Spodnja Kokra - Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (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 onto the footpath towards the Čemšenik hut. The wide path gently ascends to the Polajnar farmstead, where we join a road, which we follow to the right.
The road steeply ascends immediately after the house, but a bit higher it loses its asphalt surface. Further on, the road levels out and turns slightly to the left, where it approaches the Čemšeniški stream closely. A little further, 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 starts 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 behind the hut on a well-visible but unmarked path that enters the forest and first gently then more steeply ascends. The path soon brings us to a modest viewpoint, where it turns slightly to the 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 section where a wooden hut (weekend cottage) stands.
Just before the hut, the path turns right and after a few more steps brings us to the stamp box on Baba.
From the stamp box, we continue on a well-traceable trail that continues along the occasionally panoramic ridge, from which we first get a nice view towards Cjanovca, Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and other surrounding hills. The path further continues first along the left side of the ridge, then after an indistinct saddle it crosses to the right (eastern) slopes of Potoška gora. A few-minute transverse ascent follows, then we join the marked path leading from the Dom Čemšenik.
We 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 Javorov vrh. The path continues along the forested ridge, avoiding the indistinct subpeak to the right. A gentle ascent follows, from where we get some views again, then the path returns to the forest and forks.
Here we continue left towards 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.
Here at the marked junction we continue left towards Hudičev boršt (straight to Srednji vrh and Cjanovca, sharply right to Javorov vrh) on the path that further crosses the slopes to the left, during which it gently ascends and descends a few times. After about 15 minutes of walking from the last junction, we exit the forest onto the grassy slopes of Zaplate, across which we continue the crossing. The technically undemanding path leads us along occasionally steeper slopes, where especially when wet it is slippery in a few places. In the last section before entering the forest, a wire cable assists us, and after it the path levels out completely. When we enter the forest, we have only a short walk to the shelter.

Starting point - Dom Čemšenik 0:50, Dom Čemšenik - Baba 0:45, Baba - Volčje jame 0:25, Volčje jame - junction below Javorov vrh 0:10, junction below Javorov vrh - Saddle above Skodovnjek 0:15, Saddle above Skodovnjek - Skodovnjek junction 0:10, Skodovnjek junction - Shelter in Hudičev boršt 0:30.

Along the route: Dom Čemšenik (835m), Baba (1098m), Baba (1119m), Vrnitev na markirano pot (1197m), Volčje jame (1245m), Razpotje na grebenu Javorovim vrhom (1291m), Izvir pod Javorovim vrhom (1332m), Sedlo nad Skodovnjekom (1336m), Razpotje Skodovnjek (1348m)

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Javorov vrh, Dom na Kališču (1 h 20 min), Planina Dolga njiva ( 55 min), Bašeljski vrh (2 h 5 min), Mali Grintovec (1 h 40 min), Cjanovca, Srednji vrh, Storžič (2 h 50 min)

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