Babni Vrt - Dom na Kališču (via Sveti Lovrenc)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway take the Brnik exit, then when reaching the Mengeš–Kranj road continue left towards Kranj. Along the main road towards Kranj drive to the first roundabout, from which continue on the first right exit towards Šenčur. Through Šenčur continue along the main road, then when reaching the Kranj–Zgornje Jezersko road turn right towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor leave the main road and continue driving left towards the centre of the said place, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Somewhat after the Bašelj settlement the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it over a bridge. Here a road branches off to the right leading to Babni Vrt, we however drive above the settlement, where the asphalt road towards the last farmstead turns left, we continue right. Further on we drive past the quarry, behind it we arrive at a small intersection next to which we park in a suitable place.
b) From the Jesenice–Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Golnik. Upon arriving in Tenetiše leave the main road towards Golnik and continue driving right towards Trstenik. Approximately 1 km after the Trstenik settlement arrive at a small intersection where first to the left a road branches off towards the Povlje settlement, some 100 m further also towards Babni Vrt. Continue towards Babni Vrt, from the intersection above the settlement turn right onto the gravel road along which we then drive past the quarry. Park behind the quarry in a suitable place at the next intersection.

Route description:
From the starting point continue along the left road which runs along the right side of the quarry (straight path below Storžič), a little further it splits into two wide tracks. Continue along the right track which goes straight into the forest, then initially gently, but after the left serpentine moderately to steeply ascends. Further at the junctions follow the right directions, at the small pass continue left upwards onto the poorer track which soon ends. From the end of the track or logging road we start steeply ascending along the forest path, along it in a few minutes we reach another track which we follow to the right, along it we quickly join the path from Bašelj or Laški.
Continue left upwards and after one or two minutes of further walking arrive at Dom na Lovrencu.
From the hut continue in the direction of Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič along the path which moderately ascends through the forest. The well-trodden path quickly leads us out of the forest onto a vast hayfield across which we stroll with beautiful views to the church of sv. Lovrenc.
Behind the church the path returns to the forest and starts descending towards a marked junction a few minutes away where we continue straight in the direction of Storžič and Kališče.
Further continue in the direction of Storžič along the wide path which however slightly ascends. The path soon becomes narrower and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher the path finally brings us out of the forest and beautiful views open onto the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness continues unabated all the way to the bench at the junction.
Left a marked path leads towards Javornik and Poljana, we head right towards Kališče. From the junction the path becomes somewhat narrower and less trodden. Further on we cross the slopes eastwards for a long time. Along the path forest and grassy slopes alternate which are quite steep in places. During the crossing the path occasionally ascends somewhat more steeply, a few 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 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 along the wide panoramic ridge along which in a few minutes we arrive at Dom na Kališču.

Starting point - Dom na Lovrencu 0:45, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrencu 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrencu - Široka dolina 1:45, Široka dolina - Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo 0:35, Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo - junction above Kališče 0:15, junction above Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:05.

Along the route: 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)

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

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