Makekova Kočna - Veliki vrh

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Preddvor or to the settlement Tupaliče (to here from the Gorenjska highway or Kranj), then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Zgornje Jezersko, on the part where the road flattens, we leave the main road and continue driving right in the direction of the ecological tourist farm Makek, Češka koča, Veliki vrh and waterfall Čedca (we leave the main road before the Petrol gas station). Immediately after the turn-off from the main road we first descend a little and then we follow the road in the direction of farm Makek. Further, the road starts ascending, and we drive along it to a smaller crossroads, where to the left the road continues towards farm Makek, and straight ahead continues the road which leads further past the turn-off of the path to waterfall Čedca and past the turn-off of the path to Veliki vrh. We park in an appropriate place near the crossroads, in such a way that we do not hinder frequent forestry works.

Route description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the right road which slightly ascends through the forest. After a good 10 minutes of walking, we get to the sharp right turn, from which a marked path branches off to the left towards the waterfall Čedca. We continue on the road which for some time still ascends, then higher it brings us to the spot where we notice the mountain signpost for Veliki vrh. Here we continue left upwards on the often muddy cart track, which higher changes into a footpath which ascends mostly through the forest (because of the larger number of tractor tracks the orientation is somewhat harder). The steepness then eases and the path brings us to a clearing along which the path gently ascends. The path then turns slightly left into the forest and reaches a lonely cottage which is located in the middle of the forest.
Ahead we carefully follow the blazes, because with numerous paths around the cottage we can quickly go astray. A little above the cottage the path steeply ascends, then turns to the right and higher brings us to the avalanche-prone gully (in winter time danger of snow avalanches). The path ahead relatively steeply ascends along and beside the gully. Eventually the path brings us to the ridge, where for a short time a nice view opens up (viewpoint). On the ridge the path turns left and returns to the forest.
The last part of the path towards the summit awaits us. This part is somewhat exposed in places, but in the dry not too dangerous (in the wet great danger of slipping). A little below the summit the path leaves the forest for the slopes overgrown with brushwood, which we then follow to the summit.

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, panorama, summit register