Povlje - Mali Grintovec (via Bašeljski vrh)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Brnik exit, and when reaching the Mengeš - Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. Drive along the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from which continue on the first right exit towards Šenčur. Continue through Šenčur on the main road, then, upon reaching the Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko road, turn right towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left towards the centre of the said place, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Somewhat beyond the Bašelj settlement, the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it over a bridge. Here, a road first branches right to the villages of Babni, Vrt, and about 100 m further to the village of Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, and park on a small parking lot above the village. At the starting point, there is a small intersection, several mountaineering signposts, and a large information board for the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič".
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Golnik. Upon arriving in Tenetiše, leave the main road towards Golnik and continue driving right towards Trstenik. Approximately 1 km beyond the Trstenik settlement, arrive at a small intersection, where continue left towards the village of Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, and park on a small parking lot above the village. At the starting point, there is a small intersection, several mountaineering signposts, and a large information board for the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič".

Route description:
From the starting point, continue in the direction of the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič", that is, continue along the asphalt road that turns right and leads us somewhat higher past a few houses and weekend homes. Above the settlement, the asphalt ends, and the road enters the forest, where a little further it crosses a torrent stream (in the upper part known as the southwest gully of Storžič, in the lower part no longer so pronounced). After crossing the torrent gully, where ramsons grow in springtime, the road ascends transversely to the right for a while, then splits into two wide tracks. Continue on the lower right track, and after a few steps from it, go left into the forest on the path towards sv. Lovrenc. The path continues for some time without major changes in elevation, then joins a track, along which we quickly reach Srečotov mlinčki.
Just above the mills, the path towards sv. Lovrenc turns right from the track into dense forest, but we continue straight and ascend along the track to the junction with the marked path.
Follow the mentioned path left (right sv. Lovrenc, Bašelj...) towards Storžič and Kališče.
Continue towards Storžič further along the wide path, which gently ascends. The path soon narrows and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher up, the path takes us out of the forest, and beautiful views open up to the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness does not relent all the way to the bench at the junction.
Left leads the marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, but we turn right towards Kališče. From the junction, the path becomes somewhat narrower and less trodden. Continuing, we cross the slopes towards the east for a long time. Along the path, forest alternates with grassy slopes, which are quite steep in places. During the crossing, the path occasionally ascends more steeply, and sometimes gently descends. In the second part of the crossing, the path brings us to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here, the path turns slightly right and continues crossing the slopes until it brings us to a marked junction, where we continue straight towards Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču).
The path ahead ascends more steeply through a belt of dwarf pines and brings us, with nice views of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec, to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes we reach the next well-marked junction. At the junction, a path branches right to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh, but we continue straight and, with a view of Storžič, continue the ascent. The path, which runs along and on the dwarf pine-covered ridge, joins just below the summit with the path from Jekarica and Bašeljski preval. Here, we continue right and along the somewhat narrower ridge reach Bašeljski vrh in one minute of further walking, from which a beautiful view opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, extending all the way to Košuta, Obir, and the Labotniške Alpe in Austria.
From Bašeljski vrh, we begin a relatively steep descent towards the east to northeast, along a path that runs along and on the ridge, which is mostly covered with dwarf pines; where it is not, a bit more caution is needed. After about 15 minutes, the descent ends, and the path brings us to Mačensko sedlo, where the marked path from Kališče and the unmarked path along the Suha valley join us.
Continue straight towards Mali Grintovec, along a path that begins to ascend relatively steeply along the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After about half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo, we reach a marked junction, where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue left and after a dozen or so steps of further walking, arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.

Starting point - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:40, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - wide valley 1:45, Wide valley - Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo 0:35, Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo - junction above Kališče 0:15, junction above Kališče - junction below Bašeljski vrh 0:15, junction below Bašeljski vrh - Bašeljski vrh 0:20, Bašeljski vrh - Mačensko sedlo 0:15, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 0:30.

Along the route: Pri treh Mlinčkih (835m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Široka dolina (1414m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim sedlom (1528m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m), Bašeljski vrh (1744m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m), Razpotje pod Malim Grintovcem (1791m)

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