Bašelj - Bašeljski vrh

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj-east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the said town, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When you arrive in Bašelj, at the point where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight ahead towards Gamsova pot. Continue along the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to Turistično društvo Bašelj.
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj-west exit and at the first intersection continue left. Then drive through the underpass beneath the motorway, after which you reach a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route further leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, but at the end of the settlement continue right towards the Srakovlje settlement. Driving continues through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela you join the road from Preddvor) to Bašelj, where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight ahead towards Gamsova pot. Continue along the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to Turistično društvo Bašelj.

Route description:
From the parking lot, continue towards the spring of Belica, Kališče and Storžič (left Gamsov raj) along the gravel road closed to public traffic, which bypasses the hut of the Športno turistični park Belica on the right side. The road, from which we first get a nice view of Storžič, leads past the football and basketball courts and in about 10 minutes brings us to a marked junction at the road's turning point.
From the turning point, continue right towards Kališče along the marked path (left to Kališče via forest road, also Gradišče (Pustinjak) and Kališče past Partizanska bolnica Košuta), which begins to ascend along the left tributary of Belica. The path further leads through the forest, first along the left side of the gully, then crosses it and switches to the right side, where after a short ascent we reach a poorer forest road or track. We follow the track for a few minutes, then the markers direct us right into the forest through which we ascend quite steeply. Higher up, we cross an overgrown clearing or old clearing, then step back onto a wide track. Along the track we walk only a few steps this time, as already at the first bend we continue straight along a gradually less steep path. A bit further, we cross another track and above it we approach a wide track completely. At the place where we fully approach the track, there is a mountaineering direction sign indicating the path downwards. Here we continue straight and after a minute or two of further walking we join a more trodden path from Mače.
From the mentioned junction, continue left towards Kališče (straight to Mače via road, right to Mače via footpath) and continue the path through a short stretch of dense forest. The dense spruce forest ends quickly and we step onto a poorer forest road that leads from the valley of the Belica stream. We ascend along the road, which soon makes a left bend, for a few minutes, then on the right side we notice the continuation of the mountaineering path (the branch is well marked). The path further moves to a steeper slope and ascends quite steeply in numerous zigzags. Higher up, the forest thins temporarily and a nice view opens to the south. In the area of sparse forest, a wooden bench also provides a pleasant rest, a little further we are "surprised" by a still functioning clock on a tree. Continuing, we traverse more to the right to reach the forested southern ridge of Kališče. On the mentioned ridge, the path turns sharply left, then ascends in a few zigzags to Spodnje Kališče, or Planina Kališče, from where a nice view of Storžič opens.
When above Spodnje Kališče the path returns to the forest, the path from Lašega (also the path from Bašelj past Partizanska bolnica Košuta) joins us from the left. A few more minutes of walking through the forest follow and we arrive at a nice vantage point, from which a nice view opens towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, the ridge of Lanež, Krvavec... From the vantage point, only a short ascent follows and we are at Dom na Kališču.
Behind Dom na Kališču, we notice a mountaineering direction sign with numerous options for continuing the path. We continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which continues northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with nice views reaching all the way to the Julian Alps, we arrive at a junction where we continue right (straight to Storžič) towards Bašeljski vrh. The path further ascends more steeply through a belt of dwarf pines and brings us, with nice views of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec, to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes we arrive at the next well-marked junction. At the junction, the path to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh branches right, we continue straight and with a view of Storžič continue the ascent. The path, which runs along and on the dwarf pine-covered ridge, a little below the summit is joined by the path from Jekerica and Bašeljski preval. Here we continue right and along a somewhat narrower ridge in one minute of further walking reach Bašeljski vrh, from which a nice view opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, the view reaching all the way to Košuta, Obir and the Labotniške Alpe in Austria.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - towards Gora 0:50, towards Gora - Spodnje Kališče 1:10, Spodnje Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15, Dom na Kališču - junction at Kališče 0:10, junction above Kališče - junction below Bašeljski vrh 0:15, junction below Bašeljski vrh - Bašeljski vrh 0:20.

Along the route: Konec ceste (679m), Za Goro (975m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Razpotje pod Kališčem (1509m), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mali Grintovec

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