Bašelj - Planina Kališče (via hospital Košuta)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj-east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When we arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned town, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When we arrive in Bašelj, at the place where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to Turistično društvo Bašelj.
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj-west exit and at the first intersection continue left. Then drive through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement, we at the end of the settlement continue right towards the Srakovlje settlement. This is followed by 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 bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to Turistično društvo Bašelj.

Path description:
From the starting point at the wooden hut of the Turistično društvo Bašelj, continue along the forest road closed to public traffic, which leads along the Belica stream. Initially, we walk past the football and basketball courts, then we soon reach the first junction of the Gamsova pot, where the path to the church of sv. Lovrenc, Dom pod sv. Lovrencem branches left, it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča na Planini Javornik, Mali and Veliki Poljani...
From this junction, continue the ascent along the gravel road, which moderately ascends through the forest or partially through bushes. After a few minutes, we reach the turning area of the forest road, where the footpath to Kališče continues right across the stream, slightly left the Gamsova pot continues, leading to Gradišče and further to sv. Lovrenc, and paths to Kališče via forest road, Kališče past Partizanska bolnica Košuta, and Kališče along the Kisovec ridge. Continue along the wide track that ascends towards the nearby water intake. Before the intake, leave the wide track and again continue slightly left on the path where the Gamsova pot continues. Then ascend for a few minutes along a steeper track, when it ends, continue right along a less pronounced but relatively well-trodden path that ascends through the forest. Higher up, the trail partially disappears in places, but we follow the otherwise sparse yellow-white markers indicating the Gamsova pot. We ascend through the forest for a few minutes, then at one bend we reach another forest road, which we follow right (left Laško). Along the gravel road we walk some 10 meters and we are already at the next junction, where the path to sv. Lovrenc branches left, a few steps further right to the top of Gradišče. Continue along the road for another about 10 minutes, then reach a small parking lot and a few steps further the turning area at the end of the road.
From the end of the road, continue left on the track towards Kališče and Storžič. The track then moderately ascends along the bed of the Belica stream and after about 10 minutes splits into two parts. Continue along the left track, which ends after a few meters. Here we leave the vicinity of the stream bed and continue somewhat left along the path that steeply ascends through the forest. The steepness soon eases and the path leads us to Partizanska bolnica Košuta.
After the hospital, we cross two consecutive gullies, then the path becomes steeper again. The path ahead still continues through the forest, crossing one steeper slope, where special caution is needed especially when wet. Above the steep section, we reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right, leading along the Kisovec ridge.
Here continue left and continue the ascent along the still steep path that continues through gradually sparser forest. After the bench and after some views of the nearby Storžič, the path turns right and returns to dense forest. A less steep path follows, which quickly takes us to the first hut on Spodnje Kališče. After the hut, the forest ends, then along a pleasant grassy base in a few minutes we reach the central part of the planina, where we also join the usual path from Mač.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - road below Gradišče 0:25, road below Gradišče - turning area 0:10, turning area - Partizanska bolnica Košuta 0:25, Partizanska bolnica Košuta - Kisovec 0:25, Kisovec - Planina Kališče 0:45.

On the way: Konec ceste (679m), Cesta pod Gradiščem (825m), Obračališče (852m), Partizanska bolnica Košuta (1016m), Kisovec (1152m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Kališču , Bašeljski vrh , Mali Grintovec , Storžič (1 h 45 min)