Bašelj - Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (via Gradišče)

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 that leads 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. 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, 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 that leads 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 wooden hut of the Bašelj Tourist Association, 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 the Gamsova pot, where the path to the church of St. Lovrenc, Dom pod sv. Lovrencem branches left, it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča on planina Javornik, Mali and Veliki Poljani...
From the mentioned junction, continue the ascent along the gravel road, which moderately ascends through the forest or partially through bushes. After a few minutes, reach the turning point of the forest road, where the footpath to Kališče continues right across the stream, slightly left the Gamsova pot continues, leading to Gradišče and further to sv. Lovrenc, and the path to Kališče along the forest road, Kališče past Košuta hospital and Kališče along the Kisovec ridge. Continue along the wide track that ascends towards the nearby water intake. Before the intake, leave the wide track and again continue slightly left onto the path where Gamsova pot continues. Then ascend for a few minutes along a steeper track, when it ends continue right along a less pronounced but relatively well-trodden path that ascends through the forest. Higher up, the trail partially disappears in places, but follow the otherwise sparse yellow-white markers indicating Gamsova pot. Ascend through the forest for a few minutes, then at one bend reach another forest road, which we follow right (left Laško). Walk along the gravel road for some tens of meters and we are already at the next junction, where the path to sv. Lovrenc branches left.
From the mentioned junction, walk along the road just a few steps, then on the right, next to the sign indicating private parking, continue right onto the trodden path, along which in one or two minutes of further walking we reach the top of Gradišče, where a small wooden hut stands.
From Gradišče return to the forest road or a few steps back, then from the junction continue along the track towards sv. Lovrenc. The track first leads above the nearby gully then the markers lead left onto a path that first transversely descends into the gully, crosses it, on the other side ascends over a somewhat exposed passage, where special caution is needed especially when wet. The exposed section is short, so it does not cause any special difficulties. The path further enters the forest, where it crosses initially even steeper slopes, then brings us with a few shorter ascents and descents to the marked path leading from sv. Lovrenc towards Storžič, Kališče, planina Javornik...
When stepping onto the mentioned marked path, follow it left, initially slightly downhill. After a short descent, reach a marked junction, from which continue straight towards sv. Lovrenc (left Bašelj). Follows a few-minute moderate ascent through the forest, then emerge from the forest onto a larger meadow, in the middle of which is the church of sv. Lovrenc and from which a beautiful view opens.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - road under Gradišče 0:25, road under Gradišče - Gradišče 0:05, Gradišče - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:25, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - sv. Lovrenc 0:10.

Along the route: Konec ceste (679m), Cesta pod Gradiščem (825m), Gradišče (Pustinjak) (871m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj), Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Dom na Kališču (2 h 40 min), Bašeljski vrh (3 h 10 min), Mali Grintovec, Storžič

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