Fram - Framski slap waterfall
Starting point: Fram (327 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.45615°N 15.62687°E 
Time of walking: 2 h 50 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 598 m
Altitude difference (by path): 675 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We leave the Štajerska motorway at the Fram exit and follow the signs for Fram. When we reach the main road Slovenska Bistrica - Maribor, from the traffic-light-controlled intersection we continue straight and drive into the centre of Fram. We continue through the settlement, and when we arrive at the parking lot below the parish church of St. Anne, we park in the parking lot in the centre of the settlement.
Path description:
From the starting point, we head right onto the road in the direction of Mariborska koča (straight Ruška koča na Arehu), at the nearby intersection we go left towards Ranče and begin to ascend along the Framski potok stream. When the road towards Ranče turns right, we continue straight onto a side road, along which the blazes continue and along which there are signs for the fish farm. There follow a few more smaller intersections, where we follow the blazes; when we move away from the stream, the road soon loses its asphalt surface. Higher up, we also pass a cross and an older house, then we descend slightly; before the gate, we go slightly right onto a footpath that ascends transversely across the steep slope. The path ahead leads us along a cart track; when the path turns right, we quickly leave the forest and ascend to the settlement Ranče, where we step onto an asphalt road.
We continue through the village; from the intersection behind Gostišče Meglič, we go left. We also continue ascending along the asphalt road, where we follow the blazes; higher up, we go left from the asphalt road onto a macadam road, along which we walk to the intersection of newer logging trails and roads. Here we carefully follow the blazes to choose the correct cart track for continuing; we ascend along the cart track to the top of Sedovec, from which a short descent follows to the asphalt road, which we reach at a wooden sculpture.
We continue left towards Mariborska koča (right Slivnica) and ascend moderately, mostly through the forest; when we leave the forest, we descend to the Plahutnik farm, where from the intersection we continue straight onto a marked cart track that ascends across the hay meadow. Higher up, we cross a strip of forest and arrive at the hospital for lung diseases, behind which we cross a wider asphalt road. We ascend again through a strip of forest; when we return to the wider road, we follow it to the right, from it still before the left bend we go left onto a cart track that cuts the mentioned longer bend. When we step back onto the road, we stay on it (across the road the marked path towards Mariborska koča continues) and continue walking along the edge of the main road. Along the main road, we also pass the junction of the road to the right towards CŠOD Planinka; less than 10 minutes after the intersection, we go slightly left onto the road that descends past a smaller house and turns left behind it. Before we reach another road a bit lower, we go right onto an initially overgrown cart track that traverses the slopes to the left. A few minutes of traversing follow, during which we cross two small springs; when we approach the Framski potok stream, the path turns right and quickly ascends to the Framski slap waterfall.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2022.
On the way: Ranče (525m), Slivniško Pohorje (726m)
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