Bašelj - Dom na Kališču

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 mentioned town, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the spot where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue on the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot by the Bašelj Tourist Association.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first intersection continue left. Continue through the underpass beneath the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement, 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 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 on the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot by the Bašelj Tourist Association.

Route description:
From the parking lot, continue towards the source of Belica, Kališče and Storžič (left Gamsov raj) along the gravel road closed to public traffic, which bypasses the hut of the Belica Sports and Tourism Park on the right side. The road, from which we first get a nice view of Storžič, leads past the football and basketball courts and brings us in about 10 minutes to a marked junction at the road's turning area.
From the turning area, continue right towards Kališče along the marked path (left to Kališče via forest road, also Gradišče (Pustinjak) and Kališče past the Partizanska bolnica Košuta), which begins to ascend along the left tributary of Belica. The path continues 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. Follow the track for a few minutes, then the marks 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 approach a wide track completely. At the place where we fully approach the track, there is a mountaineering direction sign indicating the path downhill. Here we continue straight and after a minute or two of further walking join the 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 leading 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 junction is well marked). The path ahead 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 provides a pleasant rest, a little further a still functioning clock on a tree "surprises" us. 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 Laški joins us from the left (also the path from Bašelj past Partizanska bolnica Košuta). 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 remains and we are at Dom na Kališču.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - za Goro 0:50, za Goro - Spodnje Kališče 1:10, Spodnje Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15.

Along the route: Konec ceste (679m), Za Goro (975m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Razpotje pod Kališčem (1509m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec, Storžič

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