Čretvež - Stolpnik (via Grofov štant)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we take the exit Slovenske Konjice, and then we follow the road towards the mentioned settlement. From Slovenske Konjice we continue driving on the regional road towards Celje, and we follow it to the settlement Stranice, where only a few dozen meters after the roundabout we turn left into the village Bukovlje. The road further ascends through Bukovlje, and then it flattens and brings us to Čretvež, where at the smaller intersection we continue on the lower right road. A short descent follows, where after the "last" house we turn right. Here we will notice on the traffic sign the inscription Stolpnik, which marks the beginning of the path. Because at the starting point there is no appropriate parking space, we drive up the road which ascends above the house for approximately 100 meters and then park there in an appropriate place.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we return to the "last" house in the village, and there the inscription on the traffic sign directs us onto a cart track, which we follow for only a few steps. After approximately 10 meters of walking on a wide cart track, we will notice on the right side a footpath that ascends through the forest. Only a little higher along the path the first blazes appear, which then accompany us during the ascent through the forest, where at the junctions they show the right path. Higher, we cross the forest road (right hunting cottage Štepih) and continue the ascent on a gradually gentler path. Soon the footpath starts turning more and more to the left, where it becomes more overgrown and poorly marked. Along the path, which for quite some time crosses occasionally quite overgrown slopes, we notice some signs for the XIV. division trail. The mentioned path then joins the road, which we follow to the left, and we walk along it to the nearby crossroad (Grofov štant) by which there is a marked junction.
We continue sharply right in the direction of Stolpnik, to which we are still separated by approximately half an hour of walking. The path ahead starts ascending more steeply, then for a short time it completely flattens. A slight descent follows and then a few minutes of moderate ascent and the path, which mostly runs through dense forest, quickly brings us to the summit, on which there stands a 25 m high lookout tower.

On the way: Grofov štant (805m)

Trip can be extended to: Stolpnik