Laško - Mali Grintovec (via Dom na Kališču)

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 driving left towards the centre of the mentioned settlement; from there, follow the signs for the Bašelj settlement. When we arrive in Bašelj, at the beginning of the left bend a narrower road continues straight ahead to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj log cabin (in descriptions starting point Bašelj); we, however, continue along the main road from the mentioned junction for another good 100 m to the next junction, where we continue right on the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. Only about 50 m ahead, continue on the left road, which gradually starts to ascend moderately. At the Laško hamlet continue left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue driving on the steep macadam road, which leads us past the turn-off of the path (cart track) to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned turn-off, drive a little further to the end of the road or smaller parking lot a few tens of meters before.
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, after which we arrive at a roundabout, from which we continue driving towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement; at the end of the settlement, we 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 bend, and a narrower road continues straight ahead to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj log cabin (in descriptions starting point Bašelj); we, however, continue along the main road from the mentioned junction for another good 100 m to the next junction, where we continue right on the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. Only about 50 m ahead, continue on the left road, which gradually starts to ascend moderately. At the Laško hamlet continue left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue driving on the steep macadam road, which leads us past the turn-off of the path (cart track) to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned turn-off, drive a little further to the end of the road or smaller parking lot a few tens of meters before.

Path description:
At the end of the road, we head onto the left cart track towards Kališče and Storžič. The cart track ascends moderately and after ten minutes of walking brings us to a junction. We continue on the left cart track, which after a few meters runs out. The path here leaves the smaller valley along which it has been ascending and steeply ascends to the left. After this shorter steep ascent, the steepness eases and the path brings us to the partisan hospital Košuta. Behind the hospital the path crosses two successive torrents and then ascends more steeply again. The path, which runs through the forest the whole time, brings us to the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins us. The forest then becomes sparser and occasionally a nice view opens up towards Storžič. The path then turns slightly right back into the forest. Suddenly we see a hut ahead of us, located on the pasture below Kališče. Just a few meters further, the path from the village Mače joins us. Ahead, the path ascends for another approximately 15 minutes through the forest. The path then makes a sharp left turn and ahead of us we see the Dom na Kališču hut, just a few steps away.
From Dom na Kališču, continue on the wide ridge path towards Storžič. After a few minutes of pleasant scenic walking, we arrive at a marked junction, where from the left a somewhat less trodden path from Bašelj joins (path past the church of St. Lovrenc); straight ahead the path to Storžič continues, while we continue right towards Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh. From the junction, we begin ascending through dwarf pines; the path quickly brings us to the next junction, where we continue on the lower right path (left to Bašeljski vrh) towards Mačensko sedlo.
This is followed by traversing Bašeljski vrh along a path with some shorter ascents and descents. When the traverse ends, we arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where from the left a marked path from Bašeljski vrh joins, and from the right an unmarked path through the Suha valley.
Continue straight towards Mali Grintovec on a path that begins to ascend relatively steeply up the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After approximately half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo, we arrive at a marked junction, where from the right the path from Dolga njiva joins. Continue left and after a few dozen further steps arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.
Laško - Kališče 2:00, Kališče - Mačensko sedlo 45 minutes, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 30 minutes.

On the way: Bolnica Košuta (900m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču mountain hut (1534m), Mačensko sedlo (1615m)