Bašelj - Storžič

Access to starting point:
A) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice highway, take the Kranj-East exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When you 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 you 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 a narrow asphalt road that leads between the houses and along the Belica stream. Park on the parking lot by the Bašelj Tourist Association.
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 and arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement; 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 you 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 a narrow asphalt road that leads between the houses and along the Belica stream. Park on the parking lot by the Bašelj Tourist Association.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue in the direction of the Belica spring, Kališče and Storžič (left Gamsov raj) along the macadam road closed to public traffic, which bypasses the hut of the Športno turistični park Belica on the right side. The road, from which a nice view of Storžič opens up at first, leads past the football and basketball court and brings us to a marked junction at the road turnaround in about 10 minutes.
From the turnaround, continue right towards Kališče along the marked path (left Kališče via forest road, also Gradišče (Pustinjak) and Kališče past Košuta hospital), which begins to ascend along the left tributary of the Belica. The path ahead leads through the forest, first along the left side of the gully, then crosses it and switches to the right side, where after a short ascent we reach a rougher forest road or cart track. Follow the cart track for a few minutes, then the blazes direct us right into the forest, through which we ascend relatively steeply. Higher up, we cross an overgrown meadow or old clearing, then step back onto a wide cart track. Along the cart track, walk only a few steps this time, as at the first bend continue straight along a gradually less steep path. A little further ahead, cross another cart track and above it approach a wide cart track completely. At the spot where we approach the cart track completely, there is a mountain direction sign marking the path downhill. Here continue straight and after a minute or two of further walking, join the better-trodden path from Mač.
From the mentioned junction, continue left towards Kališče (straight to Mače along the road, right to Mače along the footpath) and proceed through a short stretch of dense forest. The dense spruce forest ends quickly and we step onto a rougher forest road leading from the Belica stream valley. Along the road, which soon makes a left bend, ascend for a few minutes, then on the right side notice the continuation of the mountain path (the junction is well marked). The path ahead moves onto a steeper slope and ascends relatively steeply in numerous zigzags. Higher up, the forest thins temporarily and a nice view opens towards the south. On the section of sparse forest, a wooden bench provides a pleasant rest; a little further, a working clock on a tree "surprises" us. Continuing, we traverse somewhat more to the right for a while, reaching the forested south ridge of Kališče. On the mentioned ridge, the path turns sharply left, then ascends in a few zigzags to Spodnje Kališče, from where a nice view of Storžič opens up.
When the path above Spodnje Kališče returns to the forest, the path from Laškega (also the path from Bašelj past Košuta hospital) joins from the left. A few more minutes of walking through the forest follow and we arrive at a nice viewpoint, from which a nice view opens towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, Lanež ridge, Krvavec... From the viewpoint, only a short ascent remains and we are at Dom na Kališču.
Behind Dom na Kališču, notice a mountain direction sign with numerous route continuation options. Continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which proceeds northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking amid nice views reaching to the Julian Alps, arrive at a junction where the path to the church of sv. Lovrenc nad Bašljem, Javornik pasture and Kriška gora branches left, the path to Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec branches right; continue straight towards Storžič. A few minutes of traversing mostly the western slopes of Bašeljski vrh follow, then arrive at the grassy Bašeljski preval, where the path from Jezersko (starting point Jekarica in descriptions) joins from the right.
Continue straight towards Storžič again, this time along the path that begins to ascend steeply through a belt of dwarf pines. After about 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, step onto the Storžič ridge, which we soon leave as the path moves to the mountain's southern slopes. Over the fairly steep southern slopes, ascend along a steep path that is slippery in several places, especially when wet. Higher up, the path levels somewhat and returns to the ridge, along and beside which it continues. To the increasingly scenic path a little below the summit, paths from sv. Lovrenc, Javornik pasture and over Psica through Žrelo also join from the left. Here continue slightly right and in a few steps reach one of Slovenia's most visited two-thousand-metre peaks.
Bašelj - Kališče 2:30, Kališče - Storžič 1:30.

On the way: Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču mountain hut (1534m), Bašeljski preval (1630m)