Mače - Javorov vrh (via Kozjek)

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 said place, from there follow the signs for Mače. When 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 in the first junction continue left. Continue driving through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at the roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The road ahead leads through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, we at the end of the settlement continue right towards the settlement Srakovlje. This is followed by driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor notice the signs for Mače, which direct us left past the primary school to the road that ascends to Mače. When 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.

Route description:
From the parking lot return to the road from which we turned onto the parking lot and continue the ascent towards Kališče. Initially we walk through the forest, the road approaches the Suha stream a few minutes higher, which it also crosses twice a bit further on. After about 20 minutes we arrive at a marked junction, where the usual path towards Kališče continues left, we however continue right towards Srednji vrh, Kališče via Kozjek and Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu via Kozjek. The increasingly poor road brings us a little further to a freight cableway that leads towards Dom na Kališču.
The ascent further on is somewhat more difficult orientationally due to the maze of tracks, but if we carefully follow the markers, we cannot miss it. Higher up the track turns into a steep footpath, which after some time brings us to the ridge of Kozjek. Here the path levels out and turns left, then after a few minutes of further walking brings us to a marked junction.
Here the path to Kališče branches off to the left, we continue on the right path. After that we cross a gully and already after a few 10 steps of further walking we reach the next junction, where we continue straight ahead (left Dolga njiva, Cjanovca and Srednji vrh) towards Hudičev boršt. This is followed by a few minutes' traverse, which in the last part runs along the grassy slope, then at the edge of Hudičev boršt we join the somewhat shorter Mačenska path.
We continue past the spring and then after a minute or two of further walking arrive at Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu.
From the shelter we continue eastwards, where we quickly leave Hudičev boršt and arrive at the point where we step out of the forest. On the initial section where we step out of the forest, a cable assists us in the moderate descent, which continues for a few metres of traversing across a relatively steep slope. The path continues along the fairly steep grassy slope of Zaplate, which is extremely avalanche-prone in winter time. Traversing the grassy slope, which is especially when wet dangerous for slipping in a few places, but otherwise technically undemanding, ends after about 15 minutes and the path brings us into the forest. This is followed by another about 15 minutes of traversing through the forest, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue slightly right towards Javorov vrh (left Cjanovca and Srednji vrh, right Potoška gora, Spodnja Kokra, sv. Jakob...).
The path continues along and beside the initially scenic ridge in places and occasionally descends a little. A little further the path enters the forest and begins to ascend more steeply along the northwest ridge of Javorov vrh. A little below the summit the forest ends, and only a few steps of ascent separate us from the panoramic summit.

Starting point - Studenci 0:25, Studenci - branch to Suha valley 0:35, branch to Suha valley - junction on Kozjek 0:50, junction on Kozjek - junction below Dolga njiva 0:05, junction below Dolga njiva - Hudičev boršt 0:15, Hudičev boršt - Skodovnjek 0:30, Skodovnjek - junction above Skodovnjek 0:10, junction above Skodovnjek - Javorov vrh 0:20.

Along the route: Studenci (737m), Spodnja postaja tovorne žičnice (800m), Odcep v dolino Suhe (916m), Greben Kozjeka (1175m), Razpotje Kozjek (1281m), Razpotje pod Dolgo njivo (1282m), Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m), Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom (1336m)

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