Brzika - Dom na Boču

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Rogaška Slatina, then continue driving towards Rogatec. In Rogatec, at the roundabout, we turn left in the direction of Ptuj, then drive along the main road to the Brzika pass, where we notice red hiking signposts beside which we park in a suitable place.
B) We drive to Majšperk, then follow the signs for Stoperce on Rogatec. After Stoperce, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we follow it to the Brzika pass, where we notice red hiking signposts beside which we park in a suitable place.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue a few dozen strides on the asphalt road towards Stoperce, then turn left onto a side road marked with signs for Ložno. There follows a short ascent through the forest, then the road flattens and leads through the yard of a homestead. Behind the homestead, we descend along a marked cart track, which lower down transitions into the forest. At the forest entrance, we leave the track and continue slightly left onto a footpath, ascending again. There follows a short descent, where we cross the route of a high-pressure gas pipeline, then we ascend more steeply for a few minutes. Higher up, we bypass an unnamed 499-meter-high peak on the left, as shown on maps, followed by a moderate descent, then an ascent to the next unnamed peak. From there, there follows some descent, and lower down we reach a cart track, which we follow to the tourist farm Ložno, where we continue right towards Boč (left to the Church of Our Lady of Loreto in Ložno, 5 minutes).
There follows a few minutes of moderate ascent, then the path enters the forest, where along a cart track it crosses the slopes to the left. A little further, we approach a few houses, and by a fence we reach a road, along which we descend in a few minutes to an asphalt road, which we follow to the right. There follows some walking on the asphalt road, where we pass under the route of a high-voltage power line, then a path from Okrepčevalnica Zelena dolina joins from the right.
There follows an ascent on the asphalt road, from which a nice view of the surrounding hills occasionally opens up, higher up the road flattens and takes us past a chapel to the hamlet of Ravnocerje.
Here we go behind the homestead on the right, right onto a marked cart track along which we ascend to a marked junction, where we join the path from Cerovec pod Bočem.
The path ahead ascends transversely along a cart track and quickly brings us to the ridge west of Ravnocerje. Here, the path turns slightly left (sharply right to the peak Ravnocerje, 3 minutes) and leads us past the water we see below the path. For a short time we continue along the forested ridge, then the path turns right and transitions to the slope, where at several junctions we follow the blazes. Higher up, from the cart track we go left onto a marked footpath (the cart track a little further joins a forest road), beside which we notice a sign reading forest reserve Boč. The path ahead, on the left sunny side, bypasses the highest point of Plešivec, which is on an indistinct summit, then we gradually begin to descend. Lower down we reach a marked junction, where we join the path from Cerovec pod Bočem, and we continue to the nearby road.
When we reach the road we go left, and left also at the nearby junction (right Makole). There follows some descent on a macadam road, and when we leave the forest we arrive past a religious symbol at a junction, from which we go straight ahead (left leads the road into the valley in the direction of Rogaška Slatina) and bypass the homestead Gavez on the left side, and on the right the nearby hunting lodge Rogaška Slatina.
Behind the lodge we descend to another road and follow it to the right. When the road begins to ascend, a marked path branches off to the right leading towards Formila and Makole, and we continue on the asphalt road, which begins to ascend. After a short ascent the road forks, and we continue on the slightly left road, which begins to descend (the slightly right road leads to a private house). There follows a descent on the macadam road, which a little lower brings us to a junction, where we go right downhill in the direction of Boč. We continue descending, and at the next junction, where we join the path from Makole, we go left. Only a little further we go right. From the last junction we walk along the road only a short time, then go left onto a marked path, which along a cart track ascends to the place where there once stood a forestry cottage, now a new lodge is being built (condition May 2022).
Here we step onto the road again, which we follow to the left (across the road leads an unmarked path to Boč, or we can also join the road leading towards Boč). Further on we walk along the road, which to the left crosses the slopes of Boč, initially we still ascend gently on it, later we also descend a little on it.
A few dozen strides before reaching the asphalt road, the shady path to Boč branches off to the right, and we continue to the road, where we continue right. When the road turns left, we continue slightly right and along the path continue on the cart track that goes into the forest, at the junction we go left downhill (right Boč via Balunjača).
There follows only a short descent and we arrive at Dom na Boču.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in May 2022, January 2023 and March 2024.