Žagana peč
Velika ledeniška klada (bolvan), z značilno razpoko, ki je videti, »kot da bi bila prežagana«, ob cesti iz Kamniške Bistrice v Konec, nmv 812 m.
Ko hodimo po dolini Kamniške Bistrice od spodnje postaje žičnice na Veliko planino pa vse do Konca, lahko opazujemo ostanke nekdanjega mogočnega ledenika. To so predvsem ledeniške groblje ali morene in veliko skal raznih oblik in velikosti, ki so povsem brez reda posejane po gozdu. Tudi Žagana peč je ostanek, ki ga je pustil ledenik, ki je segal vse od vrhov Grintovca, Skute, Brane pa tja do Kraljevega hriba. Kje se je odlomila od osnove, ni ugotovljeno, vemo samo to, kje jo je pustil ledenik.
Klada je približno kvadratne oblike s stranico približno 20 metrov in višino približno 8 metrov. Na vrhu je porastla z drevjem, pretežno s smrekami. Ima pa posebnost, ki jo loči od drugih podobnih klad. Po sredini je namreč gladko počena, kot bi bila prežagana. To ji je tudi dalo ime, saj je večina obiskovalcev v prejšnjem času - to so bili predvsem drvarji - dobro poznala videz prežaganega lesa. In ker je razpoka tako lepo gladka, je nastala razlaga, da je morala nastati zaradi »žaganja«.
Razpoka je na vrhu široka slabe tri decimetre in se polagoma oži proti dnu. Nastala je najverjetneje šele takrat, ko se je led, ki jo je »pripeljal«, stopil in je celotna skalna gmota legla na trdno podlago, ki pa je bila samo na eni strani. Del skale je obvisel v zraku in bil tako težak, da se je skala na razpoki gladko prelomila in odlomljeni del se je zasidral na trdno podlago.
Zanimiva je tudi za alpinistične šole, ki imajo tu velikokrat svoje vaje, zato je vanjo zabitih tudi nekaj klinov. Te rabijo plezalci pri svojih vajah.
DOSTOP: Po označeni poti ali cesti od Doma v Kamniški Bistrici, približno dobre pol ure do tri četrt. Žagana peč leži tik ob cesti, dobrih dvajset metrov od mostička čez hudournik, ob ostrem ovinku, zato je skoraj ni mogoče zgrešiti. Brez težav se lahko sprehodimo tudi okoli nje. Če pa se hočemo povzpeti še nanjo, zahteva to že plezanje in primeren vodnik ne bi bil odveč.
Če pa hoče kdo še kaj prebrati o Žagani peči, naj vzame v roke »Kamniški zbornik II« iz leta 1956 in poišče članek Pavla Kunaverja »Kamniška Bistrica«. Lahko pa pogleda tudi knjigo Petra Skoberneta »Sto naravnih znamenitosti Slovenije«, ki je izšla pri Prešernovi družbi leta 1988.
Vir: B. POLLAK, Kamniški občan, 21. april 1994
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Žagana peč (Sawn boulder)
A large glacial clade (boulder), with a characteristic crack that looks "as if it had been sawed through", along the road from Kamnik Bistrica to Konec, elevation 812 m.
Walking along the Kamniška Bistrica valley from the lower station of the cable car to Velika planina all the way to Konec, you can observe the remains of a once mighty glacier. These are mainly glacial boulders or moraines and many rocks of various shapes and sizes, which are strewn all over the forest in no particular order. Žagana peč is also a remnant left by the glacier, which stretched from the peaks of Grintovec, Skuta, Brana and all the way to Kraljev hrib. It is not known where it broke away from its base, but only where the glacier left it.
The boulder is roughly square in shape, with a side of about 20 metres and a height of about 8 metres. The top of the boulder is covered with trees, mainly spruce. However, it has a special feature that distinguishes it from other similar boulders. It has a smooth crack down the middle, as if it had been sawn through. This is what gave it its name, as most visitors in the past - who were mainly woodcutters - were familiar with the look of sawn wood. And because the crack is so beautifully smooth, the explanation was that it must have been caused by 'sawing'.
The crack is just under three decimetres wide at the top and narrows gently towards the bottom. It was probably formed only when the ice that "drove" it melted and the whole rock mass was placed on solid ground, which was only on one side. Part of the rock was suspended in the air and was so heavy that the rock broke off smoothly at the crack and the broken off part anchored itself on solid ground.
It is also interesting for mountaineering schools, which often have their exercises here, so there are also some pegs driven into it.
ACCESS: On the marked trail or road from the Hut in Kamniška Bistrica, about half an hour to three quarters. Žagana peč (Sawed boulder) is right next to the road, a good twenty metres from the little bridge over the torrent, at a sharp bend, so it is almost impossible to miss it. You can easily walk around it. But if you want to ascend up to it, it requires climbing skills, and a proper guide is advised.