Belca - Dovška Mala Kepa

Access to starting point:
We leave Gorenjska highway at exit Hrušica and follow the road ahead in the direction of Kranjska Gora. When we get to the settlement Belca we park on a marked new parking lot at the sawmill.

Path description:
We park on a marked parking lot at the sawmill. We return few meters back to the beginning of the marked path, which we follow past the barrier. The path then goes directly into the riverbed (right - cart track towards the abandoned border building). In the middle of stones from the rockfall, on a bigger rock we notice a blaze. To here and then on the other side of a riverbed of the stream we are looking for the best passages. This part is short. We follow the path on sand, which is already quite well-beaten, we also get help from trail blaze on the tree, there where the path turns into the forest. The path is then in the forest steeply rising and we get to the road. On the left there is a tunnel, if we walk through we can see how the rockfall swept away the road. And we continue on the road to the right. Next follows a long walk on almost all the time flat road which is on some spots also buried or bumped, closer to the gate almost entirely swept away, but there aren't any problems with passages. After approximately one hour and 15 minutes we are at the former starting point at the gate. We follow the sign for Kepa (picture 2), the path descends into the riverbed of the stream, crosses it and it turns left uphill, big trail blaze and signpost. The path starts ascending steeper. Ahead we are ascending through the forest, which is occasionally interrupted by some shorter with bushes covered clearing. The marked path then twice crosses a forest road, when we step there the third time, we follow it to the right to a little larger parking lot at the border ridge.
From the parking lot, we in few steps ascend on the border ridge and we follow the path ahead towards the east. A relatively gently sloping path which runs on the border ridge quickly brings us to a smaller bivouac (2 mattresses), which is situated on the Slovenian side of the ridge.
From the bivouac, we still continue on a marked footpath which soon joins the path from Austria. The path then ascends a little steeper and further leads on a narrower ridge. The increasingly panoramic path then crosses some slightly exposed gullies and then turns right (entirely on the Slovenian side). The path ahead ascends diagonally over steep and well-secured slope, which is very exposed to falling stones. Higher, the path turns left and is then ascending on a steep upper slope of Kepa. Steep and full of gravel path higher again brings us on the border ridge, where there is the next crossing.
We continue right (left Kepa 2 minutes) on the path, that is gently descending on panoramic grassy slopes. The path which runs by the edge of the ridge then starts descending steeper and soon brings us on a smaller saddle, where joins the path from Austria. We continue straight on the path which still runs on the Austrian side of the ridge. The path which then crosses very steep slopes soon brings us on the saddle between Kepa and Dovška Mala Kepa.
Here the path returns on the Slovenian side and further crosses very steep and crumbly slopes. The path then starts ascending and with the help of fixed safety gear brings us on the eastern side of Dovška Mala Kepa. The marked path then again brings us on the main ridge, where we leave it. We continue sharply left and we continue the ascent on the ridge, which is partly vegetated with dwarf pines. A bit nicer passage we find on the Austrian side of the ridge, where on a very steep "path" we ascend on a little visited peak.
Belca - gate 1:15, gate - bivouac 1:15, bivouac - Kepa 1:45, Kepa - Dovška Mala Kepa 0:45.

On the way: Bivak Jepca (1550m), Mittagskogel/Kepa (2143m)

Trip can be extended to: Huhnerkogel/Gubno ( 30 min)