Bašelj - Mali Grintovec (via Sveti Lovrenc)

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 a long left turn, we leave it and we continue driving straight in the direction of Gamsova pot. We continue driving on a narrow asphalt road which leads us between the houses and along stream Belica. We park on a parking lot by Tourism Association Bašelj.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj - west and at the first intersection we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass under the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from which 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 a long left turn, we leave it and we continue driving straight in the direction of Gamsova pot. We continue driving on a narrow asphalt road which leads us between the houses and along stream Belica. We park on a parking lot by Tourism Association Bašelj.

Path description:
From the starting point at the log cabin of the tourism association Bašelj we continue on the forest road closed to public traffic, which leads us along the stream Belica. At first, we walk alongside the football and basketball court, and then we already get to the first junction of the Gamsova pot, where we continue left (straight on the road Kališče, Gradišče, Storžič...) into the forest, where at first we walk parallel to the road, and then the path turns even more to the left and begins to ascend transversely across the gradually steeper slope. Higher up, we step out of the forest, from where a nice view opens towards Gamsov raj, Gorenjska, and the nearby village Laško. From here, past the bench and the NOB memorial in a few steps, we descend to the nearby road, along which we walk only a few meters, as the signs of the Gamsova pot direct us right into the forest. A few minutes of ascent through the forest follow, and then we reach the forest road, which we follow to the right to the nearby junction and parking lot.
From the junction, we continue on the rougher and steeper left road in the direction of sv. Lovrenc and Dom pod Sv. Lovrencem (straight Kališče, Storžič - to Kališče and Storžič it is also possible to get if we continue left). From the junction onward we ascend relatively steeply; during the ascent, a marked footpath branches off to the right, leading directly to the church of sv. Lovrenc and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. We continue on the road the whole time, and higher up from it some views open up briefly. When the road turns sharply right after a while, it brings us in a few steps to the already mentioned Dom pod Lovrencem.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče, and Storžič, on a path that ascends moderately through the forest. The well-trodden path quickly takes us out of the forest onto an extensive hayfield, across which we walk to the church of sv. Lovrenc amid fine views.
Behind the church the path returns to the forest and begins descending toward a marked junction a few minutes away, where we continue straight in the direction of Storžič and Kališče.
Further we continue in the direction of Storžič further along the wide path, which rises gently. The path soon becomes narrower and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher up the path brings us out of the forest, and fine views open onto the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness does not ease all the way to the bench at the junction.
To the left a marked path leads toward Javornik and Poljane, but we head right toward Kališče. From the junction the path becomes somewhat narrower and less trodden. Further on we traverse the slopes toward the east for a long time. Along the path forest alternates with grassy slopes, which are quite steep in places. During the traverse the path occasionally rises more steeply, and it descends gently a few times. In the second part of the traverse the path takes us to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here the path turns slightly right and continues traversing the slopes until it brings us to a marked junction, where we continue straight in the direction of Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču).
From the junction onward we begin ascending through the dwarf pines; the path quickly brings us to the next junction, where we continue on the lower right path (left Bašeljski vrh) in the direction of Mačensko sedlo.
Next follows the traverse of Bašeljski vrh along a path that continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When the traverse ends we arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where a marked path from Bašeljski vrh joins from the left, and an unmarked path along the Suha valley joins from the right.
We continue straight in the direction of Mali Grintovec along a path that begins to ascend relatively steeply up the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After about half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo we arrive at a marked junction, where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. We continue left, and after some 10 steps of further walking we arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.

On the way: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim prevalom (1510m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m)