Mače - Srednji vrh (Mačenska pot and via Cjanovca)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - east, then continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement, from there follow the signs for Mače. When we arrive in Mače, at the marked intersection continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (church isn't accessible by car)) and drive on a narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj - west and at the first intersection continue left. Then drive through the underpass under the highway, after which we arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The route continues through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement we continue right in the direction of 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 we notice signs for Mače, which direct us left past the primary school onto a road that ascends to Mače. When we arrive in Mače, at the marked intersection continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (church isn't accessible by car)) and drive on a narrow road 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 to a wide cart track that initially ascends gently. The cart track has some smaller forks at the beginning, but we keep somewhat to the right and continue along the marked path all the time. Higher up the cart track ascends more steeply a few times for short periods, 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 that starts to ascend steeper and steeper through increasingly dense forest. Higher up the forest thins out, and the path takes us out of the forest onto increasingly panoramic grassy slopes of Zaplata, where we can already see Hudičev boršt ahead. Here the path ascends steeply once more, then it joins a noticeably wider path that comes from Kališče or from Mače (descent option). Here we continue right and after a few steps the path brings us to the edge of the forest, where we notice a pleasant spring. We continue into the forest and after 3 minutes of further walking we arrive at the shelter in Hudičev boršt (the shelter is currently still under construction - November 2009).
From the shelter we continue east on the path, which first descends briefly, then exits the forest onto expansive grassy slopes, where in moderate ascent it crosses occasionally quite steep grassy slopes (especially when wet, danger of slipping). After about 20 minutes of walking from the shelter, the path re-enters the forest, where it continues to a junction where the path from Javorov vrh, mountain hut Dom Čemšenik and sv. Jakob joins.
We continue left in the direction of Cjanovca and Srednji vrh on the path that starts ascending more steeply along and on the eastern ridge of Cjanovca. Higher up the path takes us out of the forest onto slopes covered with dwarf pines, and we continue on the increasingly steep and locally very panoramic path. The path, from which we have beautiful views of Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and Gorenjska, gradually turns slightly to the left. We follow this increasingly panoramic and relatively steep path all the way to the summit of Cjanovca, on which there is a bench and a small cairn.
From Cjanovca we continue north on the path, which through a belt of dwarf pines descends to a saddle between Cjanovca and Srednji vrh. Here we step onto the ridge, which we then follow to Srednji vrh, reaching it after a few minutes of further walking.
Mače - Hudičev boršt 1:50, Hudičev boršt - Cjanovca 1:45, Cjanovca – Srednji vrh 15 minutes.

On the way: Hudičev boršt (1328m), Cjanovca (1820m)