Oplotnica - Sveti Lenart (Koritno)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, take the exit Slovenske Konjice, then follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice. From the roundabout at the OMV gas station, turn at the first exit right towards Slovenska Bistrica; drive towards Slovenska Bistrica to the left turn-off of the road towards Oplotnica and Osankarica. Turn towards Oplotnica and drive along the road to the center of the settlement, where we park on one of the many parking lots in the settlement.
B) From the highway Maribor - Ljubljana, take the exit Slovenska Bistrica - south, then follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice. Soon after Slovenska Bistrica, turn right towards Oplotnica, then drive to the center of Oplotnica, where we park on one of the many parking lots in the settlement.

Path description:
From the center of the settlement, we head on the path towards Rogla and Pesek, initially walking along the left bank of the Oplotnica. Soon we cross the Oplotnica over a bridge, after the bridge we turn right. When the dense part of the settlement ends, we begin to ascend more steeply on the asphalt road, which after a cross enters the forest. When the road in the forest turns sharply to the left, we continue straight on the marked path that ascends above the side road. Further on, we ascend transversely to the right, the marked path becomes increasingly overgrown and during the vegetation period practically impassable, so we must look for passages left or right of the marked path. Higher up, we keep somewhat more to the left and after a few minutes reach the asphalt road, which we follow to the right uphill to the beginning of the settlement Koritno. The road quickly brings us to a small crossroads from which we continue slightly left towards Javornik-Kavzeki (right leads a drivable road to the center of the settlement Koritno and Božje). Further on, we go past a few houses, before the last house we go slightly right onto a cart track that ascends over a meadow, from which a nice view opens back towards Boč. A few minutes further, we reach the first house of the central part of the settlement Koritno, about 100 meters further some other houses, where we follow the blazes. When we are already below the church of St. Miklavž, we go slightly right onto a cart track, along which we ascend to the nearby church.
We bypass the church on the left side and reach the asphalt road, which we follow to the left. The path further leads us across a pasture, from which a view opens towards the church of St. Lenart, which is located somewhat higher. At the end of the pasture, the road returns to the forest and ascends in two hairpins to the church of St. Lenart, which we notice to the left of the road, next to the nearby farm.
Oplotnica - St. Miklavž 0:55, St. Miklavž - St. Lenart 0:15.
Description and pictures refer to the conditions in September 2023.

On the way: Sveti Miklavž (Koritno) (678m)