Mače - Cjanovca (Mačenska pot and on SE ridge)

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 Mače. When arriving in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (church not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
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 settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, we, at the end of the settlement, continue right towards the settlement Srakovlje. Driving continues through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor notice the signs for Mače, which direct us left past the primary school to the road that ascends to Mače. When arriving in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (church not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.

Route description:
At the beginning of the large parking lot above Mače we notice mountaineering direction signs, we continue right across the entire parking lot in the direction of Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu, Javorov or Javorjev vrh, Potoška gora and sv. Jakob. From the end of the parking lot a marked cart track continues, which we follow. The cart track, which has some minor junctions in the lower part where we follow the marks, first ascends gently to moderately, then for a short time a bit steeper. After crossing the torrent the cart track gradually flattens and brings us to a marked junction, where the mountaineering direction signs direct us left onto a well-trodden and nicely maintained mountain path. The marked path immediately enters quite dense forest, through which it ascends for some time along the torrent gully, then turns a bit more to the right and brings us in a few zigzags to a less noticeable junction, where the path to Dom na Kališču branches left (the junction is marked with a sign on the tree), we continue straight on the path that gradually brings us to sparser forest. Higher up the increasingly sparse forest ends and the path brings us to scenic grassy slopes, from which a nice view of Gorenjska opens up. Follows another good 10 minutes of ascent on the mentioned grassy slope and we arrive at the spring in Hudičev boršt, next to which there is a marked junction.
Again continue right (left Dom na Kališču, Dolga njiva, Srednji vrh...) and after one or two minutes of further walking arrive at Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu.
From the shelter continue eastwards, where we quickly leave Hudičev boršt and arrive at the place where we step out of the forest. On the initial part where we step out of the forest, a wire cable assists in the moderate descent, which continues for a few meters of traversing across a relatively steep slope. The path continues along the fairly steep grassy slope of Zaplate, which is extremely avalanche-prone in winter. Traversing the grassy slope, which is especially in wet dangerous for slipping at some places, otherwise technically undemanding, ends after about 15 minutes and the path brings us into the forest. Follows another about 15 minutes of traversing through the forest, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left towards Cjanvci and Srednji vrh (right Javorov vrh, Potoška gora, Spodnja Kokra, sv. Jakob...).
Continue left in the direction of Cjanovce and Srednji vrh along the path that begins to ascend more steeply along and on the eastern ridge of Cjanovce. Higher up the path brings us out of the forest onto slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, we continue along the increasingly steep and locally very scenic path. The path, from which nice views open up to Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and Gorenjska, slowly turns slightly to the left. We follow this increasingly scenic and relatively steep path all the way to the summit of Cjanovce, on which there is a bench and a small cairn.

Mače - Hudičev boršt 1:55, Hudičev boršt - Skodovnjek 0:30, Skodovnjek - Cjanovca 1:15.

Along the route: Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Srednji vrh

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