Mače - Planina Dolga njiva (Mačenska pot)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When you arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned place, from there follow the signs for Mače. When you arrive in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (church not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first junction 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 to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor, notice the signs for Mače, which direct us left past the primary school to the road that climbs to Mače. When you arrive in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (church not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.

Route description:
At the beginning of the large parking lot above Mače, we notice mountaineering direction signs, but we continue right across the entire parking lot in the direction of Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu, Javorov or Javorjev vrh, Potoška gora and sv. Jakob. From the end of the parking lot, a marked cart track continues, which we follow. The cart track, which has a few minor junctions in the lower part where we follow the marks, first ascends gently to moderately, then somewhat more steeply for a short time. After crossing the torrent, the cart track gradually flattens and brings us to a marked junction, where the mountaineering direction signs direct us left onto a well-trodden and nicely maintained mountain path. The marked path immediately enters a fairly dense forest, through which it ascends for some time along the torrent gully, then turns somewhat more to the right and brings us in a few zigzags to a less noticeable junction, where the path to Dom na Kališču branches left (the junction is marked with a sign on a tree), we continue straight on the path that gradually brings us into a sparser forest. Higher up, the increasingly sparse forest ends and the path brings us to scenic grassy slopes, from which a beautiful view of Gorenjska opens up. Another good 10 minutes of ascent follows on the mentioned grassy slope and we arrive at the spring in Hudičev boršt, next to which there is a marked junction.
Here we continue left in the direction of Kališče and Srednji vrh (right Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu, 3 minutes) on the path that crosses the grassy slopes of Zaplate to the west. After a few minutes of crossing, the path enters the forest, where we soon reach the next marked junction.
This time we continue right in the direction of Cjanovce, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec on the path (straight Kališče and Mače), which begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The quite steep path higher up brings us into a small valley, where the forest thins out and the path flattens. After a few minutes of walking in the mentioned valley, the path turns right, ascends more steeply and after a short ascent brings us to the shepherd's hut on Planina Dolga njiva.

Mače - Hudičev boršt 1:50, Hudičev boršt - junction below Dolga njiva 0:10, junction below Dolga njiva - Planina Dolga njiva 0:55.

Along the route: Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje pod Dolgo njivo (1282m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Mali Grintovec, Cjanovca, Srednji vrh

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