Šmartno na Pohorju - Majalova Chapel
Starting point: Šmartno na Pohorju (780 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.44504°N 15.54013°E 
Time of walking: 45 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 43 m
Altitude difference (by path): 60 m
Map: Pohorje 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
We leave the Styrian motorway at the Slovenska Bistrica south or north exit (depending on which direction we come from), and then we drive into the center of Slovenska Bistrica, from where we go on the road in the direction of the settlement Šmartno na Pohorju. A few kilometers of ascent follow, and we follow the road in the direction of the mentioned settlement. When we get to Šmartno na Pohorju, we park on a smaller arranged parking lot at the cemetery and church of St. Martin.
Path description:
From the parking lot in a few steps we walk to the main road which leads through the settlement, and we follow it to the right, where the blazes also point us. For a short time, we walk through the center of the settlement, and then with nice views we walk to a smaller crossroad, at a somewhat larger chapel.
Here we continue straight (right Ruška koča na Arehu - path via Frajhajm) and a few minutes further we get to the next marked crossroad, from which we also continue straight (left Sv. Trije kralji) and we moderately ascend past individual houses and guesthouse Dovnik. Next follows crossing of a strip of forest, and then we descend a little to a crossroad, where we continue right towards Areh and Bojtina.
After the crossroad, the road descends even somewhat more, and from it a marked path branches off right downwards towards Areh, and we continue along the road, which still moderately descends to the nearby crossroad. When we get to the crossroad we continue straight (right road leads forward towards Areh), where we go past the information board of the forest educational trail, which is situated by the crossroad, and only a little further we cross also a smaller stream, and behind it we continue on the slightly left road (also along the right road one arrives at the Majal homestead), which a little ahead brings us out of the forest. When we step out of the forest on the right, on a smaller hill we already notice the Majalova kapelica, and we continue on the road which still through a narrower strip of forest brings us to the Majal homestead.
Here we go right and by the homestead we walk to the nearby chapel.
Description and pictures refer to the state in January 2022.
Pictures:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24