Rogljev mlin - Rogatec (via Lepenatka)
Starting point: Rogljev mlin (590 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3097°N 14.7726°E
Path name: via Lepenatka
Time of walking: 3 h 45 min
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 967 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1230 m
Map: Kamniške in Savinjske Alpe 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Kranj side we drive towards Gornji grad. At the chapel approximately 100 meters before Gornji grad we turn left towards Sveti Lenart.
From Štajerska side we drive through Gornji Grad and approximately 100 meters after Gornji Grad we also turn right towards Sveti Lenart. Further, we drive a little less than 3 km on the asphalt road and then a little less than a kilometer on a macadam to decaying mill Rogljev mlin on the right side of the road and we park there.
Path description:
We park the car few meters before the decaying mill Rogljev mlin by the stream Kanolščica. Then we go ahead on the road towards Sveti Lenart, but only for a short time. A little further from the bridge, over which to the right leads the road to farmer Rogelj, at the power line pole we turn left on a footpath. The footpath which a little higher brings us again on the road, is on some parts quite overgrown. We continue on the road all the way to the church of St. Lenart. In front of the church we go left towards Lepenatka. Immediately above the church, the path crosses a road and is relatively steeply ascending until we again come on the road. After few meters, we go left on a better beaten road. On this road we continue to the hunting observatory on a smaller clearing. Past the hunting observatory we can go left or right. And immediately after it, the path goes few steps upwards through the forest and then ahead on the pasture all the way to the top of Lepenatka. This part of the path is a very nice in spring, when a lot of the mountain flowers are blooming. And in all seasons it offers breathtaking views.
From the top of Lepenatka we then descend on a grassy slope on Kal. While descending we have all the time in front of us Rogatec. On Kal left among the trees we notice a bivouac.
From Kal we go ahead on a very demanding path towards Veliki Rogac (other name for Veliki Rogatec). The path goes from the pasture into the forest and after a short flat part immediately starts a very difficult steep exposed part of the path. To those who use poles I recommend, that they put them in the backpack, because they can be more dangerous than useful. The path after the bottom climbing part in the upper part becomes easier and it is already possible to safely use the poles. When we come to the summit of Rogatec we are rewarded with a fantastic view. For the descent there is a nice variant past Zg. and Sp. Špeh, Kokalj and Rogelj to mill Rogljev mlin.
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