Štore - Mali Bojanski vrh (via Kompole and Šentjanž)

Access to starting point:
Štore is a settlement southeast of Celje, by the Voglajna River, on the eastern edge of the Celjska kotlina basin. In the past, the Laška vas – Pečovje mine was important for development, which was, alongside the Bojanski potok stream and the southern railway, fundamental for the ironworks in Štore. Štore is accessible both with Slovenian Railways and by road from the highway 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 mountain 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 Voglajna River, after the bridge the next signpost directs us to the left in the opposite direction of the flow of the Voglajna. Before the first residential house, we leave the asphalt road and bypass the house on the left and follow the mountain path directly along the Voglajna all the way to the settlement Opoka, where we step back 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 on a narrower forest path, partly the road to Kompole or Sv. Lovrenc, according to the signpost towards Svetina. The signs along the markings from the junction onwards indicate that we are also walking on the XIV. Division path. After a few hundred meters we leave the forest. We continue in a moderate ascent past the equestrian ranch, past the Kompole sports field and the Špulcer inn. A slight descent follows and soon we reach the center of the Kompole settlement with the church of Sv. Lovrenc and the branch school. As we continue downhill, a nice view opens up on Turn and Babni vrh. Along the meadow 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 an interesting chapel. We continue left along the asphalt road slightly downhill, then towards the homestead uphill again along the left side of the barn back onto the forest path. The path continues along the babbling stream to the pasture, where we then head uphill along the pasture track to the chapel. We continue to the right past three or four homesteads uphill along the asphalt surface. Higher up, according to the signpost towards Svetina, we leave the road and continue sharply to the left onto the forest path, which we follow along the markings all the way to the exit onto the meadow/pasture area. The path turns into a track and below the chapel through the expansive yard of the homestead (formerly an inn) we reach the asphalt road Štore - Svetina. We turn right downhill and walk along the road for 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. After a few hundred meters, the signs and markings direct us sharply to the left uphill into the forest, but here we leave the marked path and continue straight along the forest road for approx. 1 km all the way to the hamlet Zaroviše on the saddle below Mali and Veliki Bojanski vrh, which are located on the right. We are at the junction of two mountain paths, which lead from Žlajfa and Bojanski graben and continue towards Dom na Svetini higher on the left. We turn towards the north and take it through (or past) the homestead along the saddle towards Mali Bojanski vrh. The path is clearly visible and narrows towards the summit. After 5 minutes we reach the rocky overgrown summit, where there is no view. For this pleasure we must exert ourselves a little further, good 100 meters along the northeastern ridge slightly downhill, until a window opens with a view of Štore, the nearby surroundings and the hills from Donačka gora in the east to Paški Kozjak in the north.

On the way: Sveti Lovrenc (Kompole) (315m), Turn (Sv. Janez Krstnik) (513m), Babni vrh (753m), Veliki Bojanski vrh (627m)