Spodnja Kokra - Cjanovca (via Baba)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj-east exit and continue following the road towards Jezersko. Just a few kilometres after the Preddvor turn-off, on the right side of the road, we will see a transformer and a parking lot next to it, where we park. There are also signposts for the Čemšenik hut here.

Route description:
From the parking lot, first carefully cross the road, then head to the footpath towards the Čemšenik hut. The wide path barely ascends noticeably to the Polajnar farmstead, where we step onto the road, which we follow to the right.
The road steeply ascends immediately after the house, but a little higher it loses the asphalt surface. Further on, the road levels out and turns slightly to the left, where it approaches the Čemšeniški stream completely. A little further ahead, we cross the mentioned stream and immediately after it reach a marked junction, where we continue on the left road towards the Čemšenik hut. The road then begins to ascend more steeply again and after less than 30 minutes of further walking brings us to the Čemšenik hut.
From the Čemšenik hut, continue behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that goes into the forest and begins first gently then increasingly steeply ascending. The path soon brings us to a modest viewpoint, where it turns slightly to the right and then ascends transversely. Higher up, 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 section where a wooden hut (weekend cabin) stands.
Just before the hut, the path turns right and after a few more steps brings us to the logbook box on Baba.
From the logbook box, continue on a well-traceable trail that continues along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which we first get a nice view towards Cjanovca, Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and other surrounding hills. The path ahead 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-minute transverse ascent follows, after which we join the marked path leading from the Dom Čemšenik.
Continue upwards and relatively quickly arrive at the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and the subpeak of Javorov vrh on the right.
At the saddle there is a marked junction, where we continue right (left Potoška gora, slightly left Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu (we can descend via one of the mentioned paths)) towards Javorov vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, detouring the indistinct subpeak to the right. A gentle ascent follows, from where some views open up again, then the path returns to the forest and forks.
Here continue left towards Srednji vrh, Kališče and Storžič (straight Javorov vrh 15 minutes) on the path that after a few more steps brings us to a pleasant spring. A half-hour crossing of the slopes below Javorov vrh follows, ending at the saddle between the mentioned peak and Cjanovca.
Continue straight towards Cjanovca and Srednji vrh (left Hudičev boršt, sharply right Javorov vrh) on the path that begins to ascend more steeply along and beside the eastern ridge of Cjanovca. Higher up, the path takes us out of the forest onto slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, where we continue on an increasingly steep and locally very panoramic path. The path, offering nice views of Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and Gorenjska, slowly turns slightly to the left. We follow this increasingly panoramic and relatively steep path all the way to the summit of Cjanovca, where there is a bench and a small cairn.

Starting point - Čemšenik Hut 0:50, Čemšenik Hut - Baba 0:45, Baba - Volčje jame 0:25, Volčje jame - junction below Javorov vrh 0:10, junction below Javorov vrh - Saddle above Skodovnjek 0:15, Saddle above Skodovnjek - Skodovnjek junction 0:10, Skodovnjek junction - Cjanovca 1:15.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik (835m), Baba (1098m), Baba (1119m), Volčje jame (1245m), Vrnitev na markirano pot (1197m), Razpotje na grebenu Javorovega vrha (1291m), Izvir pod Javorovim vrhom (1332m), Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom (1336m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m)

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

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