Slovenske Konjice (pokopališče) - Skala (lažja pot)

Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway we take the exit for Slovenske Konjice and follow the road to the mentioned town. In the centre of Slovenske Konjice we leave the main road (continue left) and head towards the church of St. George. At the church we turn right uphill and follow the road for a few hundred metres to the town cemetery, where we park in the large arranged parking area.

Route description:
From the parking area we first walk to the cemetery and ascend along its left side to the marked junction. This is located above the church of St. Anne, which stands at the upper part of the cemetery.
We continue straight in the direction of the easier path (right the harder path), where we pass a few more houses; before the last house we turn slightly left onto a cart track that leads into the forest. In the forest we immediately turn right (left Zmajčkova gozdna učna pot) and continue along the cart track to the quarry; after it we soon turn left onto a somewhat steeper trail that a little higher joins the harder path.
We continue left and ascend across the meadow to a forest road, which we only cross (right Grad Konjice and Stolpnik).
Above the road we follow the signs for Žička kartuzija and Skala, then at several successive junctions we follow the waymarks. Further on we ascend for some time along a route where a cycling downhill trail runs, so a little more caution is needed; higher up we reach a junction at the meeting with a forest road.
We turn left in the direction of Skala and do not step onto the road at all (along the road the path continues towards Trem križem). There follows some transverse ascent to the left, then we temporarily step onto a gravel road, which we follow only to the first bend.
From the bend we turn onto the marked footpath in the direction of Skala, where we start ascending again through the forest; higher up the path passes onto a slope along which we ascend transversely to the left.
A little further we reach the next marked junction, where another path joins from the centre of Slovenske Konjice or from the church of St. George; we continue straight and gradually move onto a steeper slope where a steel cable helps us. When the cable ends (the passage on this section is not demanding) we already arrive at Skala, where there are a few benches and from where a beautiful view opens.

The description and pictures refer to the situation in August 2026.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Stolpnik

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