Mače - Bašeljski vrh

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana - Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj - east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned town, from there follow the signs for Mače. Upon arriving in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (the church is not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first junction continue left. Continue driving through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, but at the end of the settlement continue right towards the settlement of Srakovlje. Follow driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor, notice the signs for Mače, which direct left past the primary school to the road that climbs to Mače. Upon arriving in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (the church is not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, return a few dozen steps back, i.e., to the road from which we drove to the parking lot, and continue uphill along it towards Dom na Kališču and Storžič. Walk along the road for just under half an hour, then at Studenci the path forks.
Choose the left path, next to which there are signs for Kališče (right Srednji vrh), cross the stream, then immediately begin a steep ascent. A few minutes higher, reach a forest road, which we also immediately leave and continue following the markers. Continue on the marked path, which continues between two forest roads, higher up moderately ascending in switchbacks for a while. Higher up, reach the forest road again, follow it uphill, after a minute leave it and head onto the marked path, which brings us to a rest area and viewpoint with a bench in a few minutes of further ascent.
The path ahead returns to the forest and initially ascends gently, but the easy walk quickly ends as after crossing the forest road we begin ascending in switchbacks through the forest again.
Here, before we begin the steep ascent, the path from Bašelj joins from the left, then we ascend in switchbacks on the steeper slope, crossing the forest road several times, always following the markers. Higher up, we occasionally get nice views towards Gorenjska, followed by a somewhat longer traverse to the right. Later, at about 1330 m above sea level, the path turns left and, except for a few switchbacks, ascends to the left. When we leave the forest, we are already at the edge of Planina Kališče, a little further at the junction at Spodnje Kališče, where there are a few benches for rest.
When the path above Spodnje Kališče returns to the forest, the path from Lašak (also the path from Bašelj past Partizanska bolnica Košuta) joins from the left. A few more minutes of walking through the forest and we arrive at a nice viewpoint, from which opens a nice view towards the nearby Dom na Kališču, Mali Grintovec, the ridge of Lanež, Krvavec... From the viewpoint, only a short ascent remains and we are at Dom na Kališču.
Behind Dom na Kališču, notice the mountaineering signpost with numerous options for continuing the path. Continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which continues northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with nice views reaching to the Julian Alps, arrive at a junction, where continue right (straight Storžič) towards Bašeljski vrh. The path ahead ascends more steeply through a belt of dwarf pines and brings 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 arrive at the next well-marked junction. At the junction, the 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, is joined a little below the summit by the path from Jekerica and Bašeljski preval. Here, continue right and along the somewhat narrower ridge reach Bašeljski vrh in one minute of further walking, from which opens a nice view towards the mountains above Jezersko, with the view extending to Košuta, Obir and Labotniške Alpe in Austria.

Izhodišče - Studenci 0:25, Studenci - za Goro 0:40, za Goro - Spodnje Kališče 1:10, Spodnje 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: Studenci (737m), Za Goro (975m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Razpotje pod Kališčem (1509m), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m)

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