V Koncu - Jezerska Kočna (via Dolci)
Starting point: V Koncu (900 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.342°N 14.5682°E
Path name: via Dolci
Time of walking: 6 h
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1640 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1765 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. From the hut in Kamniška Bistrica we continue driving on the forest road which higher brings us to a crossroad, where we continue straight (right Jermanca, starting point for saddle Kamniško sedlo). The road then past the boulder Žagana peč brings us to the parking lot at the bottom cargo cableway station to a saddle Kokrsko sedlo.
Driving from the mountain hut in Kamniška Bistrica to the parking lot V Koncu is now forbidden (traffic sign), this extends the path for a little less than an hour.
Path description:
From the parking lot at the cargo cableway we go on at first gentle footpath in the direction of saddle Kokrsko sedlo. The path at first crosses a lane of bushes, and then passes into a dense forest, where it starts ascending steeper. Higher forest becomes a little thinner, so that a view opens up a little on surrounding peaks. The path which is still steeply ascending, higher brings us to two successive steel cables (in dry entirely undemanding), behind which we come to a pleasant resting place with a bench.
The path ahead returns into a dense forest and then it starts turning towards the right, where for a short time also steepness of the path decreases. The path a little further passes out of the forest, crosses an indistinct ditch and then it brings us on avalanche slopes below the saddle Kokrsko sedlo. Here the path turns a little to the left and starts ascending steeply on mostly rocky slope. Considerably strenuous path (because of the gravel), that runs below the mountain walls of Kalška gora on the left and less known Mali vrh on the right, with increasingly beautiful views, finally brings us to the mountain hut Cojzova koča na Kokrskem sedlu.
From the saddle, we continue right in the direction of Grintovec and Kočna (left Kalški greben, straight downwards Kokra) on the path which for a short time steeply ascends. The steepness soon decreases and the path after few minutes of additional walking brings us to a marked crossing, where we continue straight in the direction of Grintovec (slightly right Skuta). Next follows few minutes of crossing the slopes, on the path which turning more and more towards the left. After gentle descent, the path brings us in more plain terrain (bottom part of Jame), and then starts ascending diagonally towards Streha (roof slope) of Grintovec. On the top of a diagonal ascent we come to a marked crossing.
We continue left towards Kočna, right leads the path to the summit of Grintovec. After that, the path crosses steep grassy slopes towards the west and then starts descending. Later, the path turns to the right and is still slightly descending and crosses slightly exposed slopes all the way to a gentle grassy slopes (Srednji Dolci). Here we join the path which leads over Grdi graben, and few meters later we are again at the crossing. We go right, left leads the path towards a bivouac below Kočna and Kokrska Kočna. We ascend over a grassy slope, which then brings us to scree on which we are for quite some time ascending. At the end the path turns on the scree slightly to the left and it brings us into rocks. A short ascent follows slightly to the right to the notch Dolška škrbina (2317m – the lowest point between Kočna and Grintovec). On the notch is also a crossing, where we go left towards Kočna (right Grintovec). The path then leads us on the northern side of the ridge and soon again brings us to a crossing. This time we go left (straight downwards Češka koča, right Grintovec) and we continue the ascent on a path, which quickly brings us to one of the most interesting passages in Slovenian mountains. Because path brings us to rounded passage through which we have to crawl. Because the ceiling above us is so low, that otherwise it is not possible (watch out the head). The path ahead passes on short scree after which we step on a steeper path, where we get help from some iron spikes and steel cables. Then we follow a panoramic path to the narrow peak.
V Koncu - Kokrsko sedlo 2:15, Kokrsko sedlo - Jezerska Kočna 3:45.
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