Spodnja Kokra - Dom na Kališču

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 turn-off for Preddvor, we will see a transformer on the right side of the road 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 ascends barely noticeably to the Polajnar farmstead, where we step onto the road, which we follow to the right.
The road steeply ascends immediately behind 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 arrive at a marked junction, where we continue along the left road towards the Čemšenik hut. The road then begins to ascend more steeply again and brings us to the Čemšenik hut after less than 30 minutes of further walking.
From the Čemšenik hut, continue towards Javorov vrh (sign Javorjev vrh) along the path that enters the forest after just a few meters. The initially moderately steep path soon brings us to a torrent gully, along which it then ascends for some time. Higher up, the path turns right and ascends even more steeply. We follow this relatively steep path, which runs through dense forest the whole time, all the way to the junction on the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and Javorov vrh on the right.
Continue right (left to Potoška gora and Sveti Jakob) along the moderately steep path, which after a short ascent brings us to the south-western ridge of Javorov vrh, from which we get some views towards Cjanovci. The path goes only a little further back into the dense forest, where we reach the next well-marked junction.
Here continue left towards Srednji vrh, Kališče and Storžič (straight to Javorov vrh 15 minutes) along the path that after a few more steps brings us to a pleasant spring. This is followed by a half-hour traverse of the slopes below Javorov vrh, ending on the saddle between the mentioned peak and Cjanovca.
At the saddle, the path from Javorov vrh joins, but we continue left towards Hudičev boršt (straight to Cjanovca and Srednji vrh). The path further traverses the slopes towards the west, then brings us out of the forest onto the panoramic southern slopes of Cjanovca. This is followed by traversing occasionally steeper grassy slopes, which end at the edge of the Hudičev boršt forest. From there, the path ascends somewhat more and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the Shelter in Hudičev boršt.
From the shelter, continue westwards, where we soon reach the spring in Hudičev boršt, and immediately after it a marked junction, where we go straight ahead (left downhill Mačenska pot to Mače). This is followed by a short traverse of the grassy slope, then the path enters the forest and brings us to a junction, where the path to Dolga njiva, Cjanovci, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec branches off to the right, but we continue straight. The path further traverses the slopes to the left for a short while, then after crossing a gully brings us to a junction, where we continue right towards Kališče (lower path leads to Mače).
The path continues to traverse the slopes to the left. During the traverse, we will reach a small scree slope, from which we get the first view towards the valley. This is followed by a short traverse and the path brings us into the Suha valley, where an unmarked path from Mače joins from the left.
Continue towards Kališče and continue the ascent along a gradually steeper path. The path continues to ascend through dense forest for some time, then brings us to the foot of rocky cliffs and just a little higher to the ridge, where we notice a small hut just a few meters off the path. Here the path turns right and steeply climbs over a short rocky step. The path levels out here and a few meters further joins the usual path leading to Kališče.
Continue towards Kališče and continue the ascent along a moderately steep path, arriving at the Mountain Hut on Kališče in 5 minutes of further walking.

Starting point - Čemšenik Hut 0:50, Čemšenik Hut - Volčje jame 1:00, 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 - Shelter in Hudičev boršt 0:30, Shelter in Hudičev boršt - junction below Dolga njiva 0:10, junction below Dolga njiva - junction at Kozjek 0:05, junction at Kozjek - Suha valley 0:20, Suha valley - junction below Kališče 0:30, junction below Kališče - Hut on Kališče 0:05.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik (835m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1245m), Razpotje na grebenu Javorovega vrha (1291m), Izvir pod Javorovim vrhom (1332m), Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom (1336m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Izvir v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Razpotje pod Dolgo njivo (1282m), Razpotje Kozjek (1281m), Dolina Suhe (1322m), Razpotje pod Kališčem (1509m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Bašeljski vrh ( 45 min), Mali Grintovec, Storžič (1 h 30 min)

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