Beli Potok at Frankolovo - Stenica
Starting point: Beli Potok at Frankolovo (435 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.3484°N 15.323°E 
Time of walking: 1 h 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 656 m
Altitude difference (by path): 700 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Celje - center, and then we continue driving towards Vojnik, Frankolovo and Zreče. At the end of Frankolovo, we will notice signs for Lindek Castle, which direct us to the left onto a narrower and ascending asphalt road. Along the mentioned road, we then park at an appropriate place.
Path description:
We walk for a few minutes along the asphalt road, then we arrive at a smaller junction, where we do not continue either left or right, but straight ahead on a marked cart track in the direction of Lindek Castle, Kislica and Stenica. The path ahead ascends along the cart track, which runs along the bed of Belski potok stream. Higher up, we cross the mentioned stream, and the path leads us to the 9 m high Lindeški slap waterfall. Above the waterfall, the path transitions to somewhat steeper slopes, then levels out and turns slightly to the right. There follow a few minutes of gentle ascent through the forest, then the path leads us to the nearby macadam road. We follow the road to the right, which after a few steps brings us to a small saddle, where there is a marked junction.
Here we continue left along the asphalt road (right Lindek Castle 10 to 15 minutes), which after a few meters brings us to the next junction. This time we continue along the right road in the direction of the path to Stenica. At the next junction, we again continue right, we follow the asphalt road for a short time longer, then, when we arrive at a larger hayfield, we leave it and continue the ascent left (an arrow on the asphalt directs us left) along the edge of the forest, relatively steeply upwards. For some time we ascend along the edge of the forest, then we arrive at a grassy cart track, which we follow to the right to the nearby farm.
Here we walk across the yard of a residential house (watch out for the fierce dog!), behind which we step onto a smaller junction, where we continue along the left upper cart track. For a short time we continue along the cart track, then we arrive at a poorer macadam road, which we reach right at its end, we merely cross it and continue the ascent along the steeper marked hiking path. (We can also reach here if along the road, instead of turning left onto the hayfield, we continue straight ahead and then after a few minutes continue left - thus avoiding the dog).
We ascend relatively steeply through the forest for a few minutes, then we arrive at a cart track, which we follow to the left, but we walk along it only for a short time, as the signs for Stenica then direct us right onto the again steeper footpath. For some time we continue through the forest, then we arrive at a macadam road, which we follow to the left. With a view of Pohorje we walk to the right bend, we leave the road right at the bend and ascend past the nearby garage into the forest. The path ahead steeply ascends along the eastern ridge of Stenica, then leads us to the forepeak, where it levels out. A short descent follows, then we follow the marked path, which continues along and beside the ridge of Stenica, all the way to the main peak, which we reach after a good 20 minutes of further walking.
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