Ravenska Kočna - Vellacher Turm/Storžek (Slovenska pot)

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. In Zgornje Jezersko only a little behind the gas station, we will notice a road which from the main road branches off to the right (direction lake Planšarsko jezero). The road then leads us past the mentioned lake and behind it for a short time steeply ascends. Higher, the road flattens and at the beginning of a large meadow loses an asphalt covering. We then follow the macadam road to a larger marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on a macadam road following the signs »Češka koča, Ledine« and after approximately 15 minutes of walking, we come to a cargo cableway.
From the former parking lot at the cargo cableway we go on the path which goes between the both cableways (bottom station of a cargo cableway on the mountain hut Kranjska koča in June 2015 burned down) and then slightly upwards. The path soon leaves the forest and continues through dwarf pines. After some time, the path brings us to a gully named Žrelo. Here we are at the crossing, where we continue left (straight path through Žrelo), and the path then immediately becomes climbing. The path is well secured, but still caution is needed because of wet rocks. The path over shorter wall is in some parts also quite exposed, but full of nice views. When we climb this part, the path returns in dwarf pines, through which we are then ascending on a well-made path. We continue relatively steeply upwards and soon from the right joins the path through Žrelo. From here to the mountain hut Kranjska koča we have only few 10 strides of easy walking.
From the mountain hut, we continue left towards the east in the direction of Ledinski vrh, Mrzla gora and Rinke. The path which is at first quite gentle in few minutes brings us to a crossing, where we go on the right path (left climbing path on Babe). The path ahead only slightly becomes steeper and it brings us to a little harder passage over rocky passage. Here is a steel cable for help, but the passage in dry isn't difficult. The path then brings us on a wide slopes below Ledinski vrh from which there is a nice view towards the glacier below Skuta, which we can see on the right side. The path then in a moderate ascent brings us on a saddle Jezersko sedlo, which borders on neighbouring Austria.
From the saddle Jezersko sedlo we continue right in the direction of saddle Savinjsko sedlo, which we reach after approximately 15 minutes of diagonal walking.
From the saddle Savinjsko sedlo we continue sharply left (right Okrešelj and Mrzla gora) on the path which starts descending towards the valley of Belska Kočna. After few minutes of descent, we will on the left side of the path notice a large caption on the rock “Klettersteig”. Here we leave the path towards the valley of Belska Kočna and we go left upwards on a little less beaten footpath. The path which is further marked with red dots, soon brings us to the entry of a climbing part of the path. Climbing path at first with the help of steel cables and stemples crosses a steep eastern slope of the mountain towards the north. The path then turns to the left and steeply ascends by the steel cable upwards. Later, the path brings us on a steep partly grassy slope, where caution is needed because the path is often slippery. In the last part of the path, we turn to the left and a short ascent follows on unsecured slope towards the summit.
Ravenska Kočna - Kranjska koča 2:00, Kranjska koča - Storžek 2:00.

On the way: Kranjska koča na Ledinah mountain hut (1700m), Jezersko sedlo (2034m), Savinjsko sedlo (2020m)