Spodnja Kokra - Srednji vrh (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 turn-off for Preddvor, on the right side of the road we will spot 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 ascends barely 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 comes very close to the Čemšeniški stream. 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 brings us to the Čemšenik hut after less than 30 minutes of further walking.
From the Čemšenik hut, continue behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that goes into the forest and starts gently at first, then increasingly steeply ascending. 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 more level area 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 little path that continues along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which we first get a nice view towards Cjanovci, 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 switches 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 to Potoška gora, slightly left to Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu (we can descend via one of the mentioned paths)) towards Javorjev 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 splits.
Here continue left towards Srednji vrh, Kališča and Storžič (straight to 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 Cjanovce and Srednji vrh (left to Hudičev boršt, sharply right to Javorov vrh) on the path that begins to ascend more steeply along and beside the eastern ridge of Cjanovce. Higher up, the path takes us out of the forest onto slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, and we continue on an increasingly steep and in places very panoramic path. The path, from which we have beautiful 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 Cjanovce, where there is a bench and a small cairn.
From Cjanovce continue north on the path that descends through a belt of dwarf pines to the little saddle between Cjanovca and Srednji vrh. Here we step onto the ridge, which we then follow to Srednji vrh, reaching it after a few minutes of further walking.

Izhodišče - Dom Čemšenik 0:50, Dom Čemšenik - Baba 0:45, Baba - Volčje jame 0:25, Volčje jame - razpotje pod Javorovim vrhom 0:10, razpotje pod Javorovim vrhom - Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom 0:15, Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom - razpotje Skodovnjek 0:10, razpotje Skodovnjek - Cjanovca 1:15, Cjanovca - sedlo Cjanovca 0:05, sedlo Cjanovca - Srednji vrh 0:10.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik (835m), Baba (1098m), Baba (1119m), Potoška Baba (1128m), 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), Cjanovca (1820m), Sedlo Cjanovca (1802m)

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