Bašelj - Planina Kališče (on forest road)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - East, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When you reach Preddvor, leave the main road and turn left towards the centre of the town, and from there follow the signs for Bašelj. When you reach Bašelj, at the point where the main road makes a long left turn, leave the main road and continue straight ahead in the direction of the Gamsova cesta (Gamsova cesta). Continue along the narrow asphalt road that leads between the houses and the Belica stream. Park in the parking lot next to the Bašelj Tourist Board.
b) From the motorway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj - West and turn left at the first junction. Continue through the underpass under the motorway and then to the roundabout, from where you continue in the direction of Golnik. The road continues through Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the village we turn right in the direction of Srakovlje. We then drive through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela we join the road from Preddvor) to Bašlja, where the main road makes a long left turn, we leave it and continue straight on in the direction of Gamsova cesta. Continue along the narrow asphalt road that leads between houses and the Belica stream. Park in the parking lot next to the Bašelj Tourist Board.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue in the direction of the Belica spring, Kališe and Storžič (Gamsov raj on the left) along the macadam road closed to public traffic, passing the Belica Sports and Tourist Park hut on the right. The road, from which we initially have a nice view of Storžič, leads us past the football and basketball pitches and leads us in about 10 minutes to a marked crossroads at the turning point of the road.
From the turning point, continue left towards Kališe along the forest road (right Kališe along the marked path). Continue along the minor forest road, which soon turns slightly to the left into cart track, leading towards Gradišče, St. Lawrence and Kališe, past the Košuta Hospital, and we continue slightly to the right along the minor road, which crosses the Belica stream only a short distance ahead. After the brook, the road turns into a wide cart track, which starts to climb steeply. Cart track crosses a few torrents during the ascent, and from it we occasionally get some views, but otherwise we mostly climb through the forest. In a few short parts we are joined by the marked path from Bašlja (the path that turned right at the turnaround), and higher up we are joined by the even more beaten path from Mač.
From the place where the path from Mač joins us, we walk along the road for only a short distance, as a large arrow on a tree then points us right into the forest. The path continues up a steeper slope and climbs quite steeply in a number of switchbacks. Higher up, the forest thins out and we get a nice view to the south. A wooden bench in a part of the sparse forest gives us a pleasant rest, and a little further on we are "surprised" by a working clock on a tree. Continue for a little longer, crossing to the right to reach the forested southern ridge Kališe. On the ridge, the path turns sharp left, then climbs in a few switchbacks to Lower Kališe, from where we get a beautiful view of Storžič.

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Dom na Kališču, Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec, Storžič (1 h 55 min)

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