Bašelj - Mali Grintovec (via Bašeljski vrh)

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. Upon reaching Bašelj, at the point where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the 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. Continue driving 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 towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Turistično društvo Bašelj.

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 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 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 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 cutting, 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 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 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 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 (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 viewpoint, from which a nice view opens towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, the ridge of Lanež, Krvavec... From the viewpoint, 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 reach 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 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 view opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, the view reaching all the way to Košuta, Obir and Labotniške Alpe in Austria.
From Bašeljski vrh, we begin a relatively steep descent towards the east to northeast, along a path that runs along and on the ridge, which is mostly covered with dwarf pines, and where there are none, a bit more caution is needed. After about 15 minutes, the descent ends and the path brings us to Mačensko sedlo, where the marked path from Kališče and the unmarked path along the Suha valley join us.
Continue straight towards Mali Grintovec, along a path that begins to ascend relatively steeply along the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After about half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo, we reach a marked junction, where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue left and after a few dozen steps of further walking arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - to Gora 0:50, to Gora - Spodnje Kališče 1:10, Spodnje 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, Bašeljski vrh - Mačensko sedlo 0:15, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 0:30.

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), Bašeljski vrh (1744m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m), Razpotje pod Malim Grintovcem (1791m)

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