Štore - Babni vrh (via Kompole and Šentjanž)

Access to starting point:
Štore is a settlement southeast of Celje, by the river Voglajna, on the eastern edge of the Celjska kotlina basin. In the past, the mine Laška vas – Pečovje was important for development, which, besides the Bojanski potok stream and the southern railway, was fundamental for the ironworks in Štore. Štore is accessible by Slovenian Railways, as well as by road from the motorway from the direction of Celje or Dramelj. Near the renovated railway station Štore there are enough parking spaces available, and there is also the beginning of the marked mountain path.

Path description:
The larger part of our trip leads from the starting point along the marked hiking path Štore - Kompole - Dom na Svetini, which is maintained by PD Železar Štore. At the starting point, there is a signpost for Resevna, which first directs us along the asphalt road towards the bridge over the river Voglajna, after the bridge the next signpost directs us to the left in the opposite direction of the flow of Voglajna. Before the first residential house, we leave the asphalt road and bypass the house on the left and follow the mountain path directly by Voglajna all the way to the settlement Opoka, where we again step onto the asphalt surface. At the next bridge we arrive at a junction, where we no longer head towards Resevna, but continue sharply to the right into the forest along a narrower forest path, partly the road to Kompole or Sv. Lovrenc, according to the signpost to Svetina. The signs along the blazes from the junction onwards indicate that we are also walking on the XIV. Division trail. After a few hundred meters we leave the forest. We continue in a moderate ascent by the equestrian ranch, by the sports field Kompole and the inn Špulcer. A gentle descent follows and soon we reach the center of the settlement Kompole with the church of Sv. Lovrenca and the branch school. Upon continuing downhill, a nice view opens up on Turn and Babni vrh. Along the meadow cart track we ascend to the second hill between the residential house on the left and the farm building on the right, then along the asphalt surface to the junction by the interesting chapel. We continue left along the asphalt road slightly downhill, then towards the farmstead again uphill along the left side of the barn back onto the forest path. The path continues along the trickling stream to the pasture, where we then head uphill along the pasture cart track to the chapel. We continue to the right past three or four farmsteads uphill along the asphalt surface. Higher up, according to the signpost to Svetina, we leave the road and continue sharply to the left onto the forest path, which we follow along the blazes all the way to the exit onto the meadow/pasture area. The path turns into a cart track and below the chapel through the spacious yard of the farmstead (formerly an inn) we reach the asphalt road Štore - Svetina. We turn right downhill and walk along the road approximately two hundred meters to the branch-off to the left uphill onto the meadow path. Soon we step back onto the asphalt surface, which quickly turns into a forest road. We continue a few hundred meters, until the signs direct us sharply to the left uphill into the forest. Further in the forest we follow the blazes, higher up we also cross a smaller clearing with a hunting bivouac and observation post. When the path levels out, at the exit from the forest we arrive at the weekend houses.
Here we leave the marked path and continue sharply to the left right along the edge of the forest along a pleasant clearing, where nice views open up on the surrounding peaks. At the end of the clearing we turn slightly left onto the path into the forest, which soon joins the cart track coming from the right side. We continue along the cart track, where soon a view opens up towards the eastern hill range, right here a little before the forest we leave the cart track and head onto the narrow path, which leads slightly right uphill towards the summit. A few more steps along the moderately level ridge and we are on Babni vrh.

On the way: Sveti Lovrenc (Kompole) (315m), Turn (Sv. Janez Krstnik) (513m), Vrunčev dom na Svetini (780m)