Studenice - Plešivec (at Boč) (final part on forest road)

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction of Ljubljana we leave the highway in Slovenske Konjice and through Žiče, Loče and Zbelovo we get to the center of Poljčane. In the center, we turn right in the direction of Studenice and after about three kilometers we reach Studenice, where we continue right over the bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.
B) From the direction of Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where signs point us to Poljčane. In the center, we turn left in the direction of Studenice and after about three kilometers we reach Studenice, where we continue right over the bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.
C) From the direction of Ptuj, Kidričevo through Ptujska gora, Majšperk and Makole we get to Studenice, where we continue left over the bridge over the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.

Route description:
After a short tour of the main part of Studenice, we continue left from the monastery complex by the parish house. In the passage/underpass between the parish house and the winegrowers' association Studenice we continue upwards on a cart track alongside a stone wall and the nuns' cemetery. We soon reach the source(s) of the Topli studeniški potok stream left from the path and on a narrow footbridge we cross the stream. We continue upwards, now on the old Roman road which through long centuries retained the original form of the basic path higher up to Boč. When we exit onto the forest road we turn left, right leads the road to the settlement Podboč or Zgornje Poljčane.
We follow the forest road and at the first larger crossroad/junction we continue right, left leads the road in the direction of Makole. Further on, right by the road we reach the log cabin of the hunters LD Poljčane at Golnik. We continue on the road, which levels out for a few meters. After a short flat section we continue uphill and soon come again to a crossroad, at which we continue left onto a narrower forest road, right the path continues towards the tower on Boč. On the narrower forest road between Kisovec left and Drevesnica right we soon reach the approximately 645 meters high saddle above Formila. We continue downhill, Formila is already visible to the right, from the left a marked mountain path from Makole soon joins.
Formila is reached and a short extension follows to the junction, left to the partisan hospital, Gaveza, Grilova kapela, Plešivec... and right to the mountain hut on Boč. The junction is also the connection with the Štajerska-Zagorje or „B“ - Bratska pot path.
At the junction we continue left on the forest road and after about 200 meters left somewhat below the road's route we reach the intermediate goal of the path, the partisan hospital on Formila. It is still well hidden although it lies directly by the road. A wooden plaque with an inscription is on the trunk but unfortunately it has also been removed several times, knocked to the ground, and similar.
After a short tour of the point by the path we continue on the forest road a few hundred meters further and at the first branch right we continue on the forest path. There is no directional sign at the branch but the easily followable mountain path through mixed deciduous forest and partly conifers. In the growing season there is a lot of wild garlic here.
We soon reach the forest road opposite a smaller football pitch and turn left. We continue past the hunters' lodge LD Rogaška Slatina, which is right by the path, and past the Gavez homestead, which is left by the path. From the right an asphalt road from Rogaška Slatina soon joins. We continue higher on the forest road, directional signs also help, and after a few hundred meters, at the somewhat abandoned forestry ramp we continue right, left leads the return road to Formila, Makole, Ravnocerje...
Right leads the mountain forest path to the summit of Plešivec (also directional signs) while we continue uphill on the wide forest road. There are more and more conifers and the road winds pleasantly. By the path there is a smaller clearing, about tens of meters large, and further through a distinct section of conifers left and right by the path. The road levels out and from right and left within a few meters three or four forestry tracks join. Here a few meters into the forest left is an old partly damaged cast-iron cross, somewhere the „spiritual“ summit of Plešivec. After a short tour follows continuation on the forest road somewhat to the left and right above the road also somewhere the highest point/summit of Plešivec. Further after a few tens of meters exit onto a smaller partly logged clearing or plain and somewhere the unofficial „cycling“ summit of Plešivec. A further extension right of less than 100 meters and junction with the forest mountain path, which is somewhere the „mountaineering/hiking“ summit of Plešivec. Unfortunately there are no views.
The length of the path from Studenice is around 8500 meters, 600 positive elevation meters and 30 negative elevation meters.

Along the route: Studeniški grad (315m), Izvir Toplega(Studeniškega) potoka (295m), Formila na Boču (624m), Partizanska bolnica na Formili/Boču (630m)

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