Šmartno na Pohorju - Sveta Uršula (Bojtina) (via Bojtina)

Access to the starting point:
Leave the Styrian motorway at exit Slovenska Bistrica south or north (depending on which direction you are coming from), then drive into the centre of Slovenska Bistrica, from where you take the road in the direction of Šmartno to Pohorje. There is a climb of a few kilometres, and we follow the road towards this settlement. When we reach Šmartno na Pohorju, we park in a small parking lot next to the cemetery and St Martin's Church.

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk a few steps to the main road leading through the village, and follow it to the right, where you will also find signs. Walk through the centre of the village for a short distance and then, taking in the beautiful views, walk to a small crossroads, next to a slightly larger chapel.
Here we continue straight on (right Ruška koča na Arehu - path over Frajhajm) and a few minutes further on we reach the next marked crossroads, from which we also continue straight on (left Sv. Trije kralji) and climb moderately past individual houses and the Dovnik guesthouse. Cross a strip of forest and then descend slightly to a crossroads where you continue right towards Areh and Bojtina.
After the crossroads, the road descends a little more, and we go slightly right on a parallel mountain path, which continues to descend. Lower down, the path lays down and leads us past newer and older buildings back to the road, which we follow to the right. Cross the stream over the bridge and go past the cross, and after the cross, the path to Šetorov mlin branches off to the right, which is a 5-minute walk away.
Continue along the road and climb steeply, following the road to a right turn, in the middle of which go straight on to the waymarked cart track, which then climbs steeply through the woods. Higher up, first approach the road, a little further ahead, and return to the road at the sign. We then walk along the increasingly scenic part, from where we have a view towards the nearby church of St Ursula, and we quickly reach a crossroads where the path marked with Knafelč markings leaves the road and continues straight across the grassy slope and leads on towards Areh, where we take a sharp left and continue along the asphalt road, which is further marked with local signs. There is a bit of a climb, where at two small crossroads we continue along the right-hand road, and then we pass the homestead of Pogležen to reach the Church of St Ursula.
Description and pictures refer to January 2022.

On the way: Bojtina (858m)

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