Fram - Potnikova smreka

Access to the starting point:
Leave the Štajerska motorway at exit Fram and follow the signs for Fram. When you reach the main road Slovenska Bistrica - Maribor, continue straight ahead from the semaphoreised intersection into the centre of Fram. Continue through the village and when you reach the parking lot under the parish church of St. Anne, park in the parking lot in the centre of the village.

Path description:
From the starting point, follow the road that passes the Church of St Anne on the left and is marked Ruška koča na Arehu (Maribor cottage on the right). When the road turns right a little further on, we continue straight on to a side road where we pass the cemetery. At the upper part of the cemetery, the path splits and we can continue on the marked path, which initially passes by the cemetery, then turns right and joins the cart track, where we merge with the path if we continue right at the cemetery on the cart track in the direction of the water spring "Zlati studenec" (Golden spring).
From the confluence of the two paths, continue for about one minute and you will reach the Zlati studenec water spring, where there is an information board.
Continue on the marked path which leads out of the forest and a few steps further to an asphalt road, which you follow up to the right, passing the nearby chapel on the left. With beautiful views, we continue past a few more houses, and then the signs for Areh direct us to the right, and a little further on we go left, again towards Areh. The road changes a little further on to cart track, which climbs crosswise through the forest, and higher up you reach a small junction of asphalt roads. Continue on a marked side road, which climbs gently at first and then begins to descend. The road soon stops descending, and after the crossing, turn slightly left off the road onto the marked cart track, which leads you alongside a nearby farm. Behind the farm we first get a nice view towards Boč, then the path goes into the woods, and we continue to climb for a few minutes crosswise, then cross a meadow, and return to the woods at the hunting observation post. We walk through the forest for a short time, then reach a larger grassy area where the path turns left. After the grassy part, we return to the road, where the path leads us past two tourist farms, and after them the marked path to Areh turns right, and we continue straight on, and within two minutes of further walking we reach the Hunting Lodge - LD Fram.
From the hunting lodge, continue along the road, which forks just 10 m further on. Continue left towards Sveti Križ and continue along the scenic road, then into the forest, where the road makes a long left turn. At the end of the bend, leave the road and continue slightly right on the path which climbs through the lane of the forest, and when you leave the forest, you can already see the church Sveti Križ in front of you, which is only a few 10 steps walk away.
After the church, take the road down to the nearby crossroads, turn right and then immediately left downhill towards Potnikova spruce. After a few minutes of descending, the path lays down and turns right, leading quickly to Potnikova spruce.
Fram - Zlati studenec 0:10, Zlati studenec - Lovski dom 1:35, Lovski dom - Sveti Križ 0:15, Sveti Križ - Potnikova smreka 0:10.
Description and images refer to March 2022.

On the way: Water source Zlati studenec (375m), Hunting lodge - LD Fram (668m), Church of the Holy Cross (Planica) (692m)

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