Spodnja Kokra - Storžič

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana-Jesenice motorway, take the Kranj-east exit and continue along the road towards Jezersko. Just a few kilometres after the Preddvor turn-off, on the right side of the road, we will spot a transformer and a parking area 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 onto 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 right after the house, but a little higher it loses its asphalt surface. Further ahead, the road levels out and turns slightly to the left, where it approaches the Čemšeniški stream very closely. A bit further on, we cross the mentioned stream and immediately after it reach a marked junction, where we continue along 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, we continue towards Javorov vrh (signposted as Javorjev vrh) along a path that enters the forest after just a few metres. The initially moderately steep path soon brings us to a torrent gully, along which it ascends for a while. Higher up, the path turns right and ascends even more steeply. We follow this fairly steep path, which runs through dense forest the whole time, all the way to a junction on the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and Javorov vrh on the right.
We continue right (left to Potoška gora and Sveti Jakob) along a moderately steep path that 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 just a little further back into the dense forest, where we reach the next well-marked junction.
Here we continue left towards Srednji vrh, Kališče and Storžič (straight to Javorov vrh 15 minutes) along a 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, which ends on the saddle between the mentioned peak and Cjanovca.
At the saddle, the path from Javorov vrh joins us, but we continue left towards Hudičev boršt (straight to Cjanovca and Srednji vrh). The path continues traversing the slopes to the west, then brings us out of the forest onto the scenic southern slopes of Cjanovca. This is followed by a traverse of occasionally steeper grassy slopes, which end at the edge of the Hudičev boršt forest. From here, the path ascends a bit more and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu shelter.
From the shelter, we 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 a grassy slope, then the path enters the forest and brings us to a junction, where a path branches right towards Dolga njiva, Cjanovci, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec; we continue straight. The path continues traversing 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 (the lower path leads to Mače).
The path continues traversing 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.
We continue towards Kališče and continue the ascent along a gradually steeper path. The path ascends through dense forest for a while longer, then brings us to the foot of rocky cliffs and just a little higher to the ridge, where a small hut is visible just a few metres off the path. Here the path turns right and steeply ascends over a short rocky step. The path levels out here and just a few metres further joins the usual path to Kališče.
We continue towards Kališče and continue the ascent along a moderately steep path, along which we reach the Planinski dom na Kališču in 5 minutes of further walking.
Behind the Dom na Kališču, we notice a mountaineering direction sign with numerous continuation options. We continue along the gentle and scenic ridge path towards Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which continues northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with beautiful views reaching as far as the Julian Alps, we reach a junction, where a path branches left towards the church of sv. Lovrenca nad Bašljem, planina Javornik and Kriška gora, right to Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec; we continue straight towards Storžič. This is followed by a few minutes' traverse mostly of the western slopes of Bašeljski vrh, then we reach the grassy Bašeljski preval, where the path from Jezersko (starting point Jekarica in descriptions) joins from the right.
We continue straight towards Storžič again, this time along a path that begins to ascend steeply through a belt of dwarf pines. After about 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, we step onto the ridge of Storžič, which we soon leave as the path goes onto the southern slopes of the mountain. Over the quite steep southern slopes, we ascend along a steep path that is slippery in several places, especially when wet. Higher up, the path levels out a bit and returns to the ridge, along and on which it continues. To the increasingly scenic path, just below the summit, paths from sv. Lovrenca, planina Javornik, and via Psico through Žrelo join from the left. Here we continue slightly right and in a few steps reach one of the most visited two-thousanders in Slovenia.

Starting point - Čemšenik Hut 0:50, Čemšenik Hut - Volčje jame 1:00, Volčje jame - junction below Javorov vrh 0:10, junction below Javorov vrh - Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom 0:15, Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom - Skodovnjek junction 0:10, Skodovnjek junction - Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu 0:30, Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu - 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 - Dom na Kališču 0:05, Dom na Kališču - junction at Kališče 0:10, junction above Kališče - Bašeljski preval 0:10, Bašeljski preval - Storžič 1:10.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik (835m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1245m), Dom na Kališču (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), Dom na Kališču (1534m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Bašeljski preval (1630m)

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