Planšarsko jezero - Virnikov Grintovec

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - vzhod and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. From gas station on Zgornje Jezersko we drive on the main road for approximately 1 km, and then we turn right in the direction of the lake Planšarsko jezero, to which we get to after few 100 meters of additional driving. We park on a large parking lot near the lake.

Path description:
From the lake Planšarsko jezero on the road, on which we came from we return to the main road, we carefully cross it, after that by its edge we continue towards Austria. On the main road we walk approximately 200 meters and then we notice signs for homestead Roblek, which point us to the left on a local road. On gently sloping local road we continue through a larger and panoramic meadow, and then we get to a smaller crossroad ("pr božjem učes"), where we continue left (right homestead Roblek). Macadam road then leads us past a smaller wooden house, after which the road gradually passes into the forest. When the road passes into the forest, it at first crosses a smaller stream, then it quickly brings us to a long right turn, where it again crosses the stream.
Just before the road again crosses the stream, we leave it and we continue straight on a cart track which starts moderately ascending. Cart track higher leaves a smaller ditch and it turns left on steep slopes, on which it ascends diagonally to the abandoned homestead Žarkovo. Here the path for some time leads on a panoramic slope, and then it returns on the road, on which we were walking in the lower part of the path. We follow the mentioned road to the left, and there with occasional views on Kamnik Savinja Alps, we ascend all the way to the border ridge.
When the road passes on the Austrian side we leave it and we continue slightly right on easy to follow path which continues on the border ridge. We continue on a gentle ridge, on which we walk to the near Roblekova planina, which we reach after 5 minutes of additional walking.
From the hut on Roblekova planina we continue left on the road which starts gently descending towards the western part of the mountain pasture. After a short descent, the road splits into two parts, and we go straight and we continue on the one, which is still gently to moderately descending. Even a little lower, we will get to yellow Austrian signposts with the caption Kl. Grintoutz / Virnikov Grintovec, which is pointing left upwards on a cart track.
At this spot, where we join the marked path which leads from the village Korte / Trögern towards Virnikov Grintovec, the path goes into the forest and it starts moderately ascending. Cart track a little higher brings us to a clearing, from which a view opens up on our destination and a little further also on Obir, and it turns a little to the right. Next follows a little more of walking on a wide cart track, and then blazes point us to the left on a narrower and gradually also increasingly steep cart track. A little higher from the left joins another cart track, and we continue right and then after few minutes of additional walking, we get to a saddle Žingerc, where we again step on the Slovenian side.
We continue in the direction of Virnikov Grintovec, on the path which goes into the forest, and it starts ascending steeper and steeper. A pretty steep path, higher brings us on the main ridge, where it turns to the left. On the ridge, from which beautiful views opening up on surrounding peaks, steepness also decreases. This occasionally very panoramic and on individual spots for slipping dangerous path (in the dry there is no significant danger) we follow all the way to the top of Virnikov Grintovec.
Lake Planšarsko jezero - Roblekova planina 1:20, Roblekova planina - Virnikov Grintovec 1:10.

On the way: Roblekova planina (1284m), Žingerc (1345m)