Bašelj - Mali Grintovec (via hospital Košuta and over Bašeljski vrh)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned town, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the place where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Turistično društvo Bašelj.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first intersection continue left. Then drive through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, but we at the end of the settlement continue right towards the settlement of Srakovlje. Driving continues through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela we 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 on the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Turistično društvo Bašelj.

Path description:
From the starting point at the wooden hut of the Bašelj tourist association, 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 the Gamsova pot, where the path to the church of sv. Lovrenc, Dom pod sv. Lovrencem branches left, and it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča on the Javornik pasture, Mali and Veliki Poljani...
From the mentioned junction, continue the ascent along the gravel road, which moderately ascends through the forest or partially through shrubbery. After a few minutes, reach the turning point of the forest road, where the footpath to Kališče continues right across the stream, slightly left the Gamsova pot continues, leading to Gradišče and further to sv. Lovrenc as well as the path to Kališče via forest road, Kališče past the Košuta hospital and Kališče along the Kisovec ridge. Continue along the wide track, which ascends towards the nearby water intake. Before the intake, leave the wide track and again continue slightly left onto the path where the Gamsova pot continues. Then ascend for a few minutes along a steeper track, when it ends, continue right along a less pronounced but relatively well-trodden path that ascends through the forest. Higher up, the trail partially disappears in places, but follow the otherwise sparse yellow-white markers indicating the Gamsova pot. Ascend through the forest for a few minutes, then at one bend reach another forest road, which you follow right (left Laško). Walk along the gravel road for some 10 meters and already reach the next junction, where the path to sv. Lovrenc branches left, a few steps further right to the top of Gradišče. Continue along the road for another about 10 minutes, then reach a small parking lot and a few steps further the turning point at the end of the road.
From the end of the road, continue left onto the track towards Kališče and Storžič. The track then moderately ascends along the bed of the Belica stream and after about 10 minutes splits into two parts. Continue along the left track, which ends after a few meters. Here, leave the proximity of the stream bed and continue somewhat left along the path that steeply ascends through the forest. The steepness soon eases and the path leads to the partisan hospital Košuta.
Past the hospital, cross two consecutive gullies, then the path becomes steeper again. The path ahead still continues through the forest, crossing one steeper slope where more caution is needed in wet conditions. Above the steep section, reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right.
Here, continue left and continue the ascent along the still steep path that proceeds through gradually sparser forest. Past the bench and after some views of the nearby Storžič, the path turns right and returns to dense forest. Follows a less steep path, which quickly takes us to the first hut on Spodnje Kališče. Past the hut, the forest ends, then along a pleasant grassy base in a few minutes reach the central part of the pasture, where we also join the usual path from Mač.
From Spodnje Kališče, continue slightly left towards Dom na Kališču, from which follows another few minutes of walking through the forest, then reach a beautiful viewpoint from which a nice view opens towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, the Lanež ridge, Krvavec... From the viewpoint, only a short ascent follows and we are at Dom na Kališču.
Past Dom na Kališču, notice the mountaineering direction sign with numerous continuation options. Continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which proceeds northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with beautiful views reaching to the Julian Alps, reach a junction where continue right (straight Storžič) towards Bašeljski vrh. The path ahead more steeply ascends through a belt of dwarf pines and brings us with nice views of the adjacent Mali Grintovec to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes reach the next well-marked junction. At the junction, the path to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh branches right, we continue straight and with a view of Storžič continue the ascent. The path, which runs along and on the dwarf pine-covered ridges, a little below the summit is joined by the path from Jekarica and Bašeljski preval. Here continue right and along a somewhat narrower ridge in one minute of further walking reach Bašeljski vrh, from which a nice view opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, the view reaching to Košuta, Obir and the Labotniške Alpe in Austria.
From Bašeljski vrh, begin a relatively steep descent towards the east to northeast, along the path that runs along and on the ridge, which is mostly covered with dwarf pines, where there are none, a bit more care 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 the path that begins to relatively steeply ascend along the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After about half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo, reach a marked junction, where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue left and after some 10 steps of further walking arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - road below Gradišče 0:25, road below Gradišče - turning point 0:10, turning point - Partisan hospital Košuta 0:25, Partisan hospital Košuta - Kisovec 0:25, Kisovec - Planina Kališče 0:45, Planina Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15, Dom na Kališču - junction on Kališče 0:10, 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.

On the way: Konec ceste (679m), Cesta pod Gradiščem (825m), Obračališče (852m), Partizanska bolnica Košuta (1016m), Kisovec (1152m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m), Bašeljski vrh (1744m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m), Razpotje pod Malim Grintovcem (1791m)