Laško (obračališče nad vasjo) - Bašeljski vrh

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway take the Kranj-east exit, then continue towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned place, from there follow the signs for the Bašelj settlement. When arriving in Bašelj, at the start of the left bend a narrower road continues straight ahead to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj hut (in descriptions starting point Bašelj), we, from the mentioned junction, continue along the main road for another good 100 m to the next junction, where we turn right onto the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. Some 50 m further on, continue on the left road, which gradually starts to ascend moderately. At the Laško hamlet turn left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue on a steep gravel road which takes us past the junction of the path (track) to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned junction drive a little further to the end of the road or a smaller parking lot some 10 metres before.
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj-west exit and at the first junction continue left. Then drive through the underpass beneath the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout from which continue towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, we at the end of the settlement turn right towards the Srakovlje settlement. Driving continues 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 ahead to the parking lot at the TD Bašelj hut (in descriptions starting point Bašelj), we, from the mentioned junction, continue along the main road for another good 100 m to the next junction, where we turn right onto the road towards Gamsov raj and the Laško hamlet. Some 50 m further on, continue on the left road, which gradually starts to ascend moderately. At the Laško hamlet turn left again, then the asphalt ends and we continue on a steep gravel road which takes us past the junction of the path (track) to the church of St. Lovrenc and Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned junction drive a little further to the end of the road or a smaller parking lot some 10 metres before.

Path description:
From the small parking lot we walk to the turning bay at the end of the road. From the end of the road continue left onto the track towards Kališče and Storžič. The track then ascends moderately along the bed of the Belica stream and after about 10 minutes forks into two parts. Continue on the left track, which ends after a few metres. Here we leave the proximity of the stream bed and continue slightly left on the path that steeply ascends through the forest. The steepness soon eases and the path takes us to the partisan hospital Košuta.
After the hospital we 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 we reach the side ridge of Kališče, where an unmarked path from Bašelj joins from the right.
Here continue left and continue the ascent on the still steep path that continues through increasingly sparse forest. After a bench and some views of nearby Storžič the path turns right and returns to dense forest. A less steep path follows, which quickly takes us to the first hut on Spodnje Kališče. After the hut the forest ends, then on a pleasant grassy base in a few minutes we 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 a few minutes of walking through the forest follow, then we arrive at a nice viewpoint from which a beautiful view opens towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, the ridge of Lanež, Krvavec... From the viewpoint only a short ascent follows and we are at Dom na Kališču.
Behind Dom na Kališču we notice a mountaineering direction sign with numerous continuation options. Continue on the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which continues northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with beautiful views reaching to the Julian Alps, we arrive at a junction, where we continue right (straight to Storžič) towards Bašeljski vrh. The path ahead ascends more steeply through a belt of dwarf pines and takes us with nice views of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes we reach the next well-marked junction. At the junction a path to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh branches right, we continue straight and with a view of Storžič continue the ascent. The path, which runs along and on the dwarf pine-covered ridge, joins a little below the summit with the path from Jekarica and Bašeljski preval. Here continue right and along a somewhat narrower ridge in one minute of further walking reach Bašeljski vrh, from which a beautiful view opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, the view reaching to Košuta, Obir and the Labotniške Alpe in Austria.

Izhodišče - Partizanska bolnica Košuta 0:25, Partizanska bolnica Košuta - Kisovec 0:25, Kisovec - Planina Kališče 0:45, Planina Kališče - Dom na Kališču 0:15, Dom na Kališču - razpotje na Kališčem 0:10, razpotje nad Kališčem - razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom 0:15, razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom - Bašeljski vrh 0:20.

On the way: Partizanska bolnica Košuta (1016m), Kisovec (1152m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Grintovec ( 45 min)