Stranice - Stolpnik (via Grofov štant)

Access to starting point:
A) Highway Ljubljana - Maribor we leave at exit Celje east, and then we follow the signs for Vojnik and forward Frankolovo and Slovenske Konjice. When the settlement Spodnje Stranice ends, still before the road sign, which marks the beginning of the settlement Stranice we turn left in the direction of primary school, kindergarten, cemetery, fire station, Dom krajanov... Next follows only shorter driving to the settled parking lot near Dom krajanov and the cemetery.
B) Highway Maribor - Ljubljana we leave at exit Slovenske Konjice, and then we follow the signs for Slovenske Konjice, and later Stranice and Vojnik. At the roundabout in Stranice we continue straight, and only a little after the road sign, which marks the end of the settlement Stranice we turn right in the direction of primary school, kindergarten, cemetery, fire station, Dom krajanov... Next follows only shorter driving to the settled parking lot near Dom krajanov and the cemetery.

Path description:
From the parking lot on we return a sidewalk to the main road, and then we continue left towards the roundabout. From the roundabout, or a little ahead we go on a road in the direction of the settlement Bukovlje. In gentle to moderate ascent we continue through the mentioned settlement, where by the path, we notice rare blazes. When the settlement ends, the path leads us through the forest, and when we get to the hamlet Čretvež we go slightly right. Only a little further, we get to a marked crossing, where we join the path with the starting point at the hundred hostages memorial park, and we continue straight in the direction of Stolpnik. On the asphalt road, we get to Kersnik homestead, behind which we go right on a side road. On the other side of the homestead signs for Stolpnik point us to the left on a cart track, and from the cart track already after few steps we go right upwards on a marked footpath. Further, the blazes are more frequent, and we follow them during the ascent through the forest. Higher, we reach the forest road which we only cross (right - hunting cottage Štepih and Stolpnik past the mentioned hunting cottage) and we continue the ascent on a gradually less steep path. And soon the footpath starts turning more and more to the left, where it is becoming also more overgrown and poorly marked. By the path which for quite some time crosses occasionally overgrown slopes, we notice some signs for XIV division trail. The mentioned path then joins the road which we follow to the left, and we walk there to the nearby crossroad (Grofof štant) by which there is a marked crossing.
We continue sharply right in the direction of Stolpnik (left - Slovenske Konjice, straight - Vojnik and Dramlje) to which separates us approximately half an hour of walking. The path ahead starts ascending steeper, and then for a short time entirely flattens. A gentle descent follows and then few minutes of a moderate ascent and the path which mostly runs through a dense forest quickly brings us to the summit, on which there is 25 meters high lookout tower.

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