Laško - Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the center of the mentioned town, from there follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the beginning of the left bend a narrower road continues straight to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj cabin (starting point Bašelj in descriptions), we from that intersection continue along the main road for another good 100 m to the next intersection, where we continue right on the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. Just about 50 m further, continue on the left road, which gradually begins to climb moderately. At the Laško hamlet, continue left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue on a steep gravel road, following it to the parking lot at a small intersection. Red hiking direction signs are located at the intersection.
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. We continue 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, where a narrower road continues straight to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj cabin (starting point Bašelj in descriptions), we from that intersection continue along the main road for another good 100 m to the next intersection, where we continue right on the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. Just about 50 m further, continue on the left road, which gradually begins to climb moderately. At the Laško hamlet, continue left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue on a steep gravel road, following it to the parking lot at a small intersection. Red hiking direction signs are located at the intersection.

Route description:
From the parking lot and intersection, continue on the worse and steeper left road towards sv. Lovrenc and Dom pod Sv. Lovrencem (straight Kališče and Storžič, to Storžič and to Kališče it is also possible by continuing left). From the intersection onwards we climb relatively steeply, during the climb a marked footpath branches off to the right, leading directly to the sv. Lovrenc church and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. All the time continue on the road, from it higher up some views open temporarily. When the road after some time turns sharply right, it brings us in a few steps to the aforementioned Dom pod Lovrencem.
From the hut continue towards Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič, on a path that climbs moderately through the forest. The well-trodden path quickly takes us out of the forest onto a vast hayfield, across which we walk with beautiful views to the sv. Lovrenc church.
Continue across the meadow past the church and the path soon takes us into the forest. Further on the wide path gently descends and takes us to an indistinct saddle, where from the right a path joins leading past the monument, from the left paths join from starting points at Babni Vrh and Povlje.
Further continue towards Storžič still on the wide path, which gently ascends. The path soon becomes narrower and then climbs steeply through the forest for quite some time. Higher up the path takes us out of the forest and beautiful views open to the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness does not relent further all the way to the bench at the junction.
Next head left towards Planina Javornik and Poljana (right Kališče). The path ahead crosses the southern slopes of Storžič towards the west with some shorter descents and ascents. After 20 minutes of crossing we reach a junction in the southwestern gully of Storžič. Here Planina Javornik is already visible to the left, to it we climb in a few minutes up the steep grassy slope.

Starting point - Dom na Lovrencu 0:15, Dom na Lovrencu - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - wide valley 1:45, Wide valley - Junction below Planina Javornik 0:25, junction below Planina Javornik - Planina Javornik 0:05.

Along the route: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Široka dolina (1414m), Razpotje pod Planino Javornik (1355m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Velika Poljana, Dom na Kališču, Storžič (1 h 55 min)

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