Zgornji Gabernik - Dom na Boču

Access to starting point:
a) From the Celje - Rogaška Slatina road, we drive to the settlement of Podplat, where from the traffic-light-controlled intersection next to the Petrol gas station we turn in the direction of Maribor, Slovenska Bistrica and Poljčane. Soon, or behind Tehnični pregledi Strašek, we turn right following the road signs for Gabernik, then drive through the center of Spodnji Gabernik to Zgornji Gabernik, where the described trail begins at the water filling station. At the starting point there is the Zgornji Gabernik bus stop and mountaineering direction signs. There are no suitable parking spots at the beginning of the described trail.
b) We drive to Poljčane, then continue driving in the direction of Rogaška Slatina and Podčetrtek. The route further leads us over the Pečice pass, and when we have already descended into the valley on the other side, we turn left onto the side road before the Tehnični pregledi Strašek building, next to which there are road signs for Gabernik. We then drive through the center of Spodnji Gabernik to Zgornji Gabernik, where the described trail begins at the water filling station. At the starting point there is the Zgornji Gabernik bus stop and mountaineering direction signs. There are no suitable parking spots at the beginning of the described trail.

Route description:
From the starting point, we continue along the asphalt road, which is marked for Boč and Dom na Boču. Initially, we walk northwards, but soon the road turns right and gradually ascends to a quarry, where we turn left onto a steep gravel road, traversing upwards above a fenced pasture.
Slightly higher, when we reach the weekend house by the vineyards, we go right and ascend along the vineyard to another, smaller weekend house, where we cross the access track.
The path then begins to ascend steeply, first through forest, then through sparse forest along an occasionally quite steep ridge, where extra caution is needed at a few spots, especially on descent, to avoid slipping. Higher up, the ridge levels out somewhat and a path from Pečice joins us from the left.
We continue right towards Boč, but the marked path continues briefly along the ridge before turning right.
Here, an unmarked path continues straight to the summit of Galka, while we continue right on the marked path, which for a while proceeds without major changes in elevation and leads us past a pleasant bench from which a nice view opens up. A few more traverses follow, then we reach a meadow, and immediately after crossing the road we arrive at the fenced hellebore bed.
We continue towards Dom na Boču, passing through a neat passage by the bed, then reach another road, where a path joins from the right coming from Zgornja Kostrivnica past Koča Velikonočnice towards Boč. We follow this road to the left, continuing along it for about ten minutes, and after crossing the asphalt road we arrive at Dom na Boču.

Starting point - Galke junction 0:50, Galke junction - turn-off for Galke 0:05, turn-off for Galke - hellebore bed 0:15, hellebore bed - Dom na Boču 0:10.

Description and photos refer to the condition in April 2026.

Along the route: Razpotje Galke (600m), Odcep proti Galkam (625m), Rastišče velikonočnice (632m)

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