Povlje - Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Brnik exit; once you reach the Mengeš-Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. Drive along the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from which continue on the first right exit towards Šenčur. Through Šenčur continue on the main road, then, when reaching the Kranj-Zgornje Jezersko road, continue right towards Jezersko. When arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left towards the centre of the mentioned place; from there, follow the signs to the Bašelj settlement. Just beyond the Bašelj settlement, the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it over a bridge. Here, a road first branches right to the village Babni Vrt, and just over 100 m further to the village Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje and park on a small parking lot above the village. At the starting point, there is a small intersection, several hiking direction signs and a large information board for the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič".
b) From the Jesenice-Ljubljana motorway, take the Kranj west exit, then continue driving towards Golnik. When arriving in Tenetiše, leave the main road towards Golnik and continue driving right towards Trstenik. Approximately 1 km beyond the Trstenik settlement, arrive at a small intersection, where continue left towards the village Povlje. Continue on the ascending road towards Povlje and park on a small parking lot above the village. At the starting point, there is a small intersection, several hiking direction signs and a large information board for the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič".

Route description:
From the starting point continue in the direction of the Trstenik walking-educational trail "path under Storžič", which means continue along the asphalt road that turns right and leads us somewhat higher past a few more houses and weekend homes. Above the settlement the asphalt ends and the road enters the forest, where a little further it crosses a torrent (in the upper part known as the southwest gully of Storžič, in the lower part no longer so pronounced). After crossing the torrent gully, where bear's garlic grows in springtime, the road ascends transversely to the right for some time, then splits into two wide tracks. Continue on the lower right track, from which after a few steps go left into the forest on the path towards St. Lovrenc. The path continues for some time without major changes in elevation, then joins a track along which we quickly reach Srečotov's mills.
A little above the mills, leave the track as the signs for path P2 (path under Storžič) direct us right onto a trail that continues through dense forest (straight along the track to Storžič, Kališče...). After a few minutes reach the ridge connecting Gora (peak above the church of St. Lovrenc) with the Storžič massif, but continue right. At the next marked junction go straight towards St. Lovrenc, then the path leads in moderate ascent along the eastern side of Gora. When the ascent ends, the church of St. Lovrenc comes into view ahead, to which descend in a few dozen steps.
Bypass the church, from which a nice view opens, on the left side, then descend transversely to the right, arriving at Dom na Lovrencu in less than 5 minutes.

Starting point - saddle at St. Lovrenc 0:40, saddle at St. Lovrenc - St. Lovrenc 0:10, St. Lovrenc - Dom na Lovrencu 0:05.

Description and photos refer to the conditions in 2017 (April).

Along the route: Pri treh mlinčkih (835m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Gradišče (Pustinjak), Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Dom na Kališču, Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec, Storžič

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