Mače - Mali Grintovec (via Kozjek and Dolga njiva)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko, but only to the village Tupaliče. Here a sign for Preddvor points us left and then we follow the road in the direction of the neighbouring village Mače. Through the village Mače we stick to the mountain signposts for Kališče. Soon after the village we will notice a marked parking lot, where we park (further driving is forbidden).

Route description:
From the parking lot, we head onto the road which we left. We follow it for approximately 40 minutes to the bottom station of the cargo cableway to Kališče. The road in the last part is already more similar to a cart track. From the cableway onwards we carefully follow the blazes because in the labyrinth of cart tracks the path quickly takes us somewhere else. When we are done with that labyrinth all cart tracks end. The path ahead steeply ascends through the forest and brings us onto a wide ridgelet. Here the path turns left and ascends along that ridgelet. The path continues ascending and at an altitude of 1300 meters brings us to a junction. Here the path to Kališče branches off to the left, and we continue on the right path. After that we cross the gully and after just a few steps we come to the next junction. Here we turn sharply left following the signs for Srednji vrh (straight ahead Hudičev Boršt). The path, which continues ascending through the forest, soon brings us to a small valley below Dolga njiva. The forest then becomes thinner and the path turns slightly to the right. We soon step onto the meadows of Dolga njiva, where we already spot a cottage which stands on the mountain pasture.
Here is a junction where we take the less trodden footpath that goes horizontally behind the cottage (along the valley upwards). The path then starts to ascend gently up the Dolga njiva valley and after a good 20 minutes of walking brings us to a saddle where there is the next junction. We turn left following the signs for Mali Grintovec (right Srednji vrh). The path then moderately ascends over the slope which is partly overgrown with dwarf pines. After this shorter ascent we come to the ridge where the path from Kališče and Bašeljski vrh joins us. We continue right along the path which brings us to the summit in a few minutes of further walking.
Mače - cableway 45 minutes, cableway - Dolga njiva 2:00, Dolga njiva - Mali Grintovec 45 minutes.

Along the route: Planina Dolga njiva (1600m)

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