Mače - Mali Grintovec (Mačenska pot and via Dolga njiva)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east, and then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and we continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement, from there we follow the signs for Mače. When we get to Mače, at the marked intersection we continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (church isn't accessible with a car)) and on a narrow road we drive above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj - west and at the first intersection we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass below the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The path ahead leads us through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement, we continue right in the direction of the settlement Srakovlje. Next follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor we notice signs for Mače, which point us to the left past the primary school on a road which ascends to Mače. When we get to Mače, at the marked intersection we continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (church isn't accessible with a car)) and on a narrow road we drive above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot, we will notice blazes, which direct us onto a wide cart track which at first ascends gently. The cart track has at the beginning some smaller junctions, and we keep a little to the right and all the time continue on the marked path. Higher up the cart track a few times ascends steeper for a short time, and then it brings us to signposts, where we continue left in the direction of Hudičev boršt.
At the signposts, we leave the cart track and continue the ascent on a marked footpath which starts ascending steeper and steeper through increasingly dense forest. Higher the forest thins out, and the path brings us out of the forest onto increasingly panoramic grassy slopes of Zaplata, where ahead of us we already see Hudičev boršt. Here the path once again ascends steeply, then it joins the path St. Jakob - Kališče. Here we continue left in the direction of Kališče and Srednji vrh (right shelter in Hudičev boršt 3 minutes) on the path which crosses the grassy slopes of Zaplata towards the west. After a few minutes of crossing, the path enters the forest, where we then soon reach the next marked junction.
This time we continue right in the direction of Cjanovce, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec (straight mountain hut Dom na Kališču and one of the paths by which we can descend to Mače) on the path which starts ascending more steeply through the forest. A fairly steep path brings us higher into a smaller valley, where the forest thins out, and the path levels off. After a few minutes of walking along the mentioned valley, the path turns right, ascends more steeply and after a short ascent brings us to the hut on Dolga njiva.
There is a junction here, where we head onto a less worn footpath which goes horizontally behind the hut (along the valley upwards). The path then starts to ascend gently along the Dolga njiva valley and after a good 20 minutes of walking brings us to a saddle, where there is the next junction. We go left following the signs for Mali Grintovec (right Srednji vrh). The path then ascends moderately across the slope, which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. After this shorter ascent we reach the ridge, where the path from Kališče and Bašeljski vrh joins. We continue right on the path which in a few minutes of further walking brings us to the summit.
Mače - Dolga njiva 2:45, Dolga njiva - Mali Grintovec 45 minutes.

On the way: Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Planina Dolga njiva (1600m)