Spodnja Kokra - Planina Dolga njiva (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. Just a few kilometers after the turn-off for Preddvor, we will notice a transformer and a parking lot next to it on the right side of the road, where we park. Here there are also signposts for the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik.

Path description:
From the parking lot, first carefully cross the road, then head to the 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 steeply ascends immediately after the house, but a little higher it loses its asphalt surface. Further on, the road flattens and turns slightly to the left, where it comes completely close to the Čemšeniški potok stream. A little further, we cross the mentioned stream and immediately after it we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue along the left road in the direction of the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik. The road then starts to ascend more steeply again and after less than 30 minutes of further walking brings us to the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik.
From the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik, continue behind the hut along a well-visible but unmarked path that enters the forest and first gently then increasingly steeply ascends. The path soon brings us to a modest viewpoint, where it turns slightly 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 flatter section where a wooden hut (weekend cottage) stands.
A little 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 along an easy-to-follow path that proceeds along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which a nice view first opens 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 minutes of transverse ascent follow, then we join the marked path that leads from Dom Čemšenik.
Continue upwards and relatively quickly arrive at the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and the forepeak 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)) in the direction of Javorjev vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, skirting only the indistinct forepeak to the right. A gentle ascent follows, from where some view opens up again, then the path returns to the forest and forks.
Here continue left in the direction of Srednji vrh, Kališče and Storžič (straight Javorov vrh 15 minutes) along 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.
Here at the marked junction continue left in the direction of Hudičev boršt (straight Srednji vrh and Cjanovca, sharply right Javorov vrh) along the path that subsequently crosses the slopes to the left, slightly ascending and descending a few times in between. After about 15 minutes of walking from the last junction, we step out of the forest onto the grassy slopes of Zaplata, across which we continue the crossing. The technically undemanding path leads across occasionally steeper slopes, where especially when wet it is slippery in a few places. In the final section before entering the forest, a steel cable assists us, and after it the path completely flattens. Once we enter the forest, it is only a short walk to the shelter.
From the shelter, continue towards the west, where we quickly reach the spring in Hudičev boršt, immediately after it a marked junction, where we continue straight (left downhill Mačenska pot to Mače). A short crossing of a grassy slope follows, then the path enters the forest and brings us to the next junction.
This time continue right in the direction of Cjanovca, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec (straight Dom na Kališču and one of the paths down which we can descend to Mače) along the path that begins to ascend more steeply through the forest. The fairly steep path higher up brings us to a small valley, where the forest thins and the path flattens. After a few minutes of walking along the mentioned valley, the path turns right, ascends more steeply and after a short ascent brings us to the hut on Dolga njiva.
Spodnja Kokra - Čemšenik 50 minutes, Čemšenik - Baba 45 minutes, Baba - Hudičev boršt 1:30, Hudičev boršt - Dolga njiva 55 minutes.

On the way: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Baba (1119m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Grintovec ( 45 min) , Cjanovca , Srednji vrh