Zgornje Poljčane - Boč (via Baba)

Access to the starting point:
From the motorway Ljubljana - Maribor take the exit Slovenske Konjice and Poljčane. At the first junction from where you left the motorway, turn left towards Poljčane (right Slovenske Konjice). The road then takes you through Draža vas, Žiče and Loče. In the village of Loče you reach a roundabout where you continue "straight on" in the route Poljčane (the exit from the roundabout is not marked). A little further on, the road leads to a larger crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane (left Poljčane). Follow this road to the village, where a road sign for Boč directs you to the left upwards. Continue to the first mountain signposts where there is a parking lot.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue right along the path in the direction of the house on Boč over Babe. The path through the forest starts climbing quite steeply right away and after about 15 minutes of climbing it crosses the road. The steepness of the path then eases after a few more minutes of climbing. There is a short crossing of the slopes on a wide path, and then the path climbs moderately for a short time. A little higher up, the path leads to the wide cart track, which is followed to the right and then soon abandoned. Further ahead, signs direct us upwards to the left. After the initial few steep metres from where we left cart track, the path climbs almost insignificantly to where it leads to a road. Next it is a 5-minute walk along a road running through the middle of a large meadow to a mountain lodge situated on the other side of a large meadow.
From the house, continue straight along the path towards Boč. The path first crosses the meadow and then goes into the wods, where it soon leads us to cart track, where we have two options for continuing, but they are about the same length. Continue right towards the shady path. After a few steps of easy walking on cart track, a marked footpath branches off up to the left, which starts to climb quite steeply in places (straight ahead, cart track leads you to a road).
The path, which runs through the forest all the way to the top, leads to Boč after a 45-minute walk from the mountain home. The climb does not end here. Ahead of us we see a 20m high lookout tower which we climb up steep stairs. The climb to the top of the tower rewards you with a beautiful view.

On the way: Dom na Boču mountain hut (698m)

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