Pečica - Galke

Access to starting point:
a) From the Celje - Rogaška Slatina road, we drive to the settlement of Podplat, where from the traffic-light intersection next to the Petrol gas station, we turn in the direction of Maribor, Slovenska Bistrica and Poljčane. This is followed by an ascent to the Pečica pass, and as we start descending towards Lovnik, on the right side at a smaller intersection we notice red alpine direction signs for Boč. The described path begins at the intersection, but there are no arranged parking spaces.
b) We drive to Poljčane, then continue driving in the direction of Rogaška Slatina and Podčetrtka. The road further leads towards the Pečica pass, but just before the pass, on the left side of the road at a smaller intersection, we notice red alpine direction signs for Boč. The described path begins at the intersection, but there are no arranged parking spaces.

Route description:
From the starting point, we head onto the side road where there are signs for Boč, but we continue along the side road that leads south. The ascending road, which takes us past individual houses, keeps turning left all the time, so that by the last house we are already ascending northwards. Behind the house, the path enters the forest and continues along a cart track, where we follow the markers. This is followed by fairly easy walking with some shorter ascents and descents, and the path mostly leads eastwards. There follows some crossing above the upper edge of the village Zgornji Gabernik, then we reach the small road pass Galke, which is located above the mentioned settlement, and on the other side the road descends towards Lovnik, or the valley of the Bela stream.
We merely cross the mentioned road and continue following the signs for Boč. For a while we ascend moderately, after a small quarry, which we bypass on the left side, the path becomes steep. We ascend steeply for a while, and in the last part of the steep ascent, a bench awaits us where we can rest; above the bench, we quickly reach a marked junction where we join the path from the starting point in the settlement Zgornji Gabernik.
Here the path levels out somewhat, and the marked path continues along the ridge for a short time, then turns right.
At the point where the marked path turns right, we leave it and continue straight along the trodden but subsequently unmarked path, which first takes us to the subpeak of Galke, from which we continue along a more gentle path to the summit of Galke, where there is a bench and from which some views open up.

Starting point - Galke junction 1:05, Galke junction - junction off the marked path 0:05, junction off the marked path - Galke 0:15.

Description and photos refer to the condition in April 2026.

Along the route: Prelaz Galke (388m), Razpotje Galke (600m), Odcep z markirane poti (625m)

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