Mače - Mali Grintovec (Mačenska pot and via Dolga njiva)

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 Mače. When you arrive in Mače, continue right at the marked crossroads (left Bašelj, straight ahead St Nicholas Church (the church is not accessible by car)) and follow the narrow road above the village, where there is a large marked parking lot.
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. We then drive through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where we turn right towards Preddvor. At Preddvor we see signs for Mače, which direct us left past the primary school onto the road that climbs up to Maca. When you arrive at Mače, continue right at the marked crossroads (left Bašelj, straight ahead St Nicholas Church (the church is not accessible by car)) and follow the narrow road above the village, where there is a large marked parking lot.

Path description:
At the end of the parking lot you will see signs directing you to the wide cart track, which climbs gently at first. Cart track has a few small forks at the beginning, but we keep slightly to the right and follow the marked path the whole way. Cart track climbs steeply a few times higher up for a short time, and then leads us to direction signs, where we continue to the left in the direction of Devil's Borst.
At the direction signs, leave cart track and continue the ascent along the marked footpath, which begins to climb steeply through the increasingly dense forest. Higher up, the forest thins out and the path leads us out of the forest onto the grassy slopes of Zaplata, where we can already see the Hudičev boršt in front of us. Here the path climbs steeply once more and then joins the St. Jakob - Kališče path. Here, continue left towards Kališča and Srednji vrh (right shelter in Hudičev boršt for 3 minutes) along the path which crosses the grassy slopes of Zaplata to the west. After a few minutes, the path passes into the forest, where you will soon reach the next marked crossroads.
This time continue right in the direction of Cjanovca, Srednji vrh and Malá Grintovec (straight home at Kišče and one of the paths that leads down to Mače) on a path that begins to climb steeply through the forest. The rather steep path leads us higher into a small valley, where the forest thins out and the path is laid. After a few minutes' walk along the valley, the path turns to the right, climbs steeper and, after a short ascent, leads to the hut on Dolgi njivi.
Here is a crossroads where we focus on a less well-trodden path that goes horizontally behind the hut (up along the valley). The path then begins to climb gently along the valley of Dolga njiva and after a good 20 minutes' walk leads us to the saddle where the next crossroads is. Bear left after the Mali Grintovec markers (right Srednji vrh). The path then climbs moderately over a slope partly covered with dwarf pines. After this short climb, we reach the ridge where the path from Kališča and Bašeljski vrh joins. Continue to the right along the path, which leads to the summit within a few minutes of further walking. Mače - Dolga njiva 2:45, Dolga njiva - Mali Grintovec 45 minutes.

On the way: Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Planina Dolga njiva (1600m)

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