Laško - Mali Grintovec (via Sveti Lovrenc)

Access to the starting point:
a) From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - East, then continue driving in the direction of 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 we arrive in Bašelj, first at the beginning of the left turn in the direction of straight ahead there is a narrower road leading to the parking lot at the log cabin TD Bašelj (in the descriptions the starting point Bašelj), and from the mentioned crossroads we continue along the main road for another 100 m to the next crossroads, where we continue to the right along the road towards the Gamsovemu raje and the hamlet Laško (Laško hamlet). Only about 50 m further on, continue along the left-hand road, which gradually starts to climb moderately. At the hamlet of Laško, turn left again, and then the asphalt ends and you continue along a steep dirt road, which you follow to a parking area at a small crossroads. There are red mountain direction signs at the crossroads.
b) From the motorway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj - West and continue 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. 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, where a narrower road continues in a straight direction, leading to the parking area at the log cabin TD Bašelj (in the descriptions the starting point Bašelj), and from this junction we continue along the main road for another 100 m to the next junction, where we continue right along the road towards Gamsovem raje and the hamlet of Laško. Only about 50 m further on, continue on the left road, which gradually starts to climb moderately. At the hamlet of Laško, turn left again, and then the asphalt ends and you continue along a steep dirt road, which you follow to a parking area at a small crossroads. There are red mountain direction signs at the crossroads.

Path description:
From the parking lot, take the steep cart track towards Lovrenec. After a short steep climb, the cart track leads to a crossroads where a footpath branches off to the right to the Church of St. Lawrence. We continue on the lower dirt track, which again starts to climb steeply and after a 15-minute walk from the starting point leads us to Dom na Lovrencu.
At the house, we continue along the path towards Storžič and after a few steps the path leads us out of the woods and onto the meadows below the church. The Church of St. Lovrenec can be reached in a few minutes on foot through the meadow.
Continue along the meadow past the church and the path soon leads into the woods. The broad path then descends gently to an unmarked saddle, where we join the path from a slightly higher starting point. Continue in the direction of Storžič along the wide path, which climbs slightly. The path soon becomes narrower and then climbs steeply through the forest for some time. Higher up, the path just leads us out of the forest and beautiful views of the southern slopes of Storžiča open up. The steepness continues unabated all the way to the bench at the crossroads.
To the left is a marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, and we turn right towards Kališe. The path from the crossroads becomes slightly narrower and less beaten. We continue for a long time crossing the slopes to the east. The path alternates between forest and grassy slopes, which are also quite steep in places. As you cross, the path climbs slightly steeper at times and descends gently on a few occasions. In the second part of the crossing, the path leads to a spring below Bašeljski sedlo. Here the path turns slightly to the right and continues to cross the slopes until it leads us to a marked crossroads where we continue straight in the direction of Bašeljski vrh and Malá Grintovec (Storžič on the left, Dom na Kališču on the right).
The way forward climbs steeply through the lane of dwarf pines and, with a beautiful view of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec, leads us to the dwarf pines ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where we arrive at the next well-marked crossroads in the next few minutes. At the crossroads, a path branches off to the right to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh, and we continue straight ahead, looking at Storžič, to continue our ascent. The path along and along the ridge covered with dwarf pines is joined shortly below the summit by the path from Jekarica and Bašeljski Preval. Here, continue right and, after a slightly narrower ridge, within a minute of further walking, you will reach Bašeljski vrh, from which a beautiful view opens up towards the mountains above Jezersko, and the view extends as far as Košuta, Obirje and Lavanttal Alps in Austria. From Bašeljski vrh we start a relatively steep descent east to northeast, following a path that runs along and along the ridge, which is mostly covered with dwarf pines, but where it is not a little more care is needed. After about 15 minutes, the descent ends and the path leads to Mačensko sedlo, where we join the marked path with Kališe and the unmarked path along the valley of Suha.
Continue straight on in the direction of Maly Grintovec, following the path which begins to climb relatively steeply up the western slope of the mountain. After about half an hour's walk from Mačensko sedlo, we arrive at a marked crossroads where the path from Dolga njiva joins from the right. Continue left and after some 10 steps of further walking you will reach the top of Maly Grintovec.
Laško - Bašeljski vrh 3:45 minutes, Bašeljski vrh - Mali Grintovec 45 minutes.

On the way: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (835m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim prevalom (1510m), Bašeljski vrh (1744m)

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