Bašelj - Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj)

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 the Bašelj Tourist Association.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj - west exit and at the first junction continue left. Continue driving through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement, but we 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 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 the Bašelj Tourist Association.

Route description:
From the starting point at the Bašelj Tourist Association cabin, 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 to the left and begins to ascend transversely across the gradually steeper slope. Higher up, step out of 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 Gamsova pot markers direct right into the forest. A few more minutes of ascent through the forest follow, then reach the forest road, which follow to the 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 off to the right, leading directly to the sv. Lovrenc church and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. Continue along the road all the time, from it higher up some transient views open. 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 leads us out of the forest onto a vast hay meadow, across which we stroll with nice views to the sv. Lovrenc church.

Starting point - Dom na Lovrencu 0:50, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05.

Along the route: Laško (683m), Parkirišče pod sv. Lovrencem (757m), Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Gradišče (Pustinjak) ( 20 min), Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Dom na Kališču (2 h 55 min), Bašeljski vrh (3 h 25 min), Mali Grintovec, Storžič

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