Bašelj - Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj)

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 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 crossroad we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass below the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from where 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 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 by the stream Belica. At first we walk by the football and basketball fields, and then we already get to the first junction of Gamsova pot, where we continue left (straight on the road Kališče, Gradišče, Storžič...) into the forest, where at first we walk parallel with the road, and then the path turns even more to the left and starts to ascend transversely across the gradually steeper slope. Higher 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 monument in a few steps we descend to the nearby road, on which we walk only a few meters, as the signs of Gamsova pot direct us right into the forest. A few minutes of ascent through the forest follow, 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 onwards we ascend relatively steeply, during the ascent a marked footpath branches off to the right, which leads directly to the church of sv. Lovrenc and bypasses Dom pod Lovrencem. All the time we continue on the road, from which higher up some views open up temporarily. When the road after some time turns sharply right, 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 the path which ascends moderately through the forest. A well-trodden path quickly takes us out of the forest onto a vast hayfield, across which we walk with nice views to the church of sv. Lovrenc.

On the way: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m)

Trip can be extended to: Gradišče (Pustinjak) ( 20 min) , Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik , Dom na Kališču (2 h 55 min) , Bašeljski vrh (3 h 25 min) , Mali Grintovec , Storžič