MHE Zabukovec - Mali Grintovec

Access to starting point:
First, we drive to Preddvor or to the settlement Tupaliče (to here from the Gorenjska motorway or Kranj), then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we arrive in the municipality Jezersko, we will soon notice signs for Gostišče Kanonir. After the inn, we go left onto the road in the direction of Dol - Podstoržič and farm Kovk. Further on, we drive on a somewhat narrower road that leads us past houses, and after a few hundred meters of additional driving we arrive at a junction where to the left branches off a steep road, along which also continues the marked path to Kozji vrh. Here we continue straight, then at the next junction slightly left in the direction of Storžič and Kališče (slightly right Stegovnik). A little further the road leads past the small hydropower plant Zabukovec, then we quickly arrive at the spot where there stands a traffic sign that further driving from 20.7. to 20.10. is forbidden due to forestry works. We park on a smaller marked parking lot somewhat before the road closure. More information about the road passability is available at tel. 04/25-45-300 (ZGS KE Jezersko - Kokra).

Path description:
From the starting point we continue on the road that leads us past a ramp and continues along the Reka stream, which flows through the Podstoržič valley. The stream has further some small waterfalls, rapids, pools and some side tributaries, where from our path some larger waterfalls are also visible. Higher a marked path to Javorniški preval branches off to the right, we continue straight in the direction of Storžič and follow the road to the right bend, where straight ahead a cart track branches off in the direction of Bašeljski preval, Kališče and Storžič.
For a short time we continue on the wider cart track (vlaki), then we continue slightly left on a somewhat narrower cart track, from which we soon turn right onto a marked footpath, which higher crosses the mentioned cart track a few more times. Further the path leads us above the left bank of a mighty torrent gully, where a pleasant bench with a viewpoint on the mentioned torrent awaits us by the path, and if we look to the other side, we can notice several waterfalls in one of the gorges, which dry up in dry periods. From here the path ascends quite steeply for a few more minutes, then gradually flattens and brings us a little higher to Praprotnikova koča, which is located at the edge of a smaller clearing.
Behind the hut we continue on the marked path, which again begins to ascend more steeply, then temporarily flattens at the boulder. Behind the boulder the path temporarily enters the torrent bed, then begins to ascend transversely to the right. A steeper ascent follows on fairly scenic terrain, from which a nice view opens up to the surrounding mountains. When we enter the dwarf pine belt a path branches off to the right that leads under or along the slopes of Storžič towards the already mentioned Javorniški preval, we continue straight and arrive at the junction on Bašeljski preval in a few minutes.
At the signposts on Bašeljsko sedlo we turn left in the direction of Kališče (right Storžič), but we follow the path towards the mountain hut only a few meters, as the signs for Bašeljski vrh then direct us left onto grassy-rocky slopes. Further we ascend slightly to the left, to the place where dwarf pines block the passage. If we missed the right path during the ascent we find it somewhat further to the left. A shorter ascent to the forepeak follows, from which Bašeljski vrh is nicely visible. From the forepeak to the summit we have only one more minute of walking along the ridge, which is slippery in snow.
From Bašeljski vrh we begin to descend relatively steeply towards the east to northeast, along a path that runs on and along the ridge, which is mostly overgrown with dwarf pines, and on the section where it is not a little more caution is needed. After approximately 15 minutes the descent ends and the path brings us to Mačensko sedlo, where a marked path from Kališče and an unmarked path along the Suha valley join us.
We continue straight in the direction of Mali Grintovec, along a path that begins to ascend relatively steeply on the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After approximately half an hour of walking from Mačensko sedlo we arrive at a marked junction, where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. We continue left and after a few 10 steps of further walking we arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.
Starting point - Praprotnikova koča 2:10, Praprotnikova koča - Bašeljski preval 35 minutes, Bašeljski preval - Bašeljski vrh 20 minutes, Bašeljski vrh - Mačensko sedlo 15 minutes, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 30 minutes.

On the way: Praprotnikova koča (1380m), Bašeljski preval (1630m), Bašeljski vrh (1744m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m)