Cerovec pod Bočem - Plešivec (at Boč) (western path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Dravlje, and then we follow the signs for Šentjur and then to Rogaška Slatina. When we approach Rogaška Slatina, we do not drive toward the settlement but continue in the direction of Rogatec. A little further we get to the settlement Cerovec pod Bočem, where we park behind the intersection, where a road branches off to the left towards Sveti Florijan.
B) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana we go to the exit Slovenska Bistrica south, and then we follow the signs for Rogaška Slatina. When we approach Rogaška Slatina, we do not drive toward the settlement but continue in the direction of Rogatec. A little further we get to the settlement Cerovec pod Bočem, where we park behind the intersection, where a road branches off to the left towards Sveti Florijan.

Path description:
From the parking lot we carefully cross the main road on the pedestrian crossing, and then we go on the road towards Sveti Florijan, and soon along the path we notice red mountain signposts for Grilova kapela and Boč. Initially we walk on a sidewalk, after a few minutes the path turns towards the east and a little further splits. Before the chapel we continue on the left road, along which the blazes continue. We continue between some houses of the settlement Cerovec pod Bočem, where we follow the blazes, higher up the asphalt path brings us into the gorge of the stream Tržiški potok. For some time we continue through the mentioned gorge, and then the road turns sharply left and gradually goes away from the stream.
A little higher, signs for Grilova kapela and Boč point us to the left on a side road (straight - ranch Stojnšek), on which we are still ascending.
Higher, we go once again left, and then past Grilov vodnjak well we come out of the forest, where on the left, by the edge of the forest we notice Grilova kapela.
Here we go right in the direction of Boč and Ložno and we return into the forest. Further, we are ascending on slopes of Grilov vrh (612 m), and higher we reach a larger clearing on the northern side of the mentioned summit.
Here from the southern part of the clearing a view opens up, which reaches all the way to Kamnik-Savinja Alps, and we go right, where we bypass an older wooden cottage on the right side. There follows only a shorter ascent on a cart track and we reach the forest road, where the marked path splits.
We continue straight in the direction of Boč (right - Rudijev dom and Ložno), where we steeply ascend on a marked path. The path ahead at first leads through a lane of bushes, from where some views open up, and then the path passes into the forest through which it is still quite steeply ascending. Higher, the path and the slope flatten out, and we follow the marked path to a marked junction, from which we go right in the direction of Donačka gora (slightly left Boč).
There follows some easy walking through the forest, and then temporarily we ascend a little more. After the hunting observatory, the path flattens, and we follow the cart track at several junctions in the direction of the blazes.
When we notice a hunting observatory and a feed site for wild animals on the left side, we leave the marked path and by the feed site start ascending towards the summit of Plešivec. At first we can still follow a faint footpath, to the highest point of Plešivec we ascend on easier pathless terrain.
The unmarked paths and pathless terrain together take approximately 5 minutes.
Starting point - Grilova kapela 0:45, Grilova kapela - Plešivec 1:15.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in January 2023.

On the way: Gril's chapel on Boč (534m)