Laško (obračališče nad vasjo) - Storžič (via Kališče)

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 for the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the beginning of the left bend a narrower road continues straight ahead to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj log cabin (in descriptions starting point Bašelj), we however continue along the main road from the mentioned intersection for another good 100 m to the next intersection, where we turn right onto the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. About 50 m further, take the left road, which gradually begins to rise moderately. At the Laško hamlet, turn left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue on a steep gravel road that leads past the junction of the path (track) to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned junction, drive a little further to the end of the road or a smaller parking lot some 10 metres before.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first intersection turn left. Continue through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, at the end of the settlement turn right towards the Srakovlje settlement. Follow the road 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, where a narrower road continues straight ahead to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj log cabin (in descriptions starting point Bašelj), we however continue along the main road from the mentioned intersection for another good 100 m to the next intersection, where we turn right onto the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. About 50 m further, take the left road, which gradually begins to rise moderately. At the Laško hamlet, turn left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue on a steep gravel road that leads past the junction of the path (track) to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned junction, drive a little further to the end of the road or a smaller parking lot some 10 metres before.

Route description:
From the small parking lot, walk to the turning circle at the end of the road. From the end of the road, continue left onto the track towards Kališče and Storžič. The track then rises moderately along the bed of the Belica stream and after about 10 minutes splits into two parts. Continue on the left track, which ends after a few metres. Here, leave the proximity of the stream bed and continue slightly left on the path that steeply ascends through the forest. The steepness soon eases and the path leads us to the partisan hospital Košuta.
After the hospital, cross two consecutive gullies, then the path becomes steeper again. The path ahead still continues through the forest, crossing a steeper slope where extra caution is needed in wet conditions. Above the steep section, reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right.
Here, continue left and continue the ascent on the still steep path that proceeds through increasingly sparse forest. After a bench and some views of nearby Storžič, the path turns right and returns to dense forest. A less steep path follows, which quickly takes us to the first hut on Spodnje Kališče. After the hut, the forest ends, then along a pleasant grassy base in a few minutes we reach the central part of the pasture, where we also join the usual path from Mač.
From Spodnje Kališče, continue slightly left towards Dom na Kališču, from which a few minutes of walking through the forest follow, then we arrive at a beautiful 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, notice the mountaineering signpost with numerous route continuation options. Continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which proceeds northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with beautiful views reaching to the Julian Alps, arrive at a junction where the path to the church of sv. Lovrenc above Bašelj, planina Javornik and Kriška gora branches left, the path to Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec branches right, we continue straight towards Storžič. A few minutes of traversing mostly the western slopes of Bašeljski vrh follow, then arrive at the grassy Bašeljski preval, where the path from Jezersko joins from the right (in descriptions starting point Jekarica).
Again continue straight towards Storžič, this time on a path that begins to steeply ascend through a belt of dwarf pines. After about 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, step onto the ridge of Storžič, which we soon leave as the path switches to the southern slopes of the mountain. Over fairly steep southern slopes, we ascend on a steep path that is slippery in several places, especially when wet. Higher up, the path levels slightly and returns to the ridge, along and on which it then continues. To the increasingly scenic path, just below the summit, paths from sv. Lovrenc, planina Javornik, and the path over Psica and through Žrelo join from the left. Here, continue slightly right and in a few steps reach one of the most visited two-thousanders in Slovenia.

Starting point - Partisan hospital Košuta 0:25, Partisan hospital Košuta - Kisovec 0:25, Kisovec - Planina Kališče 0:45, Planina Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15, Dom na Kališču - junction on Kališče 0:10, junction above Kališče - Bašeljski preval 0:10, Bašeljski preval - Storžič 1:10.

Along the route: Partizanska bolnica Košuta (1016m), Kisovec (1152m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Bašeljski preval (1630m)

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