Bašelj - Planina Kališče (via hospital Košuta)

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When we arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement; from there, follow the signs for the Bašelj settlement. When we arrive in Bašelj, at the spot where the main road makes a long left turn, leave it and continue driving straight in the direction of Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road, which leads us between the houses and the Belica stream. Park on the parking lot by the Tourism Association Bašelj.
B) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana highway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first intersection continue left. Then drive through the underpass under the highway, after which we arrive at the roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju; 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 turn; leave it and continue driving straight in the direction of Gamsova pot. Continue driving on the narrow asphalt road, which leads us between the houses and the Belica stream. Park on the parking lot by the 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 for public traffic, which leads us along the Belica stream. First we walk past the football and basketball court, then we already arrive at the first junction of the Gamsova pot, where to the left branches off the path towards the church of St. Lovrenc, the Dom pod sv. Lovrencem mountain hut; it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Mali and Veliki Poljani...
From the mentioned junction we continue the ascent on the macadam road, which moderately ascends through the forest or partly through bushes. After a few minutes we arrive at the turning point of the forest road, where the footpath to Kališče continues right across the stream, and slightly to the left continues the Gamsova pot, which leads to Gradišče and further to St. Lovrenc, and the path to Kališče along the forest road, Kališče past the Košuta hospital, and Kališče along the Kisovec ridge. We continue on the wide cart track, which ascends towards the nearby water catchment. Before the catchment we leave the wide cart track and again continue slightly left on the path where the Gamsova pot continues. Further on we ascend for a few minutes on a steeper cart track; when it ends we continue right on a less distinct but relatively well-trodden path, which ascends through the forest. Higher up the path partly disappears in places, but we follow the otherwise rare yellow-white blazes marking the Gamsova pot. We ascend through the forest for a few minutes, then at one bend we reach another forest road, which we follow to the right (left Laško). On the macadam road we walk some 10 meters and we are already at the next junction, where to the left branches off the path to St. Lovrenc, and a few steps further to the right to the Gradišče summit. We continue along the road for another 10 minutes or so, then we arrive at a small parking lot and a few steps further at the turning point at the end of the road.
From the end of the road we continue left on the cart track in the direction of Kališče and Storžič. The cart track then moderately ascends along the bed of the Belica stream and after about 10 minutes forks into two parts. We continue on the left cart track, which ends after just a few meters. At this point we leave the proximity of the stream bed and continue somewhat left on the path, which steeply ascends through the forest. The steepness soon eases and the path takes us to the partisan hospital Košuta.
Behind the hospital we cross two successive gullies, then the path becomes steeper again. The path ahead continues through the forest, crossing a steeper slope where greater caution is needed when wet. Above the steep section we reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right.
Here we continue left and continue the ascent on the still steep path, which proceeds through gradually thinning forest. Past 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. Behind the hut the forest ends, then on pleasant grassy terrain in a few minutes we reach the central part of the pasture, where we also join the usual path from Mače.

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