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

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Dravlje, and then we follow the signs for Šentjur and forward 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 after the crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards Sveti Florijan.
B) From 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 after the crossroad, where a road branches off to the left towards Sveti Florijan.

Path description:
From the parking lot we on the pedestrian crossing carefully cross the main road, and then we go on the road towards Sveti Florijan, and soon by the path, we notice red mountain signposts for the chapel Grilova kapela and Boč. We at first walk on a sidewalk, and after few minutes, the path turns towards the east and only a little further splits. Before the chapel we continue on the left road, by which the blazes continue. We continue between some houses of settlement Cerovec pod Bočem, where we follow the blazes, and higher the asphalt path brings us into gorge of the stream Tržiški potok. We for some time continue through the mentioned gorge, and then the road turns sharply left and gradually goes away from the stream.
A little higher, signs for the chapel 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 well Grilov vodnjak we come out of the forest, where on the left, by the edge of the forest we notice the chapel Grilova kapela.
Here we go right in the direction of Boč and Ložna and we return into the forest. Further, we are ascending on slopes of Grilov vrh (612 meters), 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 on the right side bypass an older wooden cottage. 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 a view opens up a little 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 crossing, from which we go right in the direction of Donačka gora (slightly left Boč).
Next follows some easy walking through the forest, and then we ascend a little more for a while. After the hunting observatory, the path flattens, and we follow the cart track at several crossings 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 start ascending by the feed site towards the summit of Plešivec. At first, we can still follow a poorer footpath, but to the highest point of Plešivec, we ascend on easier pathless terrain.
The unmarked path and pathless terrain together take approximately 5 minutes.
Starting point - Gril's chapel 0:45, Gril's chapel - Plešivec 1:15.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in January 2023.

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