Babni Vrt - Mali Grintovec (via Sveti Lovrenc)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Brnik exit; once you reach the Mengeš-Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. Follow the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from which take the first right exit towards Šenčur. Continue through Šenčur on 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 left towards the centre of the said town, then follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Just beyond the Bašelj settlement, the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it via a bridge. Here, a road branches right leading to Babni Vrt; we drive above the settlement, where the asphalt road to the last farmstead turns left, but we continue right. We then drive past the quarry, and behind it arrive at a small intersection, where we park in a suitable spot.
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj west exit, then continue towards Golnik. Upon arriving in Tenetiše, leave the main road to Golnik and turn right towards Trstenik. Approximately 1 km past the Trstenik settlement, arrive at a small intersection, where first a road branches left to the Povlje settlement, and a few hundred metres further, one also to Babni Vrt. Continue to Babni Vrt, and from the intersection above the settlement, turn right onto the gravel road, along which we drive past the quarry. Park behind the quarry in a suitable spot 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 ahead the path under Storžič), a little further it splits into two wide tracks. Continue on the right track, which immediately enters the forest, then initially gently ascends, but after the left serpentine moderately to steeply. Further on, at 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, begin steeply ascending along the forest path, and after a few minutes reach another track, which we follow to the right, quickly joining the path from Bašelj or Lašak.
Continue left upwards and after a minute or two of further walking arrive at Dom na Lovrencu.
From the hut, continue towards Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič, along a path that moderately ascends through the forest. The well-marked path quickly takes us out of the forest onto a vast meadow, across which we stroll with beautiful views to the church of sv. Lovrenc.
Behind the church, the path returns to the forest and begins descending towards a marked junction a few minutes away, where we continue straight towards Storžič and Kališče.
Further, continue towards Storžič along the wide path, which gently ascends. The path soon narrows and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher up, the path brings us out of the forest and opens beautiful views of the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness does not relent until the bench at the junction.
Left leads the marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, but we head right towards Kališče. From the junction, the path becomes somewhat narrower and less marked. Further on, we cross 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 more steeply, and 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 we continue straight towards Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču).
The path ahead steeply ascends through a belt of dwarf pines and brings us, with beautiful views of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec, to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes we arrive at the next well-marked junction, from which we continue along the lower right path (left Bašeljski vrh) towards Mačensko sedlo.
Follows the crossing of Bašeljski vrh, along a path that continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When the crossing ends, we arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where from the left joins the marked path from Bašeljski vrh, and from the right an unmarked path along the Suha valley.
Continue straight towards Mali Grintovec, along a path that begins relatively steeply ascending the western slope of the said mountain. After about half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo, we arrive at a marked junction, where from the right joins the path from Dolga njiva. Continue left and after a few 10 steps of further walking arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.

Starting point - Dom na Lovrencu 0:45, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - Široka dolina 1:45, Široka dolina - 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: 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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