Mače - Planina Dolga njiva (via Kozjek)

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 a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route further leads through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and we, at the end of the settlement, continue right towards the settlement Srakovlje. Driving then continues through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor notice the signs for Mače, which direct us left past the primary school onto 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:
From the parking lot continue towards Kališče and follow the forest road closed to public traffic. The road, which ascends quite steeply, brings us after about 20 minutes of walking to a marked junction, where the usual path to Kališče branches left, we continue right and proceed along the increasingly worse forest road. A little higher we reach the lower station of the cargo cableway leading to Kališče, and the road gradually turns into a wide cart track. The ascent further on is somewhat more difficult orientation-wise due to the labyrinth of cart tracks, but if we carefully follow the markers, we cannot miss it. Higher up the cart track turns into a steep footpath, which eventually brings us to the ridge of Kozjek. Here the path levels out and turns left, bringing us after a few more minutes to a marked junction.
Continue right towards Srednji vrh, Hudičev boršt, Potoška gora and sv. Jakob (left Kališče and Storžič) along the path that further crosses the slopes to the right, and after a few minutes we arrive at the next junction.
This time continue left towards Cjanovce, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec along the path (straight Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu and Mačenska pot to Mače), which begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The quite steep path higher up brings us to a small valley, where the forest thins out and the path levels. After a few minutes walking along the said valley the path turns right, ascends more steeply and after a short ascent brings us to the shepherd's hut on Planina Dolga njiva.

Starting point - Studenci 0:25, Studenci - junction to Suha valley 0:35, junction to Suha valley - junction on Kozjek 0:50, junction on Kozjek - junction below Dolga njiva 0:05, junction below Dolga njiva - Planina Dolga njiva 0:55.

Along the route: Studenci (737m), Spodnja postaja tovorne žičnice (800m), Odcep v dolino Suhe (916m), Greben Kozjeka (1175m), Razpotje Kozjek (1281m), Razpotje pod Dolgo njivo (1282m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mali Grintovec, Cjanovca, Srednji vrh

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