Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah - Babček

Access to starting point:
A) From highway Maribor - Ljubljana we go to the exit Tepanje and follow the road ahead towards Draža vas and Žiče. In Žiče we turn right in the direction of Špitalič and Žička kartuzija. Below the viaduct Škedenj, through a settlement Škedenj we soon reach Špitalič, where we park at the starting point of the path by the presbytery above the church.
B) From Frankolovo through Črešnjice, settlement Sojek, Žička kartuzija into Špitalič c) From Poljčane through Loče, Žiče into Špitalič.

Path description:
The beginning of the path is at the parking lot above the church in the center of the settlement Špitalič. We continue downwards by the church, cemetery, which is left by the path and we soon reach a construction site of a new chapel of rest (tour for description made 2014/08/17). Behind the chapel of rest, we go immediately left and steeply upwards on a meadow path by the forest. Soon the path passes a little to the left, short section through the forest. When we get out of the forest, we go left upwards on a steep meadow cart track. Through the yard of abandoned homestead, the path flattens a little and soon we go through the yard of another homestead, access road and we reach a crossing Podgranček.
From the crossing, we continue left upwards few ten meters on a meadow path, which soon passes into a typical forest mountain path. We follow the path higher and with good markings we reach an asphalt road and a crossing Jankar. We continue sharply left on asphalt grounding. Soon there will be on the left by the path, a typical old homestead from decades ago. We follow the asphalt road higher, soon follows a short descent and from the right joins the path from St. Uršula (Dramlje) also a crossing Babček at an altitude 553 meters. We continue higher, and right by the path, stands a smaller hayrack. From here we already see the destination, we descend few meters downwards, left by the path is another homestead and right by the road we reach the peak Babček with height 575 meters. Indistinct peak, also water supply structure is practically on the summit and some views open up mainly towards the north and east.
The path measures around 1700 meters, 224 positive altitude meters and 27 negative altitude meters.