Povlje - Mali Grintovec

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Brnik exit. When you reach the Mengeš-Kranj road, continue left towards Kranj. Follow the main road towards Kranj to the first roundabout, from which take the first right exit towards Šenčur. Continue through Šenčur on the main road, then upon reaching the Kranj-Zgornje Jezersko road, turn right towards Jezersko. Upon arriving in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the town, then follow signs to the Bašelj settlement. Just beyond the Bašelj settlement, the road descends to the Milka stream and crosses it via a bridge. Here, a road branches right first to the villages of Babni Vrt, and about 100 m further to the village of Povlje. Continue on the ascending road to Povlje and park in the small parking area above the village. At the starting point there is a small junction, several mountaineering 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 towards Golnik. Upon arriving in Tenetiše, leave the main road to Golnik and turn right towards Trstenik. About 1 km past the Trstenik settlement, reach a small junction and turn left towards the village of Povlje. Continue on the ascending road to Povlje and park in the small parking area above the village. At the starting point there is a small junction, several mountaineering direction signs, and a large information board for the Trstenik walking educational trail "path under Storžič".

Path description:
From the starting point continue in the direction of the Trstenik educational trail "path under Storžič", which means continue along the asphalt road that turns right and leads somewhat higher past a few houses and cottages. Above the settlement the asphalt ends and the road enters the forest, where a little further it crosses a torrent stream (in the upper part known as the southwest gully of Storžič, in the lower part less pronounced). After crossing the torrent gully, where ramsons grow 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 turn left into the forest on the path towards sv. Lovrenc. The path continues for some time without major elevation changes, then joins a track along which you quickly reach Srečotov's mills.
A little above the mills the path to sv. Lovrenc turns right from the track into dense forest, but we continue straight and ascend the track to the junction with the marked path.
Follow the mentioned path left (right sv. Lovrenc, Bašelj...) in the direction of Storžič and Kališče.
Continue further towards Storžič along the wide path, which gently ascends. The path soon narrows and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite a while. Higher up the path leads out of the forest and offers beautiful views of the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness continues unabated to the bench at the junction.
Left is the marked path to Javornik and Poljana, we head right towards Kališče. From the junction the path becomes somewhat narrower and less used. Continuing, cross the slopes eastwards for a long time. The path alternates between forest and grassy slopes, which are quite steep in places. During the crossing the path occasionally ascends more steeply and sometimes descends slightly. In the second part of the crossing the path leads to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here the path turns slightly right and continues crossing the slopes until reaching the marked junction, where continue straight towards Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču).
The path ahead steeply ascends through a belt of dwarf pines and with nice views of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec leads to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where after a few minutes reach the next well-marked junction, continuing on the lower right path (left Bašeljski vrh) towards Mačensko sedlo.
Follows the traverse of Bašeljski vrh along a path with some short ascents and descents. When the traverse ends, arrive at Mačensko sedlo, where the marked path from Bašeljski vrh joins from the left, and an unmarked path from the Suha valley from the right.
Continue straight towards Mali Grintovec along a path that begins to ascend quite steeply on the western slope of the mountain. After about half an hour from Mačensko sedlo, reach the marked junction where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue left and after some 10 steps of further walking arrive at the summit of Mali Grintovec.

Starting point - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:40, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - Široka dolina 1:45, Široka dolina - Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo 0:35, Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo - junction above Kališče 0:15, junction above Kališče - junction below Bašeljski vrh 0:15, junction below Bašeljski vrh - Mačensko sedlo 0:25, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 0:30.

On the way: Pri treh Mlinčkih (835m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Široka dolina (1414m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim sedlom (1528m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m), Mačensko sedlo (1622m), Razpotje pod Malim Grintovcem (1791m)