Bašelj - Storžič (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 the Turistično društvo Bašelj.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first junction 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. Then follows the drive 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 the Turistično društvo Bašelj.

Path description:
From the starting point at the wooden hut of the Bašelj Tourist Association, 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 Gamsova pot, where the path to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom pod sv. Lovrencem branches left; it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča on planina 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 point of the forest road, where the footpath to Kališče continues right across the stream, slightly left continues Gamsova pot leading to Gradišče and further to sv. Lovrenc and the path to Kališče via forest road, Kališče past Košuta hospital 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 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 rare yellow-white markers indicating Gamsova pot. Ascend through the forest for a few minutes, then at one bend reach another forest road, which we follow right (left Laško). Walk along the gravel road for some 10 meters and we are 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 10 minutes or so, then reach a small parking lot and a few steps further the turning point at the end of the road.
From the end of the road, continue left onto 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, leave the proximity 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 the partisan hospital Košuta.
After the hospital, cross two consecutive gullies, then the path becomes steeper again. The path ahead still continues through the forest, crossing one steeper slope where more caution is needed in wet conditions. Above the steep section, reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right.
Here, continue left and continue the ascent along the still steep path that proceeds through gradually sparser forest. After a bench and some views of nearby Storžič, the path turns right and returns to dense forest. Follows a less steep path that 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 reach the central part of the pasture, where we also join the usual path from Mač.
From Spodnje Kališče, continue slightly left towards Dom na Kališču, from which follows a few minutes of walking through the forest, then arrive at a nice viewpoint from which a beautiful 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 the mountaineering direction sign with numerous continuation options. Continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which proceeds northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with beautiful views reaching to the Julian Alps, reach a junction where the path to the church of sv. Lovrenc above Bašelj, planina Javornik and Kriška gora branches left, right branches the path to Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec, we continue straight towards Storžič. Follows a few-minute crossing of mostly western slopes of Bašeljski vrh, then reach the grassy Bašeljski preval, where the path from Jezersko joins from the right (starting point Jekarica in descriptions).
Again continue straight towards Storžič, this time along a path that begins to steeply ascend through a belt of dwarf pines. After about 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, step onto the ridge of Storžič, which we soon leave as the path passes to the southern slopes of the mountain. Across 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 on which it then continues. To the increasingly scenic path a little below the summit from the left join paths from sv. Lovrenc, planina Javornik and the path over Psica and through Žrelo. Here continue slightly right and in a few steps reach one of the most visited two-thousanders in Slovenia.

Starting point - end of road 0:15, end of road - road below Gradišče 0:25, road below Gradišče - turning point 0:10, turning point - Partisan hospital Košuta 0:25, Partisan hospital Košuta - Kisovec 0:25, Kisovec - Planina Kališče 0:45, Planina Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15, Dom na Kališču - junction on Kališče 0:10, junction above Kališče - Bašeljski preval 0:10, Bašeljski preval - Storžič 1:10.

On the way: Konec ceste (679m), Cesta pod Gradiščem (825m), Obračališče (852m), Partizanska bolnica Košuta (1016m), Kisovec (1152m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Bašeljski preval (1630m)