude. The path ahead leads us past the hunting observatory, and then passes into a lane of very dense bushes, through which the path is nicely passable, because it leads us on a good meter wide clearing. The path soon returns into the forest and then continues with some shorter ascents and descents. Next follow few crossings, where we follow the blazes, and then the path starts considerably descending. During the descent for some time a view opens up a little towards Gorjanci, and the path then gradually turns a little more to the right, where we get to a larger clearing. After the clearing, we step on a macadam road which we follow to the right, and there we walk only for a short time because signs for Frata point us to the left, on the path which quickly descends to another road. This time we follow the road to the left, and there in few minutes of additional walking, we get to the mountain hut Dom Frata, which is situated by the edge of a larger meadow.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in the year 2015 (November).

On the way: Ostri vrh (nad Globodolom) (523m), Dom LD Dobrnič (440m)