Bašelj - Bašeljski vrh (via hospital Košuta)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When arriving in Preddvor leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned place, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the place where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road leading 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 under the motorway, then arrive at the roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement, but we, at the end of the settlement, continue right towards the Srakovlje settlement. This is followed by driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela we join the road from Preddvor) to Bašelj, where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road leading between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to Turistično društvo Bašelj.

Route description:
From the starting point at the wooden cabin of the Bašelj tourist association, continue along the forest road closed to public traffic, which leads along the Belica stream. Initially we walk past the football and basketball courts, then we soon arrive at the first junction of Gamsova pot, where the path towards the church of St. Lovrenc, Dom pod sv. Lovrencem branches off to the left, it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča na Planini Javornik, Mali and Veliki Poljani...
From the mentioned junction, the ascent continues along the gravel road, which moderately climbs through the forest or partially through scrub. After a few minutes we arrive at the turning area of the forest road, where the footpath to Kališče continues right across the stream, slightly to the left Gamsova pot continues, leading to Gradišče and further to sv. Lovrenc as well as the path to Kališče along the forest road, Kališče via Košuta Hospital and Kališče along the Kisovec ridge. Continue along the wide cart track ascending towards the nearby water intake. Before the intake, leave the wide cart track and again continue slightly left onto the path where Gamsova pot continues. Then climb for a few minutes along a steeper cart track, when it ends, we continue right along a less pronounced but relatively well-trodden path ascending through the forest. Higher up the trail partially disappears in places, we follow the otherwise rare yellow-white markers indicating Gamsova pot. We climb through the forest for a few minutes, then at one bend we reach another forest road, which we follow to the right (left Laško). We walk a few dozen meters along the gravel road and are already at the next junction, where the path to sv. Lovrenc branches left, a few steps further also right to the summit of Gradišče. Continue along the road for another about 10 minutes, then arrive at a small parking lot and a few steps further to the turning point at the end of the road.
From the end of the road continue left onto the cart track in the direction of Kališče and Storžič. The cart track then moderately ascends along the bed of the Belica stream and after about 10 minutes splits into two parts. Continue along the left cart track, which ends after just a few meters. At this point leave the proximity of the stream bed and continue somewhat left along the path that steeply climbs through the forest. The steepness soon eases and the path takes us to the partisan hospital Košuta.
Behind the hospital cross two consecutive gullies, then the path becomes steeper again. The path ahead still continues through the forest, crossing one steeper slope where greater caution is needed when wet. Above the steep section we reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right.
Here we continue left and continue the ascent along the still steep path continuing through gradually sparser forest. After the bench and some views of nearby Storžič the path turns right and returns to dense forest. A less steep path follows, which quickly takes us to the first hut on Spodnje Kališče. Behind the hut the forest ends, then along a pleasant grassy surface in a few minutes reach the central part of the pasture, where we also join the usual path from Mač.
From Spodnje Kališče continue slightly left in the direction of Dom na Kališču, from which a few minutes of walking through the forest follow, then arrive at a nice viewpoint from which a nice view opens towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, Lanež ridge, Krvavec... From the viewpoint only a short ascent follows and we are at Dom na Kališču.
Behind Dom na Kališču we notice the mountaineering direction sign with numerous path continuation options. Continue along the easy and scenic ridge path in the direction of Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which continues northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with nice views reaching all the way to the Julian Alps, arrive at a junction where we continue right (straight Storžič) towards Bašeljski vrh. The path ahead climbs 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, running on and along the dwarf pine-covered ridges, a little below the summit is joined by the path from Jekarica 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 panorama opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, the view reaching to Košuta, Obir and Labotniške Alpe in Austria.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - road below Gradišče 0:25, road below Gradišče - turning point 0:10, turning point - Partisan Hospital Košuta 0:25, Partisan Hospital Košuta - Kisovec 0:25, Kisovec - Planina Kališče 0:45, Planina Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15, Dom na Kališču - junction on 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), Cesta pod Gradiščem (825m), Obračališče (852m), Partizanska bolnica Košuta (1016m), Kisovec (1152m), Planina Kališče (1450m), 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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