Babni Vrt - Dom na Kališču (via Sveti Lovrenc)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Brnik; when we reach the road Mengeš - Kranj, we continue left towards Kranj. On the main road towards Kranj we drive to the first roundabout, from where we continue on the first exit right in the direction of Šenčur. Through Šenčur we continue on the main road, then, when we reach the road Kranj - Zgornje Jezersko, we continue right in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement, from there we follow the signs for the settlement Bašelj. A little after the settlement Bašelj the road descends to the stream Milka and over a bridge also crosses it. Here a road branches off to the right, by which we get to Babni Vrt, and we drive above the settlement, where the asphalt road towards the last homestead turns left, and we continue right. Further, we drive past the quarry, and behind it we get to a smaller crossroad, at which we park in an appropriate place.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana take the exit Kranj west, then we continue driving towards Golnik. When we get to Tenetiše we leave the main road towards Golnik and we continue driving right in the direction of Trstenik. Approximately 1 km after the settlement Trstenik we get to a smaller crossroad, where first a road towards the settlement Povlje branches off to the left, a few 100 m ahead also towards Babni Vrt. We continue towards Babni Vrt, from the crossroad above the settlement we turn right onto a macadam road, on which we then drive past the quarry. We park behind the quarry in an appropriate place by the next crossroad.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue on the left road which continues on the right side of the quarry (straight path below Storžič), a little ahead it splits into two wide cart tracks. We continue on the right cart track which immediately goes into the forest, then it is at first gently, after the left hairpin turn moderately to steeply ascending. Further at the crossings we follow the right directions, on a smaller saddle we continue left upwards on a rougher cart track which soon ends. From the end of the cart track we start steeply ascending on a forest path, on it in a few minutes we reach another cart track which we follow to the right, on it we quickly join the path from Bašelj or Laški.
We continue left upwards and after a minute or two of further walking we arrive at Dom na Lovrencu.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič, on the path which moderately ascends through the forest. A well-beaten path quickly leads us out of the forest onto a vast hayfield, across which with nice views we walk to the church of St. Lovrenc.
Behind the church, the path returns into the forest and starts descending towards a marked junction a few minutes distant, where we continue straight in the direction of Storžič and Kališče.
Further, we continue in the direction of Storžič further on the wide path, which slightly ascends. The path soon becomes narrower and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher, the path brings us out of the forest and nice views open up on the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness still does not decrease all the way to the bench on the junction.
Left leads a marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, we turn right towards Kališče. The path from the junction becomes somewhat narrower and less beaten. Further, we cross the slopes towards the east for a long time. On the path forest and grassy slopes alternate, which are quite steep in some places. During the crossing the path occasionally ascends somewhat more steeply, several times it also slightly descends. In the second part of the crossing the path brings us to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here the path turns slightly to the right and continues crossing the slopes until it brings us to a marked junction, where we continue right towards Dom na Kališču (left Storžič, straight or slightly left Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec).
From the junction onwards follows walking on a wide panoramic ridge, on which in a few minutes we arrive at Dom na Kališču.

Along the route: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim prevalom (1510m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec, Storžič

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