Bašelj - Gradišče (Pustinjak) (via Sveti Lovrenc)

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 the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the spot where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along the narrow asphalt road leading between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Bašelj Tourist Association.
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj-west exit and at the first junction continue left. Continue through the underpass beneath the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, but at the end of the settlement turn right towards the Srakovlje settlement. Driving continues through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela join the road from Preddvor) to Bašelj, where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along the narrow asphalt road leading between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Bašelj Tourist Association.

Path description:
From the starting point at the Tourist Association Bašelj cabin, continue along the forest road closed to public traffic, which leads along the Belica stream. Initially walk past the football and basketball courts, then soon reach the first junction of Gamsova pot, where continue left (straight on the road to Kališče, Gradišče, Storžič...) into the forest, where first walk parallel to the road, then the path turns even more left and begins to ascend transversely across the gradually steeper slope. Higher up, exit the forest, from where a nice view opens towards Gamsov raj, Gorenjska and the nearby village of Laško. From here, past a bench and the NOB memorial plaque, descend in a few steps to the nearby road, along which walk only a few metres, as the Gamsova pot markers direct us right into the forest. Follow with a few minutes of ascent through the forest, then reach a forest road, which follow right to the nearby junction and parking lot.
From the junction continue along the worse and steeper left road towards sv. Lovrenc and Dom pod Sv. Lovrencem (straight to Kališče, Storžič - to Kališče and Storžič it is also possible by continuing left). From the junction onwards ascend quite steeply, during the ascent a marked footpath branches right, leading directly to the sv. Lovrenc church and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. All the time continue along the road, from which higher up some views open transiently. When the road after some time turns sharply right, it brings us in a few steps to the aforementioned Dom pod Lovrencem.
From the hut continue towards Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič, along a path that moderately ascends through the forest. The well-trodden path quickly takes us out of the forest onto a vast meadow, across which we stroll with nice views to the sv. Lovrenc church.
Behind the church the path returns to the forest and begins descending towards a marked junction a few minutes away, where continue straight towards Storžič and Kališče. From the mentioned junction continue briefly along the wide and well-trodden path, then the Gamsova pot markers direct us right, transversely downwards, onto a somewhat narrower trail. Follow with a few minutes of traversing with some shorter ascents and descents, then descend across a short exposed section into a gully, which we cross and then ascend on its other side to a cart track. Follow the cart track right, descending along it to the nearby forest road.
When stepping onto the road continue left (right to Laško and Bašelj), then after a few steps, at the signs for private parking, continue right onto a trodden trail, along which in one or two more minutes of walking arrive at the summit of Gradišče, where a small wooden hut stands.

Starting point - Dom na Lovrencu 0:50, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - road 0:20, road - Gradišče 0:05.

On the way: Laško (683m), Parkirišče pod sv. Lovrencem (757m), Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Odcep z grebena (878m), Cesta pod Gradiščem (844m)