Bašelj - Bašeljski vrh (via Sveti Lovrenc)

Access to starting point:
a) From the Ljubljana–Jesenice motorway take the Kranj–east exit, then continue driving towards Jezersko. When arriving in Preddvor leave the main road and continue left towards the centre of the mentioned place, from there follow the signs for the Bašelj settlement. Upon reaching Bašelj, at the spot where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along the narrow asphalt road leading between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Bašelj Tourist Association.
b) From the Jesenice–Ljubljana motorway take the Kranj–west exit and at the first junction continue left. Continue through the underpass beneath the motorway, then reach a roundabout from which continue driving towards Golnik. The route ahead leads through the Mlaka pri Kranju settlement, at the end of the settlement continue right towards the Srakovlje settlement. Driving continues through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela join the road from Preddvor) to Bašelj, where the main road makes a long left bend, leave it and continue straight towards Gamsova pot. Continue driving along the narrow asphalt road leading between houses and along the Belica stream. Park at the parking lot next to the Bašelj Tourist Association.

Path description:
From the starting point at the wooden hut of the Bašelj Tourist Association, continue along the forest road closed to public traffic, which leads along the Belica stream. Initially walk past the football and basketball courts, then soon reach the first junction of Gamsova pot, where continue left (straight along the road to Kališče, Gradišče, Storžič...) into the forest, where initially walk parallel to the road, then the path turns even more left and begins to ascend transversely across the gradually steeper slope. Higher up, exit the forest, from where a nice view opens towards Gamsov raj, Gorenjska and the nearby village of Laško. From here, past a bench and the NOB memorial plaque, descend in a few steps to the nearby road, along which walk only a few metres, as the signs for Gamsova pot direct right into the forest. Follow with a few minutes of ascent through the forest, then reach a forest road, which follow right to the nearby junction and parking lot.
From the junction continue along the worse and steeper left road towards sv. Lovrenc and Dom pod Sv. Lovrencem (straight to Kališče, Storžič - to Kališče and Storžič it is also possible by continuing left). From the junction onwards ascend relatively steeply, during the ascent a marked footpath branches right, leading directly to the church of sv. Lovrenc and bypassing Dom pod Lovrencem. All the time continue along the road, from which higher up some views open transiently. When the road after some time turns sharply right, it brings us in a few steps to the aforementioned Dom pod Lovrencem.
From the hut continue towards Javornik, Velika and Mala Poljana, Kališče and Storžič, along a path that moderately ascends through the forest. The well-trodden path quickly takes us out of the forest onto a vast meadow, across which we stroll with nice views to the church of sv. Lovrenc.
Behind the church the path returns to the forest and begins descending towards a marked junction a few minutes away, where continue straight towards Storžič and Kališče.
Further continue towards Storžič along the wide path, which however slightly ascends. The path soon becomes narrower and then steeply ascends through the forest for quite some time. Higher up the path brings us out of the forest and nice views open to the southern slopes of Storžič. The steepness does not relent all the way to the bench at the junction.
Left leads a marked path towards Javornik and Poljana, we however head right towards Kališče. From the junction the path becomes somewhat narrower and less trodden. Continuing, traverse the slopes towards the east for a long time. Along the path forest and grassy slopes alternate, which in places are quite steep. During the traverse the path occasionally ascends somewhat more steeply, sometimes slightly descends. In the second part of the traverse the path brings us to the spring below Bašeljsko sedlo. Here the path turns slightly right and continues traversing the slopes until it brings us to a marked junction, where continue straight towards Bašeljski vrh and Mali Grintovec (left Storžič, right Dom na Kališču).
The path ahead steeply ascends through a belt of dwarf pines and with nice views of the neighbouring Mali Grintovec brings us to the dwarf pine-covered ridge of Bašeljski vrh, where in the next few minutes we reach the next well-marked junction. At the junction a path branches right to Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh, we continue straight and with a view of Storžič continue the ascent. The path, running along and on the dwarf pine-covered ridge, a little below the summit joins the path from Jekarica and Bašeljski preval. Here continue right and along a somewhat narrower ridge in one minute of further walking reach Bašeljski vrh, from which a nice view opens towards the mountains above Jezersko, extending all the way to Košuta, Obir and Labotniške Alpe in Austria.

Starting point - Dom pod Lovrencem 0:50, Dom pod Lovrencem - sv. Lovrenc 0:05, sv. Lovrenc - saddle at sv. Lovrenc 0:10, saddle at sv. Lovrenc - wide valley 1:45, Wide valley - Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo 0:35, Spring below Bašeljsko sedlo - junction above Kališče 0:15, junction above Kališče - junction below Bašeljski vrh 0:15, junction below Bašeljski vrh - Bašeljski vrh 0:20.

On the way: Laško (683m), Parkirišče pod sv. Lovrencem (757m), Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) (860m), Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (892m), Sedlo pri sv. Lovrencu (867m), Široka dolina (1414m), Izvir pod Bašeljskim sedlom (1528m), Razpotje nad Kališčem (1570m), Razpotje pod Bašeljskim vrhom (1643m)

Trip can be extended to: Mali Grintovec