Bašelj - Dom na Kališču (via Sveti Lovrenc)

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 for 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 driving along 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 junction continue left. Continue through the underpass beneath the motorway, then reach a roundabout from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement, at its end we continue right towards the Srakovlje settlement. Driving continues 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 along 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 hut of Turistično društvo Bašelj, continue along the forest road closed to public traffic, which leads along the Belica stream. Initially walk past the football and basketball courts, then soon reach the first junction of Gamsova pot, where continue left (straight along the road to Kališče, Gradišče, Storžič...) into the forest, where initially walk parallel to the road, then the path turns even more left and begins to ascend transversely across the gradually steeper slope. Higher up, exit the forest, from where a nice view opens towards Gamsov raj, Gorenjska and the nearby village Laško. From here, past a bench and the NOB memorial plaque, descend in a few steps to the nearby road, along which walk only a few metres, as the signs for Gamsova pot direct right into the forest. Follow with a few minutes of ascent through the forest, then reach a forest road, which follow right to the nearby junction and parking lot.
From the junction continue along the worse and steeper left road towards sv. Lovrenc and Dom pod Sv. Lovrencem (straight to Kališče, Storžič - to Kališče and Storžič it is also possible by continuing left). From the junction onwards ascend relatively steeply, during the ascent a marked footpath branches right, leading directly to the church of sv. Lovrenc and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. All the time continue along the road, from which higher up some views open transiently. When the road after some time turns sharply right, it brings us in a few steps to the aforementioned Dom pod Lovrencem.
From the hut continue towards Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič, along a path that moderately ascends through the forest. The well-trodden path quickly takes us out of the forest onto a vast meadow, across which we stroll with nice views to the church of sv. Lovrenc.
Behind the church the path returns to the forest and begins descending towards a marked junction a few minutes away, where continue straight towards Storžič and Kališče.
Further continue towards Storžič along the wide path, which gently ascends. The path soon becomes narrower and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher up the path takes us out of the forest and nice views open to the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness does not relent all the way to the bench at the junction.
Left leads a marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, we head right towards Kališče. From the junction the path becomes somewhat narrower and less trodden. Continuing, traverse the slopes eastwards for a long time. Along the way, forest and grassy slopes alternate, which are quite steep in places. During the traverse the path occasionally ascends more steeply, sometimes gently descends. In the second part of the traverse the path brings us to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here the path turns slightly right and continues traversing the slopes until it brings us to a marked junction, where continue right towards Dom na Kališču (left Storžič, straight or slightly left Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec).
From the junction onwards follows walking along a wide panoramic ridge, along which we reach Dom na Kališču in a few minutes.

Starting point - Dom na Lovrencu 0:50, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - wide valley 1:45, Wide valley - Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo 0:35, Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo - junction above Kališče 0:15, junction above Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:05.

Along the route: Laško (683m), Parkirišče pod sv. Lovrencem (757m), Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Široka dolina (1414m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim sedlom (1528m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m)

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

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