Studenice - Dom na Boču (on road and mountain path)

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction of Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where signs point us to Poljčane. In the center, we turn left in the direction of Studenice and after about three kilometers we reach Studenice, where we continue right over the bridge across the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.
B) From the direction of Ljubljana we leave the highway in Slovenske Konjice and through Žič, Loč and Zbelovo we get to the center of Poljčane. In the center, we turn right in the direction of Studenice and after about three kilometers we reach Studenice, where we continue right over the bridge across the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.
C) From the direction of Ptuj, Kidričevo through Ptujska gora, Majšperk and Makole we get to Studenice, where we continue left over the bridge across the river Dravinja into the main part of the settlement. In front of the monastery complex we safely park.

Path description:
After a short tour of the main part of Studenice, we continue left from the monastery complex by the presbytery. In the passage/underpass between the presbytery and the winegrowers association Sv. Martin Studenice we continue upwards on a cart track by a stone wall and nun cemetery. We soon reach the source(s) of the Topli studeniški potok stream, which are left from the path and on a narrow footbridge we cross the stream. We continue upwards, now on the old Roman road which through long centuries retained the original form of the basic path higher into Boč. When we get to a forest road we turn left, right leads the road towards the settlement Podboč or Zgornje Poljčane.
We follow the forest road and left by the path is a turn-off for hunting cottage LD Poljčane, and we continue straight. At the first larger crossroad/crossing we continue straight or left, right leads the path on the road towards Formila, tower on Boč... At the crossroad on the right there is orientation point, a smaller abandoned concrete forestry storage. We continue on the road, left by the path there is a smaller partly abandoned wooden structure below the road and a little further also left a viewpoint to the lower world and towards Pohorje...
Further on we soon reach the junction and hiking path from Makole. It is not marked with directional signs and we continue sharply right upwards, now on a forest hiking path, which is exemplarily marked with blazes. Right by the path there will soon be an iron hunting stand, further the path levels a bit on the intermediate ridge under Kisovec. Right from the path another one, this time a wooden hunting stand and soon we go down through the forest part cut a few years ago. Further right onto a wider forest road and also practically already descent to Formila.
Formila is reached and follows a short extension to the junction, left for partisan hospital, Gaveza, Grilova kapela, Plešivec...and right for mountain hut on Boč. The junction is also the connection with Štajerska-zagorska or ,,B,, - Bratska pot.
After a short tour of Formila we continue right in the direction of the mountain hut on Boč. We follow a well-consolidated forest road through the forest. Further a steeply downward forest road from the direction of Rogaška Slatina joins from the left and also the direct hiking path from the hunting home Rogaška Slatina and Gaveza. Soon within a few tens of meters we reach a new junction and continue right, straight is the direction for Kostrivnica. We continue and again junction, where we go left onto the classic forest hiking path, which we follow through the forest. Soon on a grassy clearing and before the building under construction right upwards and immediately left again onto the forest road. We follow the forest road and on the saddle we reach the highest point of the path today...727 meters. Follows a descent lightly downwards and again a short ascent by the former refreshment stand Drevenik, which is left from the path. A few more steps and we reach the asphalt road and important junction. Many possibilities for eventual continuations but today right and downwards by a smaller abandoned quarry right by the path. Soon further we reach left by the path the church of sv. Miklavž on Boč and right the goal of the path...mountain hut of PD Poljčane on Boč.
The path from Studenice measures in length around 9000 meters, 560 positive elevation meters and 130 negative elevation meters.

On the way: Studeniški grad (315m), Izvir Toplega (Studeniškega) potoka (295m), Formila na Boču (624m), Partizanska bolnica na Formili/Boču (630m)

Trip can be extended to: Planinska koča Velikonočnica , Dom na Boču , Boč