Laško - Gradišče (Pustinjak)

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 first at the beginning of the left turn in the direction of straight continues narrower road which leads to the parking lot at log cabin TD Bašelj (in descriptions starting point Bašelj), and from the mentioned crossroad we continue on the main road a good 100 meters to the next crossroad, where we continue right on the road towards Gamsov raj and hamlet Laško. Only about 50 meters ahead we continue on the left road which gradually starts moderately ascending. At the hamlet Laško we again continue left and then the asphalt ends and we continue driving on a steep macadam road which we follow to the parking lot, at the smaller crossroad. At the crossroad, there are situated red hiking signposts.
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, where in the direction of straight continues narrower road which leads to the parking lot at log cabin TD Bašelj (in descriptions starting point Bašelj), and from the mentioned crossroad we continue on the main road a good 100 meters to the next crossroad, where we continue right on the road towards Gamsov raj and hamlet Laško. Only about 50 meters ahead we continue on the left road which gradually starts moderately ascending. At the hamlet Laško we again continue left and then the asphalt ends and we continue driving on a steep macadam road which we follow to the parking lot, at the smaller crossroad. At the crossroad, there are situated red hiking signposts.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a wider macadam road (left Dom pod sv. Lovrencem and church of St. Lovrenc), which is gently and diagonally ascending on slopes of Gora (918 meters) (Gora is a peak, which is situated above the church of St. Lovrenc). The road which is for most of the time ascending through the forest higher passes on slopes of Gradišče, where from the right side joins the path from the valley of the stream Belica (starting point at log cabin TD Bašelj). On the macadam road, we walk few 10 meters and we already get to the next crossing, where another 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.

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Lovrenc (Bašelj)