Spodnja Kokra - Cjanovca (via Baba)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway take the exit Kranj - East and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. Only a few kilometers after the turn-off for Preddvor we will notice a transformer on the right side of the road and a parking lot by it, where we park. Here are also signposts for the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik.

Route description:
From the parking lot first we carefully cross the road, then we head on a footpath in the direction of the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik. The wide path barely noticeably ascends to the homestead Polajnar, where we step onto the road, which we follow to the right.
The road just after the house steeply ascends, and it a little higher loses the asphalt covering. Further the road flattens and turns a little to the left, where it comes right up to the Čemšeniški potok stream. A little further we cross the mentioned stream and right after it we come to a marked crossroads, where we continue on the left road in the direction of the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik. The road then again starts to ascend more steeply and after less than 30 minutes of further walking brings us to the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik.
From the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik we continue behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that goes into the forest and starts first gently then ever more steeply ascending. The path soon brings us to a modest vantage point, where it turns slightly to the right and then ascends transversely. Higher the path brings us to the main ridge (view of the Gorenjska plain), where it ascends even more steeply and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to a more level area, where a wooden hut (weekend hut) stands.
A little before the hut the path turns to the right and after a few further steps brings us to the logbook box on Baba.
From the logbook box we continue on a nicely traceable little path that continues along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which first a nice view opens towards Cjanovca, Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and other surrounding hills. The path further first continues along the left side of the ridge, then after an indistinct saddle passes to the right (eastern) slopes of Potoška gora. A few minutes of transverse ascent follow, then we join the marked path that leads from Dom Čemšenik.
We continue upwards and relatively quickly arrive at the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and the forepeak of Javorov vrh on the right.
On the saddle there is a marked junction, where we continue right (left Potoška gora, slightly left Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu (via one of the mentioned paths we can descend)) in the direction of Javorjev vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, to the indistinct forepeak it veers to the right. A gentle ascent follows, from where some view opens up again, then the path returns to the forest and forks.
Here we continue left in the direction of Srednji vrh, Kališče and Storžič (straight Javorov vrh 15 minutes) on the path that after a few further steps brings us to a pleasant spring. A half-hour crossing of the slopes below Javorov vrh follows, which ends on the saddle between the mentioned peak and Cjanovca.
We continue straight in the direction of Cjanovca and Srednji vrh (left Hudičev boršt, sharply right Javorov vrh) on the path that starts ascending more steeply along and on the eastern ridge of Cjanovca. Higher the path brings us out of the forest onto slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, and we continue on an ever steeper and locally very panoramic path. The path, from which beautiful views open onto Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and Gorenjska, slowly turns slightly to the left. This ever more panoramic and relatively steep path we then follow all the way to the summit of Cjanovca, on which a bench and a small cairn stand.
Spodnja Kokra - Čemšenik 50 minutes, Čemšenik - Baba 45 minutes, Baba - Cjanovca 2:20.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Baba (1119m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Srednji vrh

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