Mače - Mali Grintovec (through valley of Suha)
Starting point: Mače (600 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,3131°N 14,4187°E |
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Route name: through valley of Suha
Walking time: 3 h 15 min
Difficulty: easy pathless terrain
Elevation gain: 1213 m
Elevation difference along the route: 1213 m
Map: Karavanke - osrednji del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, we take the Kranj - east exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko, but only to the village of Tupaliče. Here, a sign for Preddvor directs us left, and we then follow the road in the direction of the neighbouring village Mače. Through the village Mače, we stick to the mountain signposts for Kališče. Soon after the village, we will notice a marked parking lot, where we park (further driving is forbidden).
Route description:
From the parking lot we continue in the direction of Kališče and continue along the forest road closed to public traffic. The road, which ascends relatively steeply, brings us after a good 20 minutes of walking to a marked junction, where the usual path to Kališče branches off to the left; we continue right and along the ever worsening forest road. A little higher we reach the lower station of the cargo cableway that leads to Kališče; the road then gradually turns into a wide cart track.
We follow the marked cart track for some time longer, then when it splits into two parts we continue along the left wider unmarked cart track (a cairn is at the junction). We continue the ascent along the mentioned cart track, which steeply ascends through a band of unvegetated slope. Higher up the cart track ends, and we continue along a well-traceable but quite steep path, which higher enters dense forest. This is followed by approximately 20 minutes of ascent, and we join a marked path, which we follow to the left.
We follow the marked path only a few tens of meters, then just before the marked path turns sharply left we leave it and continue the ascent straight ahead along a barely visible tracklet. The tracklet quickly disappears in the forest, but we continue in the same direction. The path then quickly brings us out of the forest onto scree overgrown with dwarf pines, along and beside which we ascend towards Mačensko sedlo. Although the "path" is harder to follow in some places, there are no major orientation problems, since we continue in the same direction the whole time (towards the saddle between Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec). Higher up we must push through a short belt of dwarf pines, but the passage is not particularly demanding, since through this section a clearly visible otherwise completely overgrown tracklet is visible. Further the path brings us out of the dwarf pines, and after a few steps of further walking we arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where we step onto the marked path again.
We follow the path to the right, and it begins to ascend relatively steeply up the western slope of Mali Grintovec. After approximately half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo we arrive at a marked junction, where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. We continue left, and after a few tens of steps of further walking we arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.
Along the route: Mačensko sedlo (1615m)
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Discussion about the trip Mače - Mali Grintovec (through valley of Suha)
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| Anansie27. 05. 2019 |
Yesterday on this trail. The first part to the marked path at Kališče is excellently traceable, then the searching begins. In places it is completely overgrown and the fight with the bushes is quite intense 
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| Gost31. 05. 2019 |
You probably missed the right path somewhere a bit. In that case, it's really barely passable. Anyway, the path is now cleared, I also set up some new cairns. The orientation loop is at pictures 30 and 31. Here now a large cairn points to the right path. When we come out of the forest and the view opens left and right, a small trail is visible that turns sharply right and takes us to a clearing and a small watering place for wildlife. Nice spot for a short rest. Then we return and go only up the torrent bed. (pic.31) Another tip for those who don't like broken cart tracks. A little above the lower cable car station (pic.10), when the path leaves the cart track, we go another 15 meters along the cart track, and at the cairn turn left onto a well-trodden path that takes us to the marked path to Kališče.(pic.24)
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