Fram - Ruška koča na Arehu

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, at the traffic-light 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. Ana, we park in the parking lot in the centre of the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the road that bypasses the church of St. Ana on the left side and along which there are signs for Ruška koča na Arehu (right Mariborska koča). When a little ahead the road turns right, we continue straight on a side road, where we go 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 a minute and arrive at the source 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 houses, then the signs for Areh direct us right, a little further we go left again towards Areh. The road a little ahead turns into a cart track that ascends transversely through the forest, higher we reach a smaller intersection of asphalt roads. We continue on the side marked road, which first rises slightly, 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. Behind the farm a nice view opens towards Boč, 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 we go right onto the marked path (straight Sv. Križ), which crosses a strip of forest, then returns to the road. We follow the road to the right, at the nearby intersection we take the left road. We continue on the road for a few minutes, when the road makes a longer right bend we go left from the road onto the marked path, which ascends along the power line. Higher we reach a narrower asphalt road, where we go right, at the intersection with the priority road we go left. The path further leads us past a smaller hamlet, then the road returns to the forest, where soon the marks direct us right onto the footpath towards Areh. Through the forest at numerous junctions we follow the marks, the path first leads past a cross, higher also past the NOB monument, near which there is another cross.
Here we also step onto the asphalt road, which we quickly leave and continue right into the forest, where at junctions we follow the marks, higher we reach the main asphalt road and follow it left.
We walk along the main road to the intersection, where the road to Hotel Zarja branches right.
We continue slightly left on the marked path towards Areh (left the main road continues, right Hotel Zarja) and further ascend transversely on the cart track. Higher at the junction we continue straight and continue ascending transversely, somewhat behind the hunting observatory we arrive at the marked junction, where we reach the wider path that leads from Mariborska koča towards Ruška koča na Arehu.
We continue left and mainly gently ascend the macadam road, which leads us past some burial sites. After some time we return to the main road, beside it we continue briefly, then go slightly left onto the footpath, by which we quickly arrive at the church of St. Areh.
From the church we cross the meadow and we are already at Ruška koča na Arehu.
Fram - Zlati studenec 0:10, Zlati studenec - Ruška Koča 3:50.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in March 2022.

On the way: Water source Zlati studenec (375m)