Spodnja Kokra - Storžič (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.
Here, at a marked crossroads, continue left in the direction of Hudičev boršt (straight ahead Srednji vrh and Cjanovca, sharp right Javorov vrh) along a path which crosses the slopes further to the left, climbing and descending slightly a few times in between. After about 15 minutes' walk from the last crossroads, emerge from the forest onto the grassy slopes of the Zaplata, over which you continue. The technically easy path leads us along occasionally steeper slopes, where it is dangerous to slip in places, especially in the wet. In the last part before we enter the forest, we are also helped by a small rope, but the path completely lays down behind it. Once in the forest, it is only a short walk to the shelter.
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). There is a short crossing of a grassy slope, and then the path turns into a forest and leads us to a crossroads where the path to the right branches off towards Dolgi njiva, Cjanovca, Srednji vrh and Maly Grintovec, and we continue straight on. The path continues for a short time crossing the slopes to the left, then crossing the ravine leads us to a crossroads where we continue to the right towards Kišče (the lower path leads to Mače).
The way forward still crosses the slopes to the left. During the crossing we will come to a small scree slope, from which the first view opens up towards the valley. There is a short crossing and the path leads us to the valley of Suha, where the unmarked path from Mače joins us from the left.
Continue in the direction of Kališča and ascend the gradually steepening path. The way forward climbs for some time through the dense forest, and then leads us to the foot of the rocky cliffs and only slightly higher on the ridge, where only a few metres off the path we see a small cottage. Here the path turns right and climbs steeply over a short rocky jump. The path lays down here and joins the normal path leading to Kališče just a few metres further on. Continue in the direction of Kišče and climb up the moderately steep path, which will take you 5 minutes to reach the Mountain Home at Kišče.
Behind Dom na Kališču you will see a mountain direction sign with a number of possibilities to continue the trail. Continue along the gently sloping and scenic ridge path in the direction of Storžič, Bašeljski vrh. . . , which continues northwards. After a few minutes of easy walking with beautiful views as far as Julian Alps, we arrive at a crossroads where the path branches off to the left towards the Church of St. Lawrence above Bašelj, mountain pasture Javornik and Kriška gora, the path branches off to the right to Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec, and we continue straight on in the direction of Storžič. A few minutes of crossing the mostly western slopes of Bašeljski vrh (Bašeljski Peak) is followed, and then we arrive at the grassy Bašelj preval, where the path from Jezersko (the starting point of Jekarica in the descriptions) joins from the right.
Continue straight on again towards Storžič, this time on the path which begins to climb steeply through lane of dwarf pines. After about 30 minutes of ascent from the saddle, we reach the ridge Storžič, which we soon leave as the trail ascends to the southern slopes of the mountain. The southern slopes are quite steep and the ascent is on a steep path which is dangerous to slip on in several places, especially in wet conditions. At higher altitudes, the path flattens out a little and returns to the ridge, along which it continues. Just below the summit, the path from St. Lovrenec, mountain pasture Javornik and the paths over Psica and through Žrelo join the increasingly scenic path from the left. Here you continue slightly to the right and in a few steps you reach one of the most visited two-thousanders in Slovenia.
Lower Kokra - Čemšenik 50 minutes, Čemšenik - Baba 45 minutes, Baba - Hudičev boršt 1:30, Hudičev boršt - Kališče 1:20, Kališče - Storžič 1:30.

On the way: Dom Čemšenik mountain hut (835m), Baba (1119m), Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m), Dom na Kališču mountain hut (1534m), Bašeljski preval (1630m)

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