Babni Vrt - Mali Grintovec (via Sveti Lovrenc and over Bašeljski vrh)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Brnik, and when you reach the road Mengeš - Kranj, turn left towards Kranj. Follow the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from where you take the first exit to the right towards Šenčur. Continue on the main road through Šenčur, and when you reach the road Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko, turn right towards Jezersko. When you reach Preddvor, leave the main road and turn left towards the centre of the town, and from there follow the signs for Bašelj. A little beyond Bašelj, the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it via a bridge. Here, the road branches off to the right, which leads to Babni Vrt, and we drive above the settlement, where the asphalt road to the last homestead turns left, and we continue to the right. We continue past the quarry and after it we reach a small crossroads, at which we park in a suitable place.
b) From the motorway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj West, then continue to Golnik. When you arrive at Tenetiše, leave the main road towards Golnik and turn right towards Trstenika. Approximately 1 km after Trstenik, you will reach a small crossroads, where the road first turns left towards Povlje, and a few 100 m further on towards Babni Vrt. Continue towards Babni Vrt, and from the crossroads above the settlement turn right onto a macadam road, which you will then follow past a quarry. Park behind the quarry in a suitable place at the next junction.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue along the left-hand road, which continues along the right-hand side of the quarry (straight ahead under Storžičem), and a little further on splits into two wide cart track. Continue on the right-hand cart track, which goes immediately into the woods, then climbs gently at first and moderately to steeply after a left-hand serpentine. Continue on right at forks, and at a small pass continue left up the fainter cart track, which soon ends. From the end of cart track or logging trail, start climbing steeply along the forest path, and within a few minutes reach another cart track, which is followed to the right, and quickly join the path from Bašlje or Laško.
Continue left up the hill and after a minute or two of further walking you will reach Dom na Lovrencu.
From the house, continue in the direction of Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališe and Storžič, along a path that climbs moderately through the forest. The well-worn path quickly leads out of the forest onto a vast hayfield, over which you can walk to the Church of St. Lovrenec, enjoying the beautiful views.
Behind the church, the path returns to the forest and starts descending towards a marked crossroads a few minutes away, where we continue straight in the direction of Storžič and Kališe.
Continue in the direction of Storžič along the wide path, which climbs slightly. The path soon becomes narrower and then climbs steeply through the forest for some time. Higher up, the path just leads us out of the forest and beautiful views of the southern slopes of Storžič open up. The steepness continues unabated all the way to the bench at the crossroads.
To the left is a marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, and we turn right towards Kališe. The path from the crossroads becomes slightly narrower and less beaten. We continue for a long time crossing the slopes to the east. The path alternates between forest and grassy slopes, which are also quite steep in places. As you cross, the path climbs slightly steeper at times and descends gently a few times. In the second part of the crossing, the path leads to a spring below Bašeljski sedlo. Here the path turns slightly to the right and continues to cross the slopes until it leads us to a marked crossroads where we continue straight in the direction of Bašeljski vrh and Malá Grintovec (Storžič on the left, Dom na Kališču on the right).
The way forward is steeper climbing through lane of dwarf pines and with a nice view of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec leads us to the dwarf pines vegetated ridge Bašeljski vrh, where we arrive in the next few minutes at the next well-marked crossroads. At the crossroads, a path branches off to the right to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh, and we continue straight ahead, looking at Storžič, to continue our ascent. The path along and along the dwarf pines ridge is joined shortly below the summit by the path from Jekarica and Bašeljski Preval. Here, continue right and, after a slightly narrower ridge, reach Bašeljski vrh in a minute of further walking, from which a beautiful view opens up towards the mountains above Jezersko, and the view extends as far as Košuta, Obirje and Lavanttal Alps in Austria.
From Bašeljski vrh we start a relatively steep descent east to north-east, following a path that runs along and along the ridge, which is mostly covered with dwarf pines, but where it is not a little more care is needed. After about 15 minutes the descent ends and the path leads to Mačensko sedlo, where we join the marked path with Kališe and the unmarked path along the valley of Suha.
Continue straight on in the direction of Maly Grintovec, following the path which begins to climb relatively steeply up the western slope of the mountain. After about half an hour's walk from Mačensko sedlo, we arrive at a marked crossroads where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue left and after some 10 steps of further walking you will reach the top of Maly Grintovec.
Babni Vrt - Bašeljski vrh 4:15 minutes, Bašeljski vrh - Mali Grintovec 45 minutes.

On the way: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim prevalom (1510m), Bašeljski vrh (1744m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m)

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