Spodnja Kokra - Mali Grintovec

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Jesenice take the exit Kranj - East and follow the road towards Jezersko. Just a few kilometres after the Preddvor off-ramp, you will see a transformer on the right-hand side of the road and a parking lot next to it. There are also signs for the Čemšenik Home.

Path description:
From the parking lot, first cross the road carefully and then follow the footpath towards the Čemšenik home. The wide path ascends only significantly to the Polajnar homestead, where you step out onto the road and follow it to the right.
The road climbs steeply just after the house, but it loses its asphalt coating a little higher up. The road then flattens out and turns slightly to the left, where it approaches the Čemšeniškės brook. Cross the stream a little further on and just after it you will come to a marked crossroads, where you continue along the left-hand road in the direction of the Čemšenik home. The road then starts to climb steeply again and after about 30 minutes of further walking leads us to the Čemšenik home.
From the Čemšenik home, continue in the direction of Javorov vrh (on the Javorjev vrh sign) along the path, which goes into the forest after only a few metres. Initially moderately steep, the path soon leads to a torrential gully, along which it then climbs for some time. Higher up, the path turns to the right and climbs even steeper. Follow this relatively steep path, which passes through dense forest, all the way to the crossroads at the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and Javorov vrh on the right.
Continue to the right (Potoška gora and Sveti Jakob on the left) along a moderately steep path which, after a short climb, leads to the south-west ridge of Javorov vrh, which offers some views towards Cjanovci. The path goes just a little further into the dense forest again, where we arrive at the next well-marked crossroads.
Here we continue left in the direction of Srednji vrh, Kališča and Storžič (straight Javorov vrh for 15 minutes) along the path which, after a few further steps, leads us to a pleasant little well. This is followed by a half-hour crossing of the slopes below Javorov vrh, ending at the saddle between the above-mentioned peak and Cjanovca.
At the saddle, the path from Javorov vrh joins us, and we continue to the left in the direction of Hudičev boršt (straight ahead Cjanovca and Srednji vrh). The path then crosses the slopes to the west, and then leads us out of the forest to the scenic southern slopes of Cjanovca. It then crosses occasionally steeper grassy slopes, ending at the edge of the forest Hudičev boršt. From here the path climbs slightly and after a few minutes of further walking leads to the Shelter in Hudičev boršt. From the shelter, continue westwards, where you will quickly reach the spring in Hudičev Boršt, and just after it, a marked crossroads, where you continue straight on (left down the Mačenska path to Mače). This is followed by a short crossing of a grassy slope, and then the path passes into the forest and leads to the next crossroads.
This time continue right in the direction of Cjanovca, Srednji vrh and Malá Grintovec (straight ahead home at Kišče and one of the paths that can be used to descend 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 of walking along the valley, the path turns to the right, climbs steeper and, after a short ascent, leads to the huts at 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.
Lower Kokra - Dom Čemšenik 50 minutes, Dom Čemšenik - Hudičev boršt 2:05, Hudičev boršt - Dolga njiva 55 minutes, Dolga njiva - Mali Grintovec 45 minutes.

On the way: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Planina Dolga njiva (1600m)

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