Spodnja Kokra - Storžič (via Baba)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - east and follow the road ahead in the direction of Jezersko. Only a few kilometers after the turn-off for Preddvor, we will notice a transformer on the right side of the road and beside it a parking lot, where we park. Here are also signposts for the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik.

Path description:
From the parking lot, 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 it a little higher loses the asphalt surface. Further, the road flattens and turns a little towards the left, where it comes right up to the Čemšeniški potok stream. A little further, we cross the mentioned stream and right 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 again starts to ascend more steeply and after less than 30 minutes of additional walking brings us to the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik.
From the mountain hut Dom Čemšenik, continue behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that goes into the forest and starts first gently, then increasingly steeply ascending. The path soon brings us to a modest vantage point, where it turns slightly to the right and then ascends diagonally. 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 additional walking brings us to a flatter section, where a wooden cottage (weekend cottage) stands.
A little before the cottage, the path turns to the right and after a few more steps brings us to the stamping box on Baba.
From the stamping box, continue on a well-followable 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 on the left side of the ridge, then after an indistinct saddle passes to the right (eastern) slopes of Potoška gora. A few minutes of diagonal 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 secondary peak 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 (from one of the mentioned paths we can descend)) in the direction of Javorov vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, avoiding only the indistinct secondary peak 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) on the path that after a few more steps brings us to a pleasant spring. Next follows a half-hour crossing of the slopes below Javorov vrh, which ends on 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) on the path which further crosses the slopes to the left, meanwhile slightly ascending and descending a few times. After approximately 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 us across occasionally steeper slopes, where especially when wet it is slippery in some places. In the last part before entering the forest, a steel cable also helps us, and after it the path completely flattens. When we enter the forest, we have only a short walk to the shelter.
From the shelter continue towards the west, where we quickly arrive at the spring in Hudičev boršt, right after it at the marked junction, where we continue straight (left downhill Mačenska pot to Mače). A shorter crossing of a grassy slope follows, then the path enters the forest and brings us to a junction, where to the right branches the path to Dolga njiva, Cjanovci, Srednji vrh and Mali Grintovec, and we continue straight. The path ahead crosses the slopes to the left for a short time, then after crossing a gully brings us to a junction, where we continue right towards Kališče (lower path leads to Mače).
The path ahead still crosses the slopes to the left. During the crossing we will come to a smaller scree slope, from which the first view towards the valley opens. A short crossing follows and the path brings us into the valley of Suha, where an unmarked path from Mače also joins from the left.
Continue in the direction of Kališče and continue the ascent on a gradually steeper path. The path ahead ascends through dense forest for some time longer, then brings us to the foot of rocky cliffs and just a little higher to the ridge, where a few metres from the path we notice a small cottage. Here the path turns right and steeply ascends over a short rocky step. The path flattens here and a few metres further joins the usual path leading to Kališče.
Continue in the direction of Kališče and continue the ascent on a moderately steep path, along which in 5 minutes of additional walking we arrive at the Planinski dom na Kališču.
Behind the Dom na Kališču we notice a mountaineering signpost board with numerous options for continuing the path. Continue along the gentle and panoramic ridge path in the direction of Storžič, Bašeljski vrh..., which continues towards the north. After a few minutes of easy walking with nice views reaching all the way to the Julian Alps, we arrive at a junction, where to the left branches the path to the church of sv. Lovrenc nad Bašljem, planina Javornik and Kriška gora, to the right the path to Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec, and we continue straight in the direction of Storžič. A few minutes' crossing of mostly the western slopes of Bašeljski vrh follows, then we arrive at the grassy Bašeljski preval, where the path from Jezersko (starting point Jekarica in descriptions) joins from the right.
Again continue straight in the direction of Storžič, this time on the path that starts steeply ascending through a belt of dwarf pines. After approximately 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, we step onto the ridge of Storžič, which we soon leave as the path passes to the southern slopes of the mountain. Across the fairly steep southern slopes we ascend on a steep path that is dangerous for slipping in several places, especially when wet. Higher up the path flattens somewhat and returns to the ridge, along and beside which it then continues. To the increasingly panoramic path a little below the summit also join paths from sv. Lovrenc, planina Javornik and the path over Psica and through Žrelo from the left. Here continue slightly right and in a few steps reach one of the most visited two-thousanders in Slovenia.
Spodnja Kokra - Čemšenik 50 minutes, Čemšenik - Baba 45 minutes, Baba - Hudičev boršt 1:30, Hudičev boršt - Kališče 1:20, Kališče - Storžič 1:30.

On the way: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Baba (1119m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Dom na Kališču mountain hut (1534m), Bašeljski preval (1630m)