Babni Vrt - Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (through forest)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway take the Brnik exit, then upon reaching the Mengeš - Kranj road continue left towards Kranj. Drive along the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from which continue on the first right exit towards Šenčur. Continue through Šenčur along the main road, then upon 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 mentioned place, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Somewhat beyond the Bašelj settlement the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it over a bridge. Here a road branches off to the right along which we arrive in Babni Vrt, but we drive above the settlement where the asphalt road towards the last farmstead turns left, while we continue right. Further on we drive past the quarry, behind it arriving at a smaller intersection at 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 beyond the Trstenik settlement we arrive at a smaller intersection where first a road branches off left 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 continues along the right side of the quarry (straight path under Storžič), a little further it splits into two wide tracks. Continue along the right track which goes immediately into the forest, then initially gently, after the left serpentine moderately to steeply ascends. Further on at junctions follow the right directions, at the small pass continue left uphill onto the poorer track which soon ends. From the end of the track or logging trail 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 quickly joining the path from Bašelj or Laški.
Continue left uphill and after one or two minutes of further walking we arrive at Dom na Lovrencu.

Description and photos refer to the situation in 2017 (April).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Gradišče (Pustinjak) ( 30 min), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) ( 5 min), Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Dom na Kališču (3 h), Bašeljski vrh (3 h 30 min), Mali Grintovec, Storžič

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