Bašelj - Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj) (via Gradišče)

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Kranj - east, and then we continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When we get to Preddvor we leave the main road and we continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement, from there we follow the signs for settlement Bašelj. When we get to Bašelj, at the spot, where the main road makes long left turn, we leave it and we continue driving straight in the direction of the path Gamsova pot. We continue driving on a narrow asphalt road which leads us between the houses and stream Belica. We park on a parking lot by Tourism Association Bašelj.
B) From highway Jesenice - Ljubljana we go to the exit Kranj - zahod and at the first crossroad, we continue left. Further, we drive through the underpass below the highway, and then we get to a roundabout, from where we continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The path ahead leads us through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement, we continue right in the direction of the settlement Srakovlje. Next follows driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela, Zgornja Bela (in Zgornja Bela we join the road from Preddvor) to Bašelj, where the main road makes long left turn, we leave it and we continue driving straight in the direction of the path Gamsova pot. We continue driving on a narrow asphalt road which leads us between the houses and stream Belica. We park on a parking lot by Tourism Association Bašelj.

Path description:
From the starting point at log cabin of tourism association Bašelj we continue on for public traffic closed forest road which leads us by the stream Belica. We at first walk by a football and basketball field, and then we already get to the first a crossing of the path Gamsova pot, where the path branches off to the left towards the church of St. Lovrenc, mountain hut Dom pod sv. Lovrencem, it is also possible to continue towards Storžič, Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik, Mala and Veliki Poljana...
From the mentioned crossing, we still continue on a macadam road which is moderately ascending through the forest or partly through bushes. After few minutes, we get to the turning point of the forest road, where the footpath towards Kališče continues right over a stream and slightly to the left continues the path gamsova pot, which leads on Gradišče and forward to St. Lovrenc and the path on Kališče on the forest road, Kališče past hospital Košuta and Kališče on the ridge of Kisovec. We continue on a wide cart track which is ascending towards the nearby water catchment. Before the water catchment we leave a wide cart track and we again continue slightly left, on the path, where continues the path Gamsova pot. Further, we are few minutes ascending on more steep cart track, when it ends we continue right on less distinct, but relatively well-beaten path, which is ascending through the forest. Higher on some spots footpath partly vanishes, and we follow otherwise rare yellow-white blazes, which mark path Gamsova pot. Few minutes we are ascending through the forest, after that on one turn we reach the other forest road which we follow to the right (left Laško). On the macadam road, we walk few 10 meters and we already get to the next crossing, where the path branches off to the left towards St. Lovrenc.
From the mentioned crossing, we walk on the road only few steps, and then on the right, by the sign which marks a private parking spot, we continue right on a beaten footpath, on which in a minute or two of additional walking, we get to the top of Gradišče, where there stands a smaller wooden cottage.
From Gradišče we return to a forest road or few more strides back, after that from the crossing we continue on a cart track in the direction of Sveti Lovrenc. Cart track at first leads above the nearby gully and then signs lead left on the path which at first diagonally descends into a gully, and then it crosses it and on the other side it ascends through slightly exposed passage, where mainly in wet more caution is needed. Exposed part is short, so that it doesn't cause any special problems. The path ahead passes into the forest, where it crosses at first even steeper slopes, and then in few shorter ascents and descents brings us to a marked path which leads from Sveti Lovrenc towards Storžič, Kališče, mountain pasture Javornik...
When we step on the mentioned marked path we follow it to the left, at first still a little downwards. After a short descent, we get to a marked crossing, from where we continue straight in the direction of Sveti Lovrenc (left Bašelj). Next follows few minutes of a moderate ascent through the forest and then we get out of the forest on a larger meadow, in the middle of which there is church of St. Lovrenc and from which a beautiful view opens up.

On the way: Gradišče (Pustinjak) (871m)

Trip can be extended to: Dom na Lovrencu (Bašelj) , Krničarjeva koča na planini Javornik , Dom na Kališču (2 h 40 min) , Bašeljski vrh (3 h 10 min) , Mali Grintovec , Storžič