Mače - Javorov vrh (Mačenska pot)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Jesenice, take the exit Kranj - East, then continue driving in the direction of Jezersko. When you arrive in Preddvor, leave the main road and continue driving left towards the center of the mentioned settlement; from there, follow the signs for Mače. When you arrive in Mače, at the marked intersection continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (the church is not accessible by car)) and drive on a narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
B) From the highway Jesenice - Ljubljana, take the exit Kranj - West and at the first intersection continue left. Continue driving through the underpass under the highway, then arrive at a roundabout, from which continue driving in the direction of Golnik. The route leads through the settlement Mlaka pri Kranju, and at the end of the settlement continue right in the direction of the settlement Srakovlje. This is followed by driving through Srakovlje, Spodnja Bela, Srednja Bela to Zgornja Bela, where you continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor, notice the signs for Mače, which direct you left past the primary school onto a road that ascends to Mače. When you arrive in Mače, at the marked intersection continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (the church is not accessible by car)) and drive on a narrow road above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.

Path description:
At the beginning of the large parking lot above Mače, we notice hiking signposts, and we continue right across the entire parking lot in the direction of Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu, Javorov or Javorjev vrh, Potoška gora and sv. Jakob. From the end of the parking lot, a marked cart track continues, which we follow. The cart track, which has a few smaller junctions in the lower part where we follow the blazes, ascends at first gently to moderately, then for a short time a little more steeply. After crossing the torrent, the cart track gradually flattens and brings us to a marked junction, where the hiking signposts direct us left onto a well-beaten and well-maintained mountain path. The marked path immediately enters a fairly dense forest, through which it ascends for some time along the torrent gully, then turns somewhat more to the right and brings us in a few switchbacks to a less noticeable junction, where the path to Dom na Kališču branches off to the left (the branch-off is marked with an inscription on a tree), and we continue straight on the path that gradually brings us into a sparser forest. Higher up, the increasingly sparse forest ends and the path brings us to panoramic grassy slopes from which a nice view opens up over Gorenjska. This is followed by a good 10 minutes of ascent on the mentioned grassy slope, and we arrive at the spring in Hudičev boršt, next to which there is a marked junction.
We continue right again (left Dom na Kališču, Dolga njiva, Srednji vrh...) and after one or two minutes of further walking arrive at Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu.
From the shelter, we continue eastwards, where we quickly leave Hudičev boršt and arrive at the point where we exit the forest. In the initial section where we exit the forest, a steel cable assists us during the moderate descent, continuing for a few meters across the relatively steep slope. The path continues across the fairly steep grassy slope of Zaplata, which is extremely avalanche-prone in winter. The crossing of the grassy slope, which is especially when wet dangerous for slipping at a few points but otherwise technically undemanding, ends after about 15 minutes and the path brings us into the forest. This is followed by about 15 minutes of traversing through the forest, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue slightly right in the direction of Javorjev vrh (left Cjanovca and Srednji vrh, right Potoška gora, Spodnja Kokra, sv. Jakob...).
The path continues along and on an initially panoramic ridge in places and occasionally descends a little. A little further on, the path enters the forest and begins to ascend more steeply along the northwestern ridge of Javorov vrh. A little below the summit, the forest ends, and only a few steps of ascent separate us from the panoramic summit.
Mače - Hudičev boršt 1:50, Hudičev boršt - Javorov vrh 1:00.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2015 (May).

On the way: Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu (1328m)