Stranice - Stolpnik (via Grofov štant)

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway at exit Celje East, then follow the signs for Vojnik and then Frankolovo and Slovenske Konjice. When the Spodnje Stranice settlement ends, turn left before the road sign marking the beginning of the Stranice settlement in the direction of the primary school, kindergarten, cemetery, fire station, home of the residents, etc. It is only a short drive to the parking area near the local residents' home and the cemetery.
b) Leave the Maribor - Ljubljana motorway at the Slovenske Konjice exit, then follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice, and later Stranice and Vojnik. From the roundabout in Stranice continue straight on, just after the road sign marking the end of Stranice turn right in the direction of the primary school, kindergarten, cemetery, fire station, residents' home, etc. It's just a short drive to the parking lot near the local residents' home and the cemetery.

Path description:
From the parking lot, follow the pavement back to the main road, then turn left towards the roundabout. From the roundabout, or even a little further on, follow the road towards Bukovlje. Continue on a slight to moderate incline through the settlement, where you will see only a few signs along the way. When the settlement ends, the path leads us through the forest, and when we arrive in the hamlet Čretvež, we go slightly to the right. Just a little further on, we arrive at a marked crossroads where we join the path with the starting point at the Hundred Hostages Memorial Park, and we continue straight on in the direction of Stolpnik. Follow the asphalt road to the Kersnik homestead, after which turn right onto a side road. On the other side of the homestead, the signs for Stolpnik direct us left to cart track, and after a few steps right to cart track and up a marked footpath. The markings become more frequent as we follow them as we climb through the forest. Higher up, we reach a forest road, which we just cross (right - hunting lodge Štepih and Stolpnik past the hunting lodge) and continue our ascent on a gradually more and more winding path. Soon the path starts to turn more and more to the left, where it becomes more overgrown and less marked. Along the path, which crosses occasionally overgrown slopes for some time, you can see some markings for the XIVth Division route. This trail then joins the road, which is followed to the left, and we follow it to a nearby crossroads (Grofof štant), at which there is a marked crossroads.
Continue sharp right in the direction of Stolpnik (Slovenske Konjice to the left, Vojnik and Dramlje to the right), which is about half an hour's walk away. The path ahead begins to climb steeply, then for a short time it completely lays down. There is a slight descent and then a moderate climb of a few minutes and the path, which mostly passes through dense forest, quickly leads us to the top, where a 25 m high lookout tower stands.

On the way: Bukovlje (491m), Čretvež (534m), Grofov štant (805m)

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