Spodnja Kokra - Srednji vrh (via Baba)

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 we continue behind the home along a clearly visible but unmarked path that goes into the forest and starts to climb, first gently then steeply. The path soon leads to a modest viewpoint, where it turns slightly to the right and then climbs crosswise. Higher up the path leads us to the main ridge (view of the Gorenjska plain), where it climbs even steeper and after a few minutes of further walking leads us to the flatter part where the wooden hut (weekend house) stands.
Shortly before the cottage, the path turns to the right and after a few further steps leads us to the registration box at Baba.
From the registration box, we continue along a nicely traceable path, which continues along the occasionally overlooked ridge, from which we initially get a nice view towards Cjanovca, Kočna, Grintovec, Kalški greben and other surrounding hills. The way forward initially continues along the left side of the ridge, and then, after an undistinguished saddle, passes to the right (eastern) slopes of Potoska Gora. There is a cross-climb of a few minutes and then we join the marked path leading from Doma Čemšenik.
Continue upwards and relatively quickly reach the saddle between Potoška gora on the left and the peak of Javorov vrh on the right.
At the saddle there is a marked crossroads where you continue to the right (left Potoška gora, slightly left Planinska koča Iskra na Jakobu (one of the above mentioned paths can be descended) in the direction of Javorje Peak. The path continues along a wooded ridge, only retreating to the right of an indistinct headland. There is a slight ascent, from where we regain some views, and then the path returns to the forest and splits. Here we continue left in the direction of Srednji vrh, Kališča and Storžič (straight Javorov vrh 15 minutes) along the path, which after a few further steps leads us to a nice 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.
Continue straight on in the direction of Cjanovca and Srednji vrh (Hudičev boršt on the left, Javorov vrh on the sharp right) on a path that begins to climb steeply along and along the eastern ridge of Cjanovca. Higher up, the path leads us out of the forest onto slopes covered with dwarf pines, and we continue along the increasingly steep and, in places, very scenic path. The path, from which we have beautiful views of Kočno, Grintovec, Kalški greben and Gorenjska, slowly turns slightly to the left. Follow this increasingly scenic and relatively steep path all the way to the top of Cjanovca, where there is a bench and a small cairn.
From Cjanovca, continue northwards along the path which descends via lane of dwarf pines to the saddle between Cjanpvca and Sredni vrh. Here you will reach a ridge, which you will follow to Srednji vrh, which you will reach after a few minutes of further walking.
Lower Kokra - Čemšenik 50 minutes, Čemšenik - Baba 45 minutes, Baba - Cjanovca 2:20, Cjanovca - Srednji vrh 15 minutes.

On the way: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Baba (1119m), Cjanovca (1820m)

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