Mače - Srednji vrh (via Kozjek and Dolga njiva)

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 Mače. When we get to Mače, at the marked crossroad we continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (church isn't accessible with a car)) and on a narrow road we drive above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.
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 to Zgornja Bela, where we continue right towards Preddvor. In Preddvor we notice signs for Mače, which point us to the left past the primary school on a road which ascends to Mače. When we get to Mače, at the marked crossroad we continue right (left Bašelj, straight church of St. Miklavž (church isn't accessible with a car)) and on a narrow road we drive above the village, where there is a larger marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we go on the road which we left. We follow it approximately 40 minutes to the bottom station of the cargo cableway on Kališče. The road is in the last part already more similar to the cart track. From the cableway ahead we carefully follow the blazes because in labyrinth of cart tracks path quickly takes us somewhere else. When we are done with that labyrinth all cart tracks end. The path ahead steeply ascends through the forest and brings us on a wide small ridge. Here the path turns left and is ascending on that ridge. The path is still ascending and at the altitude of 1300 meters brings us to a crossing. Here, the path branches off to the left on Kališče, and we continue on the right path. After that we cross the gully and already after few steps we come to the next crossing. Here we go sharply left following the signs Srednji vrh (straight Hudičev Boršt). The path which is still ascending through the forest soon brings us into a small valley below Dolga njiva. Forest then becomes thinner and the path turns a little to the right. We soon step on meadows of Dolga njiva, where we already notice cottage, which stands on the mountain pasture.
Here is a crossing, where we go on the path which goes upwards in the direction of Srednji vrh. The path which isn't clearly visible at first ascends through a meadow and brings us into dwarf pines. We follow this path, which is moderately ascending and we have to watch out for possible snakes. There is quite a lot of them. When the path brings us out of dwarf pines orientation becomes even a little more demanding and in fog almost impossible. After a good 30 minutes of walking from the mountain pasture path brings us on a ridge. Here we go left and in few minutes on a panoramic ridge we reach the peak.
Mače - cableway 45 minutes, cableway - Dolga njiva 2:00, Dolga njiva - Srednji vrh 45 minutes.

On the way: Planina Dolga njiva (1600m)