Spodnja Kokra - Srednji vrh (via Baba)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Jesenice highway take the Kranj - east exit 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 on the right side of the road and a parking lot by it, where we park. Here there are also signposts for Dom Čemšenik.

Path description:
From the parking lot we first carefully cross the road, then head onto the footpath in the direction of the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik. The wide path ascends barely noticeably to the homestead Polajnar, where we step onto the road, which we follow to the right.
The road steeply ascends just after the house, but a little higher it loses the asphalt surface. Further on, the road flattens and turns slightly to the left, where it comes right up to the Čemšeniški stream. A little further we cross the mentioned stream and immediately after it we come to a marked junction, where we continue on 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 we continue behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that enters the forest and begins gently at first, then increasingly steeply ascending. The path soon brings us to a modest vantage point, 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 we continue on a well-followed little path that continues along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which a nice view first opens 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 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.
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)) in the direction of Javorjev vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, avoiding only the indistinct forepeak to the right. A gentle ascent follows, from which 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 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.
We continue straight in the direction of Cjanovca 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 Cjanovca. Higher up the path takes us out of the forest onto slopes overgrown with dwarf pines, and we continue on an increasingly steep and locally very panoramic path. The path, from which fine views open onto 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, on which there is a bench and a small cairn.
From Cjanovca we continue north on the path that descends through a belt of dwarf pines to the col between Cjanovca and Srednji vrh. Here we reach the ridge, which we then follow to Srednji vrh, reaching it after a few minutes of further walking.
Spodnja Kokra - Čemšenik 50 minutes, Čemšenik - Baba 45 minutes, Baba - Cjanovca 2:20, Cjanovca - Srednji vrh 15 minutes.

On the way: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Baba (1119m), Cjanovca (1820m)