Bašelj - Mali Grintovec (via Sveti Lovrenc)

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 aforementioned town, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the point where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along 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. Continue through the underpass beneath the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route further leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, but at the end of the settlement continue 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 that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Turistično društvo Bašelj.

Route 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 Gamsova pot, where continue left (straight along 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 meters, as the Gamsova pot markers direct 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 relatively steeply, during the ascent a marked footpath branches right, leading directly to the sv. Lovrenc church and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. Continue along the road all the time, from it 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 to descend towards a marked junction a few minutes away, where continue straight towards Storžič and Kališče.
Further towards Storžič continue along the wide path, which gently ascends. The path soon becomes narrower and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher up, the path takes us out of the forest and nice views open to the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness continues unabated all the way to the bench at the junction.
Left leads a marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, we head right towards Kališče. From the junction, the path becomes somewhat narrower and less trodden. Continue crossing the slopes eastwards for a long time. Along the way, forest alternates with grassy slopes, which are quite steep in places. During the crossing, the path occasionally ascends somewhat more steeply, sometimes gently descends. In the second part of the crossing, the path brings us to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here the path turns slightly right and continues crossing the slopes until it brings us to a marked junction, where continue straight towards Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču).
From the junction onwards, begin ascending through dwarf pines, the path quickly brings us to the next junction, where continue along the lower right path (left Bašeljski vrh) towards Mačensko sedlo.
Follows crossing Bašeljski vrh, along a path that continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When the crossing ends, arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where a marked path from Bašeljski vrh joins from the left, and an unmarked path along the Suha valley from the right.
Continue straight towards Mali Grintovec, along a path that begins to ascend relatively steeply up the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After about half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo, arrive at 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 - Dom na Lovrencu 0:50, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrencu 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrencu - wide valley 1:45, wide valley - Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo 0:35, Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo - junction above Kališče 0:15, junction above Kališče - junction below Bašeljski vrh 0:15, junction below Bašeljski vrh - Mačensko sedlo 0:25, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 0:30.

Along the route: Laško (683m), Parkirišče pod sv. Lovrencem (757m), Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Široka dolina (1414m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim sedlom (1528m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m), Razpotje pod Malim Grintovcem (1791m)

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