Povlje - Mali Grintovec

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 first branches off to the right into the village of Babni, Vrt, and then, a good 100 m further on, into the village of Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, and park in a small parking lot above the village. At the starting point there is a small crossroads, several mountain direction signs and a larger information sign for the Trstenik walking and learning trail "the path under Storžič".
b) From the motorway Jesenice - Ljubljana take the exit Kranj West, then continue towards Golnik. When you arrive at Tenetiše, leave the main road towards Golnik and turn right towards Trstenika. Approximately 1km after Trstenik you will reach a small crossroads where you turn left towards Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje, and park in a small parking lot above the village. At the starting point there is a small crossroads, several mountain direction signs and a larger information sign for the Trstenik walking and learning trail "the trail under Storžič".

Path description:
From the starting point, continue in the direction of the Trstenik walking/learning path "the path under Storžič", i. e. continue along the asphalt road, which turns right and leads us a little higher, past a few more houses and cottages. Above the settlement the tarmac ends and the road passes into the woods, where a little further on it crosses a torrential stream (known in the upper part as the south-west gutter of Storžič, but not so distinct in the lower part). After crossing the torrential glen, where in spring time the hellebores grow, the road climbs crosswise to the right for some time, and then forks into two wide cart track. Continue along the bottom right cart track, and after a few steps left into the woods, on the path towards St. Lawrence. The path continues for some time without any major changes in altitude, then joins the cart track, which quickly leads to Srečot's mills.
Just above the mills, the path towards St. Lawrence turns right from cart track into a dense forest, and we continue straight on and climb cart track to the junction with the marked path.
Follow the above-mentioned path to the left (right St. Lovrenc, Bašelj. . . ) in the direction of Storžič and Kališča.
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 (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču). The way forward is to climb steeply through the lane of dwarf pines and with a nice view of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec leads us to the dwarf pines ridge Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes we arrive at the next well-marked crossroads, where we continue along the lower right path (left Bašeljski vrh) in the direction of Mačensko sedlo.
Then cross Bašeljski vrh, on a path that continues with some short ascents and descents. When the crossing ends, we arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where we join the marked trail with Bašeljski vrh on the left and the unmarked trail through the valley of the Suhe on the right.
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 Mačenski sedlo, we arrive at a marked crossroads where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue to the left and after a further walk of 10 steps you will reach the top of Maly Grintovec.

On the way: Izvir pod Bašeljskim prevalom (1510m), Mačensko sedlo (1615m)

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