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Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River)

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bruny26. 04. 2010 21:22:59
On Sunday 25.04.2010 hiking from the center of Poljčane over four peaks: Boča, Plešivca, eastern and western peak of Donačka gora and Macelj to the source of the Sotla River on the border with Croatia. Descent via hunting hut Lipovec, Trlično and Dobovec to Rogatec. Interesting and quite demanding trail stringing the easternmost peaks of Karawanks is full of natural, historical, cultural, architectural, sacral... attractions and friendly locals. In the last part it runs along border Macelj and Sotla River valley. Good eleven hours gross walking passed quickly and perhaps another repetition in somewhat modified - less demanding variant. In total around 55 km and 2200 elevation meters accumulated.

Regards bruny
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) RTV tower on Boč1
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) Plešivec peak2
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) Ložno3
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) Towards the Strmec pass4
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Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) under the mountain hut but first to the eastern summit of Donačka gora6
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ,,zajle,, below the eastern summit.....7
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) western summit of Donačka gora8
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ....after refreshment in the mountain hut...and the direction is known....9
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) church of St. Donat10
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) pass Vrhe between Rogatec and Žetale11
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) .........the harder part of the ascent to Macelj is behind me and after Koserjeva hunting hut still the finale to the top......12
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ......already quite close to the source of the Sotla river........13
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ...two border stones and of course two countries.......14
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Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) .......not possible but still this is the source of the important and for most of its course border river Sotla....16
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) .....really excellently marked and maintained is the entire path route........17
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ...hunter's hut Lipovec18
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ......valley and some call it ,,young,, Sotla......on the road to Trlično and Dobovec....19
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) ....interesting architectural heritage of the border area!?...will it be preserved.........20
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) .......several kilometers I walked along the state border....21
Boč - Macelj (Source of the Sotla River) Start 5:15 Poljčane railway station and finish 16.45 Rogatec railway station - symbolism of the connection of four peaks, source of the Sotla river, intersection of numerous paths .........22
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lajcicar27. 04. 2010 21:27:21
Bravo Bruny, hats off benti tenti, good walking, not so little. Must be interesting, we'll try sometime to see those beauties. Good walks ahead! Lajči
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bruny8. 01. 2012 21:12:28
Today hiking from Poljčane to the source of the Sotla River in one of the easier variants - with a bit less elevation and kilometers via Boč, Plešivca, Donačka gora and Log-Macelj on the route via Spodnje Poljčane - Studenice - abandoned ramp under Stavske peak - road under Plešivca ridge - Ravnocerje plateau - Sv. Marija Ložno - Rudijev dom - Sv. Donat church - Vrhe pass - Koserjeva hunting hut - Veliki Belinovec 717 m.a.s.l. - source of the Sotla River - forest road directly along the border - Trlično - border crossing Dobovec - train station Sv. Rok ob Sotli together with Vinkot, sunny and about 7 degrees Celsius - terrain partially frozen and dry, and snow in traces.

GPS:Source of the Sotla River

Regards bruny
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...sign in the settlement Podboč...2
...below the Ravnocerje plateau at the junction to Ložno...3
...St. Mary of Loreto Ložno...Loreto is a town in Italy where the Holy House of the Holy Family from Nazareth is kept and is a pilgrimage center...4
...farm above the Strmec pass...5
...to the mountain hut today along the upper path between forest and meadow...6
...little church of St. Donat and the end of the known path for colleague Vinkot...7
...ruin above the path to the pass Vrhe/Žerak...8
...between the pass Vrhe and Koserjeva hunting hut there is quite a steep slope - ,,štajga,,...9
...Koserjeva hunting hut of the LD Rogatec hunters...10
...view towards the Haloze...11
...at the spring...12
...717-meters-high peak Veliki Belinovec and then another 10 km descent along the valley of the so-called ,,mladeSotle,, to Dobovec - Sv. Rok ob Sotli railway station, where the end of the path was...13
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bruny9. 01. 2012 12:58:28
Pleasant trail was on Sunday, which felt more like early November than January weather-wise. This time together with neighbor and already quite hiking-mountaineering veteran Vinkot. He has been to Donačka gora many times, but not yet to the Sotla source and the path from Sv. Donat onward was unknown to him. We chose one of the easier variants and the highest point was 767 m.a.s.l. on the ridge road under Plešivec, where it was quite lively as a joint hunt drive of several hunting societies was taking place, there was a crowd, dog barking and shots fell not far away higher toward the peak. At Ložno we caught up with two friends from Poljčane and continued together toward Rudijev dom. Excellent locals showed me also parts where decades ago the path ran a bit aside from today's route...After refreshment we continued to the Sotla source while colleagues stuck to the original plan of ascent to the western peak and then descent to Stoperce and further to Sv. Ana above Makole. The path to the source passed quickly and a group of five hikers from Dobrina near Žetale descended to the source from a slightly different side. After short chat, continuing the path and this time too I chose the forest road along the border, which is nevertheless a bit more scenic than direct road descent. The forest roads merge again under the Lipovec hunting hut. It got cloudy and darker and in quite quick pace it was necessary to descend via Trlično settlement, past border crossing Dobovec to the train station Sv. Rok ob Sotli, because the train departed at 17:25. We caught it by a mere three minutes and thus concluded the jump over or better said somewhat below the peaks of eastern Karawanks. Due to poor Sunday connections this time to Podplat station, where transport home to Poljčane awaited us. Nice Sunday was the right choice for a somewhat longer trip and there were really many runners, walkers, hikers, ramblers... all the way to Sv. Donat church, while further on as expected - more solitary path.

Regards bruny
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bruny26. 11. 2012 20:52:30
On Sunday 25.11.2012 to the source of the Sotla River or Schengen border in hiking pace together with colleague Vinko from PD Poljčane in a somewhat harder variant than in January from Poljčane and descent to Dobovec or train station Sv. Rok ob Sotli. Also via old Roman road toward Formin and partly somewhat harder route between Strmce and Rudijev dom on Donačka gora under Ženčaj for a few less kilometers at same elevations. Between Vrhe/Žerak pass and Sotla source lots of fallen trees or larger branches which prevented faster progress and consequently searching detours. To the source we went exceptionally via forest path under the summit ridge and then steeply down. Terrain wet and very slippery in larger part of the path. If we had known with colleague about the path condition between Vrhe pass and Sotla source we would probably decide differently but once there you push to the goal set before starting no matter ,,what,,. From seen on entire route the October snow did most damage just in Log-Macelj forests.

Met no one except in immediate vicinity of the hut on Donačka gora...Total estimate somewhere 31-32 kilometers due to Garmin discharge, while elevations are real. Return home partly by train combination between Sv. Rok ob Sotli and Podplat and car transport. Yes this tour is becoming quite traditional in my calendar of connecting extreme eastern Karawank paths and always in somewhat different variant.

Track:Source of the Sotla River, 25.11.2012 Regards Bruno /bruny
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ales281. 11. 2023 08:53:32
Boč sunrise this morning
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Stamp19. 12. 2024 18:38:55
Circular walk in Macelj mountains.. I always feel nice here, because it's always peaceful.. Now little snow beautified the walk, and in warmer weather - white-barked trees provide shade.. Birds sing in summer and winter..
No real views..
Here couple of pics, more on my Google..
Track can be downloaded from my Wikiloc
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