Slovenske Konjice - Skala (gentle path)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Slovenske Konjice and follow the road to the mentioned town. In the center of Slovenske Konjice, we leave the main road (we continue left) and we head towards the church, near which we park on a large marked parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the church, we continue on the sidewalk (towards the west), which after a few dozen meters brings us to the school, where we notice the mountain signs for Stolpnik. We continue left on the sidewalk, which slightly ascends and after a short ascent brings us to the mountain signposts right next to the cemetery.
Here we continue straight in the direction of Stari grad on the path which leads us on the left side of the cemetery. At the top of the cemetery, we leave the road and continue the ascent on a marked footpath which steeply ascends. After a few minutes of ascent, the steepness eases and the path brings us out of the forest onto a macadam road, which we only cross (right - Konjice castle 5 minutes). The wide cart track along which we walk brings us in a few steps to a path junction, where the marking directs us left upwards. After a few dozen steps the situation repeats, the difference being that we do not continue the ascent on the cart track but on a footpath ascending through the forest. Higher up the path brings us to the next road, where we continue left on a footpath in the direction of Skala. After a shorter further ascent, the path crosses the recently mentioned road. The path, which further ascends diagonally, quickly brings us to the next path junction, where we have two options for continuing. We choose the right easier one (left - very demanding climbing path), which after a further few minutes of diagonal ascent with the help of a steel cable (undemanding) quickly brings us to the vantage point Skala.

On the way: Grad Konjice (515m)

Trip can be extended to: Stolpnik