Fram - Potnikova smreka

Access to starting point:
We leave the Štajerska highway 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 center 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 center of the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the road that bypasses the church of St. Anne on the left side and along which there are signs for Ruška koča na Arehu (right Mariborska koča). When a little further ahead the road turns right, we continue straight onto the side road, past the cemetery. On the upper part of the cemetery the path splits, and we can continue on the marked path, which first goes along the cemetery, then turns right and joins the cart track, where we join the path if at the cemetery we continue right onto the cart track in the direction of the water source Zlati studenec.
From the junction of both paths we continue for approximately one more minute and arrive at the spring Zlati studenec, where there is an information board.
We continue on the marked path, which takes us out of the forest and a few steps further to the asphalt road, which we follow right uphill, bypassing the nearby chapel on the left side. With nice views we continue past a few more houses, then the signs for Areh direct us right, a little further ahead we go left again towards Areh. The road a little further changes into a cart track that ascends transversely through the forest, higher up we reach a smaller intersection of asphalt roads. We continue on the side marked road, which first rises gently, then begins to descend. The road soon stops descending, after the cross we go slightly left from the road onto the marked cart track, which leads us past the nearby farm. After the farm a nice view towards Boč first opens up, then the path goes into the forest, and we ascend transversely for a few more minutes, then cross a meadow, at the hunting observatory we return to the forest. We walk through the forest for a short time, then reach a larger grassy area, where the path turns left. After the grassy section we return to the road, where the path leads us past two tourist farms, after them the marked path towards Areh turns right, and we continue straight and arrive at the Hunting lodge - LD Fram in two minutes of further walking.
From the hunting lodge we continue along the road, which splits just a few tens of meters ahead. We continue left in the direction of Holy Cross and first still continue along the scenic road, then the road enters the forest, where it makes a longer left bend. At the end of the bend we leave the road and continue slightly right onto the path that ascends through a strip of forest, when we leave the forest we already see the church of the Holy Cross ahead of us, which is only a few tens of steps away.
Behind the church we step onto the road, along which we easily descend to the nearby intersection, from which we go right, then immediately left downhill in the direction of Potnik's spruce. A descent of a few minutes follows, then the path levels out and turns right and quickly brings us to Potnik's spruce.
Fram - Zlati studenec 0:10, Zlati studenec - Hunting lodge 1:35, Hunting lodge - Holy Cross 0:15, Holy Cross - Potnik's spruce 0:10.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2022.

On the way: Water source Zlati studenec (375m), Hunting lodge - LD Fram (668m), Church of the Holy Cross (Planica) (692m)