Spodnja Kokra - Dom na Kališču (via Baba)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj - east exit and follow the road towards Jezersko. Just a few kilometres after the Preddvor turn-off, on the right side of the road we will spot a transformer and a parking lot next to it, where we park. There are also signposts for Dom Čemšenik here.

Route description:
From the parking lot, first carefully cross the road, then head to the footpath towards Dom Čemšenik. The wide path barely noticeably ascends to the Polajnar farmstead, where we step onto the road, which we follow to the right.
The road steeply ascends immediately after the house, but a bit higher it loses the asphalt surface. Further on, the road levels out and turns slightly to the left, where it comes very close to the Čemšeniški stream. A little further ahead, we cross the mentioned stream and immediately after it reach a marked junction, where we continue on the left road towards Dom Čemšenik. The road then begins to ascend more steeply again and brings us to Dom Čemšenik after less than 30 minutes of further walking.
From Dom Čemšenik we continue behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that goes into the forest and begins first gently then more and more steeply to ascend. The path soon brings us to a modest viewpoint, where it turns slightly to the right and then ascends transversely. Higher up the path brings us to the main ridge (view of the Gorenjska plain), where it ascends even more steeply and brings us after a few minutes of further walking to a more level area where a wooden hut (weekend cabin) stands.
Just before the hut the path turns right and brings us after a few more steps to the stamp box on Baba.
From the stamp box we continue on a well-traceable little path that continues along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which we first get a nice view towards Cjanovci, Kočni, Grintovec, Kalški greben and other surrounding hills. The path ahead first continues along the left side of the ridge, then after an indistinct saddle passes to the right (eastern) slopes of Potoška gora. A few-minute transverse ascent follows, after which we join the marked path leading from Dom Čemšenik.
We continue upwards and relatively quickly arrive at the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and the forepeak of Javorov vrh on the right.
At the saddle there is a marked junction, where we continue right (left Potoška gora, slightly left Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu (we can descend via one of the mentioned paths)) towards Javorov vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, detouring the indistinct forepeak to the right. A gentle ascent follows, from where we get some view again, then the path returns to the forest and splits.
Here we continue left towards Srednji vrh, Kališče and Storžič (straight Javorov vrh 15 minutes) on the path that brings us after a few more steps to a pleasant spring. A half-hour crossing of the slopes below Javorov vrh follows, which ends at the saddle between the mentioned peak and Cjanovca.
Here at the marked junction we continue left towards Hudičev boršt (straight Srednji vrh and Cjanovca, sharp right Javorov vrh) on the path that further crosses the slopes to the left, during which it slightly ascends and descends a few times. After about 15 minutes of walking from the last junction we step out of the forest onto the grassy slopes of Zaplate, across which we continue the crossing. The technically undemanding path leads us across occasionally steeper slopes, where it is especially in wet conditions dangerous for slipping at a few spots. In the last part before entering the forest a chain assists us, and after it the path completely levels out. When we enter the forest we have only a short walk to the shelter.
From the shelter we continue towards the west, where we quickly reach the spring in Hudičev boršt, and immediately after it to a marked junction, where we continue straight (left downhill Mačenska pot to Mače). A short crossing of the grassy slope follows, then the path enters the forest and brings us to a junction, where the path towards Dolga njiva, Cjanovci, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec branches off to the right, and we continue straight. The path ahead crosses the slopes to the left for a short time longer, then after crossing a gully brings us to a junction, where we continue right towards Kališče (lower path leads to Mače).
The path ahead still crosses the slopes to the left. During the crossing we will come to a small scree field, from which we get the first view towards the valley. A short crossing follows and the path brings us to the valley of Suha, where an unmarked path from Mače joins us from the left.
We continue towards Kališče and continue the ascent on a gradually steeper path. The path ahead ascends through dense forest for some time longer, then brings us to the foot of rocky cliffs and a little higher to the ridge, where we notice a small hut just a few meters off the path. Here the path turns right and steeply ascends over a short rocky step. The path levels out here and a few meters further joins the usual path leading to Kališče.
We continue towards Kališče and continue the ascent on a moderately steep path, by which in 5 minutes of further walking we reach Planinski dom na Kališču.

Starting point - Dom Čemšenik 0:50, Dom Čemšenik - Baba 0:45, Baba - Volčje jame 0:25, Volčje jame - junction below Javorov vrh 0:10, junction below Javorov vrh - Saddle above Skodovnjek 0:15, Saddle above Skodovnjek - Skodovnjek junction 0:10, Skodovnjek junction - Shelter in Hudičev boršt 0:30, Shelter in Hudičev boršt - junction below Dolga njiva 0:10, junction below Dolga njiva - junction at Kozjek 0:05, junction at Kozjek - Suha valley 0:20, Suha valley - junction below Kališče 0:30, junction below Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:05.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik (835m), Baba (1098m), Baba (1119m), Potoška Baba (1128m), Volčje jame (1198m), Vrnitev na markirano pot (1245m), Razpotje na grebenu Javorovega vrha (1291m), Izvir pod Javorovim vrhom (1332m), Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom (1336m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje pod Dolgo njivo (1282m), Razpotje Kozjek (1281m), Dolina Suhe (1322m), Razpotje pod Kališčem (1509m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bašeljski vrh ( 45 min), Mali Grintovec, Storžič (1 h 30 min)

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