Laško - Mali Grintovec (via Dom na Kališču)

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 leads us past a turn-off of the path (cart track) towards the church of St. Lovrenc and hut Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned turn off we drive a little further, to the end of the road or smaller parking lot few 10 meters before.
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 leads us past a turn-off of the path (cart track) towards the church of St. Lovrenc and hut Dom na Lovrencu. From the mentioned turn off we drive a little further, to the end of the road or smaller parking lot few 10 meters before.

Path description:
At the end of the road, we go on the left cart track in the direction of Kališče and Storžič. Cart track is moderately ascending and after ten minutes of walking, it brings us to a crossing. We continue on the left cart track which after few meters vanishes. The path here leaves smaller valley by which was ascending and steeply ascends to the left direction. After this shorter steep ascent steepness decreases and the path brings us to partisan hospital Košuta. Behind the hospital path crosses two successive torrents and then again steeply ascends. The path which all the time runs through the forest brings us on a side ridge of Kališče, where joins the unmarked path from Bašelj. Forest then becomes thinner and occasionally some nice view opens up towards Storžič. After that, the path turns a little right again in the forest. Suddenly in front of us, we notice cottage, which is situated on the mountain pasture below Kališče. Only few meters ahead joins the path from the village Mače. Further, the path is ascending for approximately 15 more minutes through the forest. After that, the path makes a sharp left turn and in front of us, we notice a mountain hut Dom na Kališču to which we only have few steps.
From the mountain hut Dom na Kališču we continue on a wide ridge path in the direction towards Storžič. After few minutes of pleasant panoramic walking we get to a marked crossing, where from the left joins a little worse beaten path from Bašelj (path past the church of St. Lovrenc), in the direction of straight continues the path on Storžič, and we continue right in the direction of Bašeljski vrh, Mali Grintovec and Srednji vrh. From the crossing ahead we start ascending through dwarf pines, and the path quickly brings us to the next crossing, where we continue on the bottom right path (left Bašeljski vrh) in the direction of saddle Mačensko sedlo.
Next follows traversing of Bašeljski vrh, on the path which continues with some shorter ascents and descents. When the traversing ends we get to a saddle Mačensko sedlo, where from the left joins the marked path from Bašeljski vrh, and from the right unmarked path through the valley of Suha.
We continue straight in the direction of Mali Grintovec, on the path which starts relatively steeply ascending on the western slope of the mentioned mountain. After approximately half an hour of walking from the saddle Mačensko sedlo we get to a marked crossing, where from the right side, the path from Dolga njiva joins. We continue left and after few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to the top of Mali Grintovec.
Laško - Kališče 2:00, Kališče - Mačensko sedlo 45 minutes, Mačensko sedlo - Mali Grintovec 30 minutes.

On the way: Bolnica Košuta (900m), Planina Kališče (1450m), Dom na Kališču mountain hut (1534m), Mačensko sedlo (1615m)