Starting point: Frankolovo (371 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.32964°N 15.31612°E 
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 641 m
Altitude difference (by path): 685 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) We leave the Ljubljana–Maribor motorway at the Celje East exit, then follow the signs for Vojnik and further to Frankolovo. When we arrive in Frankolovo, we park in the parking lot near the parish church, or in another parking lot nearby.
B) We leave the Maribor–Ljubljana motorway at the Slovenske Konjice exit, then follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice, later Stranice and Vojnik. When we arrive in Frankolovo, we park in the parking lot near the parish church, or in another parking lot nearby.
Path description:
On the opposite side of the main road from the church, on the wall of the nearby house we notice trail markers for Stolpnik and Črešnjice, which lead us across a wooden bridge over the Tesnica stream. On the other side of the stream, we climb up a steep trail that leads us between two pastures; when a little higher we reach the cart track, we go left. Along the cart track, which crosses the slopes to the left, we descend gently, soon going right uphill through a shorter overgrown section into the forest. Through the forest we follow the blazes; when higher we reach the asphalt road, we go left (the road to the right leads to the last house). There follows some ascent and the path takes us to the settlement Bezenškovo Bukovje, where we bypass a larger chapel on the left side. We continue amid beautiful views, then in a gentle descent reach a junction, where we go straight across a somewhat wider road. After the junction we go slightly right, then begin to ascend more noticeably; higher we go sharply right. There follows a traversing ascent to the right, where the path leads us past several individual houses, most of the time accompanied by beautiful views of the Posavsko hribovje. When the houses become more clustered, we soon arrive at the parish church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Črešnjice.
We bypass the church on the left side and continue along the road toward Stolpnik. At the nearby sports field the road ends, but we continue on the cart track, which begins to ascend traversely to the right. There follows walking through the forest, first still on the cart track, then on the forest path. In the first part we mostly ascend traversely to the right, then steeply ascend along an indistinct ridge for a while. A little further we arrive at a junction, where we cross a wider cart track, but continue straight toward Stolpnik, continuing along the cart track that ascends traversely to the right. Higher up, at several junctions we follow the blazes, following the marked path that continues through the forest all the way to Stolpnik, where the lookout tower stands.
Frankolovo - Črešnjice 1:05, Črešnjice - Stolpnik 1:25.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2022.
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