Mače - Srednji vrh (Mačenska pot and via Cjanovca)

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. Continue driving through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at the roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route further leads through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, we at the end of the settlement continue right towards the settlement Srakovlje. Follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor notice the signs for Mače, which direct left past the primary school to the road that climbs 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 start of the large parking lot above Mače we notice alpine direction signs, we continue right across the whole 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 a few minor junctions in the lower section where we follow the blazes, ascends gently to moderately at first, then somewhat steeper for a short time. After crossing the gully the cart track gradually flattens and leads us to a marked junction, where alpine direction signs direct us left onto a well-trodden and nicely maintained alpine path. The marked path immediately enters fairly dense forest, through which it ascends for some time along the torrent gully, then turns somewhat more to the right and leads us in a few zigzags to a less noticeable junction, where the path to Dom na Kališču branches left (the branch is marked with inscription on a tree), we continue straight on the path that gradually leads us into sparser forest. Higher the increasingly sparse forest ends and the path leads us to panoramic grassy slopes from which a nice view of Gorenjska opens up. Follows another good 10 minutes ascent on the mentioned grassy slope and we arrive at the spring in Hudičev boršt, beside which there is a marked junction.
Again continue right (left Dom na Kališču, Dolga njiva, Srednji vrh...) and after a minute or two of further walking arrive at Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu.
From the shelter continue eastwards, where we quickly leave Hudičev boršt and arrive at the point where we exit the forest. On the initial section where we exit the forest, a fixed chain assists in the moderate descent, which continues for a few metres across the relatively steep slope. The path continues across the fairly steep grassy slope of Zaplate, which is extremely prone to avalanches in winter. Crossing the grassy slope, which is particularly dangerous for slipping in wet conditions at some points but otherwise technically undemanding, ends after about 15 minutes and the path leads us into the forest. Follows another approx. 15 minutes crossing through the forest, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left towards Cjanovca and Srednji vrh (right Javorov vrh, Potoška gora, Spodnja Kokra, sv. Jakob...).
Continue left towards Cjanovca and Srednji vrh on the path that begins to ascend more steeply along and on the eastern ridge of Cjanovca. Higher the path leads us out of the forest onto slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, we continue on the increasingly steep and locally very panoramic path. The path, from which beautiful views open onto Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and Gorenjska, gradually turns slightly left. We follow this increasingly panoramic and relatively steep path all the way to the summit of Cjanovca, on which there is a bench and small cairn.
From Cjanovca continue north on the path that descends through the dwarf pine belt to the saddle between Cjanovca and Srednji vrh. Here we step onto the ridge, which we then follow to Srednji vrh, reaching it after a few minutes further walking.

Mače - Hudičev boršt 1:55, Hudičev boršt - Skodovnjek 0:30, Skodovnjek - Cjanovca 1:15, Cjanovca - sedlo Cjanovca 0:05, sedlo Cjanovca - Srednji vrh 0:10.

Along the route: Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m), Cjanovca (1820m), Sedlo Cjanovca (1802m)

We recommend: trips from the same starting point, similar trips, panorama, summit register