Bašelj - Mali Grintovec (via hospital Košuta and Dom na Kališču)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east, and then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and we continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement, from there we follow the signs for settlement Bašelj. When we get to Bašelj, at the spot, where the main road makes long left turn, we leave it and we continue driving straight in the direction of the path Gamsova pot. We continue driving on a narrow asphalt road which leads us between the houses and stream Belica. We park on a parking lot by Tourism Association Bašelj.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj - zahod and at the first crossroad, we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass below the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The path ahead leads us through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement, we continue right in the direction of the settlement Srakovlje. Next follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela we join the road from Preddvor) to Bašelj, where the main road makes long left turn, we leave it and we continue driving straight in the direction of the path Gamsova pot. We continue driving on a narrow asphalt road which leads us between the houses and stream Belica. We park on a parking lot by Tourism Association Bašelj.

Path description:
From the starting point at log cabin of tourism association Bašelj we continue on for public traffic closed forest road which leads us by the stream Belica. We at first walk by a football and basketball field, and then we already get to the first a crossing of the path Gamsova pot, where the path branches off to the left towards the church of St. Lovrenc, mountain hut Dom pod sv. Lovrencem, it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Mala and Veliki Poljana...
From the mentioned crossing, we still continue on a macadam road which is moderately ascending through the forest or partly through bushes. After few minutes, we get to the turning point of the forest road, where the footpath towards Kališče continues right over a stream and slightly to the left continues the path gamsova pot, which leads on Gradišče and forward to St. Lovrenc and the path on Kališče on the forest road, Kališče past hospital Košuta and Kališče on the ridge of Kisovec. We continue on a wide cart track which is ascending towards the nearby water catchment. Before the water catchment we leave a wide cart track and we again continue slightly left, on the path, where continues the path Gamsova pot. Further, we are few minutes ascending on more steep cart track, when it ends we continue right on less distinct, but relatively well-beaten path, which is ascending through the forest. Higher on some spots footpath partly vanishes, and we follow otherwise rare yellow-white blazes, which mark path Gamsova pot. Few minutes we are ascending through the forest, after that on one turn we reach the other forest road which we follow to the right (left Laško). On the macadam road, we walk few 10 meters and we already get to the next crossing, where the path towards St. Lovrenc branches off to the left, and few steps ahead also to the summit Gradišče to the right. We continue on the road for about 10 minutes, and then we get to a smaller parking lot and few steps ahead to the turning point at the end of the road.
From the end of the road, we continue left on a cart track in the direction of Kališče and Storžič. Cart track is then moderately ascending by the riverbed of the stream Belica and after approximately 10 minutes splits into two parts. We continue on the left cart track which already after few meters ends. On this part we leave vicinity of the riverbed and we continue a little left on the path which ascends steeply through the forest. The steepness soon decreases and the path brings us to partisan hospital Košuta.
Behind the hospital we cross two successive torrents, and then the path again becomes steeper. The path ahead still continues through the forest, and in doing so it crosses one steeper slope, where in wet a little more caution is needed. Above the steep part we reach a side ridge of Kališče, where from the right side joins an unmarked path from Bašelj.
Here we continue left and we continue the ascent on still steep path which continues through gradually more and more thin forest. After the bench and after some views on the nearby Storžič path turns right and returns into a dense forest. Next follows less steep path, which quickly takes us to first cottage on Spodnje Kališče. Behind the cottage forest ends, after that on a pleasant grassy grounding in few minutes we reach the main part of the mountain pasture, where we also join the normal path from Mače.
From Spodnje Kališče we continue slightly left in the direction of Dom na Kališču, from where follows few minutes of walking through the forest and then we get to a nice viewpoint, from which a nice view opens up towards the nearby mountain hut Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, ridge of Lanež, Krvavec... From the viewpoint only a short ascent follows and we are already at the mountain hut Dom na Kališču.
From the mountain hut Dom na Kališču we continue on a wide ridge path in the direction towards Storžič. After few minutes of pleasant panoramic walking we get to a marked crossing, where from the left joins a little worse beaten path from Bašelj (path past the church of St. Lovrenc), in the direction of straight continues the path on Storžič, and we continue right in the direction of Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh. From the crossing ahead we start ascending through dwarf pines, and the path quickly brings us to the next crossing, where we continue on the bottom right path (left Bašeljski vrh) in the direction of saddle Mačensko sedlo.
Next follows traversing of Bašeljski vrh, on the path which continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When the traversing ends we get to a saddle Mačensko sedlo, where from the left joins the marked path from Bašeljski vrh, and from the right unmarked path through the valley of Suha.
We continue straight in the direction of Mali Grintovec, on the path which starts relatively steeply ascending on the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After approximately half an hour of walking from the saddle Mačensko sedlo we get to a marked crossing, where from the right side, the path from Dolga njiva joins. We continue left and after few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to the top of Mali Grintovec.
Bašelj - Kališče 2:40, Kališče - Mačensko sedlo 45 minutes, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 30 minutes.

On the way: Bolnica Košuta (900m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču mountain hut (1534m), Mačensko sedlo (1615m)