Markova raven - Planina Koren (unmarked way)
Starting point: Markova raven (980 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2969°N 14.5618°E
Path name: unmarked way
Time of walking: 1 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: demanding
Altitude difference: 695 m
Altitude difference (by path): 695 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We drive to Kamnik and follow the road ahead towards the valley of Kamniška Bistrica. Only few ten meters before the bottom station of the cable car forest road branches off to the left downwards into a valley of Korošica. The road then crosses a bridge and soon after that comes to a crossroad, where we continue straight. The road then again brings us on a crossroad. Ahead we have two options: 1st We turn left over the bridge and we are ascending on the road upwards. We follow this road to a smaller parking lot at Markova raven. We recognize Markova ravan by that, that by the road there is a smaller parking lot, torrent and wide cart track which goes left upwards, and the road starts steeply descending. 2nd We continue straight and we are ascending on the road which brings us to the next crossroad. We continue on the left road which becomes very steep and we follow it to the parking lot at the left turn from which wide cart track branches off straight. We park on a parking lot by the road.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on a wide cart track which after few ten meters brings us to the next parking lot. Over the parking lot we continue straight and we are then ascending on a cart track which turns left. After few minutes of walking, the cart track has a crossing, where we go on the right marked cart track. We follow it few minutes to the spot, where the footpath branches off to the right towards Krvavec and mountain pasture Koren. Turn-off isn't specifically marked so we have to carefully follow the blazes. The path ahead is ascending on the right side of the torrent quite steeply upwards. The path then brings us to a crossing, where we continue right in the direction of "ZA VRATA". The path ahead slowly passing into less dense forest so that in parts we cross some smaller meadow or even short scree. Views are also becoming increasingly beautiful. Further, the path brings us below the foot of a shorter wall from which right upwards unmarked path branches off on the mountain pasture Koren (straight marked path). We go on the right path which starts to ascend diagonally on the scree, which is partly vegetated with grass. After few minutes, the path turns slightly to the right and crosses an indistinct already partly vegetated torrent. And immediately and then the footpath brings us into a lane of a forest. Here is a crossing of two unmarked paths. Left poorly visible on which we go runs towards the mountain pasture Koren, and right (straight), which is a little better runs towards the cave Medvedja jama. Our left path is then ascending through the forest upwards and after few minutes brings us into a smaller valley. In parts quite overgrown and poorly visible footpath leads us on the bottom of the valley by a torrent. The path is getting worse and again brings us to a crossing, which we barely notice. We go to the left very overgrown footpath which through dwarf pines, a little further through a meadow brings us to the mountain pasture Koren.
PP: The orientation is difficult and I don't recommend the access on this path in a fog.
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