Mače - Srednji vrh (Mačenska pot and via Dolga njiva)

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 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 (church not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a large marked parking lot.
b) From the Jesenice - Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj - west exit and at the first junction continue left. Continue through the underpass under the motorway, then arrive at the roundabout, from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route leads through the settlement of Mlaka pri Kranju, at the end of the settlement continue right towards the settlement of Srakovlje. Driving continues 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 ascends to Mače. When arriving in Mače, at the marked junction continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Nicholas (church not accessible by car)) and drive up the narrow road above the village, where there is a large marked parking lot.

Route description:
At the beginning of the large parking lot above Mače, we notice mountaineering direction signs, but we continue right across the entire parking lot in the direction of Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu, Javorov vrh or Javorjev vrh, Potoška gora and sv. Jakob. From the end of the parking lot, a marked cart track continues, which we follow. The cart track, which has some minor junctions in the lower part where we follow the marks, first ascends gently to moderately, then somewhat steeper for a short time. After crossing the torrent, the cart track gradually flattens and brings us to a marked junction, where the mountaineering direction signs direct us left onto a well-trodden and well-maintained mountain path. The marked path immediately enters a fairly dense forest, through which it ascends for some time along the torrent gully, then turns somewhat more to the right and brings us in a few zigzags to a less noticeable junction, where the path to Dom na Kališču branches left (the junction is marked with a sign on the tree), we continue straight on the path that gradually brings us into a sparser forest. Higher up, the increasingly sparse forest ends and the path brings us to scenic grassy slopes, from which we have a beautiful view of Gorenjska. Follows another good 10 minutes of ascent along the mentioned grassy slope and we arrive at the spring in Hudičev boršt, next to which there is a marked junction.
Here we continue left in the direction of Kališče and Srednji vrh (right Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu, 3 minutes) along the path that crosses the grassy slopes of Zaplate towards the west. After a few minutes of crossing, the path enters the forest, where we soon reach the next marked junction.
This time we continue right in the direction of Cjanovce, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec along the path (straight Kališče and Mače), which begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The quite steep path higher up brings us to a small valley, where the forest thins out and the path flattens. 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 shepherd's hut on Planina Dolga njiva.
From the hut on Dolga njiva we continue straight in the direction of Cjanovce and Srednji vrh (left Mali Grintovec, right pathless to Hudičev boršt) along the path that first ascends over the grassy slope, then enters a belt of dwarf pines, where it continues along a wide logging trail. The path, which ascends transversely towards the east, then higher up brings us to a less noticeable junction, where the path from the top of Cjanovce joins us from the right. Here we continue left and after a few more steps we step onto the main ridge of Srednji vrh, which we follow left. We continue the ascent along the scenic path, which after a few more minutes of walking brings us to Srednji vrh.

Mače - Hudičev boršt 1:50, Hudičev boršt - razpotje pod Dolgo njivo 0:10, razpotje pod Dolgo njivo - Planina Dolga njiva 0:55, Planina Dolga njiva - sedlo Cjanovca 0:35, sedlo Cjanovca - Srednji vrh 0:10.

Along the route: Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje pod Dolgo njivo (1282m), Planina Dolga njiva (1600m), Sedlo Cjanovca (1802m)

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