Fram - Mariborska koča (via Framski slap)

Access to starting point:
We leave Štajerska highway at exit Fram and follow the signs for Fram. When we reach the main road Slovenska Bistrica - Maribor, at the traffic light crossroad we continue straight and we drive to the center of Fram. We continue through the settlement, and when we get to the parking lot below the parish church of St. Ana, we park on a parking lot in the center of the settlement.

Path description:
From the starting point, we go right on the road in the direction of Mariborska koča (straight - Ruška koča na Arehu), and at the nearby crossroad, we go left towards Ranče and we start ascending by stream Framski potok. When the road towards Ranče turns right, we continue straight on a side road, by which blazes continue and by which there are signs for fish farm. Next follows few more smaller crossroads, where we follow the blazes, and when we go away from the stream, the road soon loses an asphalt covering. Higher, we go also past a cross and older house, and then we slightly descend, and before the gate we go slightly right on a footpath which ascends diagonally on a steep slope. The path ahead leads us on a cart track, and when the path turns right we quickly leave the forest and we ascend to the settlement Ranče, where we step on an asphalt road.
We continue through the village, and at the crossroad behind Gostišče Meglič we go left. Also further we are ascending on the asphalt road, where we follow the blazes, and higher we go from the asphalt road left on a macadam road, on which we walk to a crossroad of newer logging trails and roads. Here we carefully follow the blazes, so that we choose the correct cart track for continuation, and on a cart track we ascend to peak Sedovec, from which follows a shorter descent to an asphalt road which we reach at a wooden sculpture.
We continue left towards Mariborska koča (right - Slivnica) and we are moderately ascending, mostly through the forest, and when we leave the forest, we descend to the farm Plahutnik, where at the crossroad we continue straight on a marked cart track which ascends through a meadow. Higher, we cross a lane of a forest and we get to lung disease hospital, behind which we cross a wider asphalt road. We again ascend through a lane of a forest, and when we return on a wider road we follow it to the right, and from there still before the left turn we go left on a cart track which cuts the mentioned longer turn. When we again step on the road we stay there (across the road continues a marked path towards Mariborska koča) and we continue walking by the edge of the main road. On the main road we go also past the turn-off of the road to the right towards CŠOD Planinka, and a little less than 10 minutes after the crossroad we go slightly left, on a road which descends past a smaller house and behind it, it turns left. Before a little lower we reach another road we go right on at first an overgrown cart track which crosses slopes towards the left. Next follows few minutes of crossing, where we cross two wells, and when we get closer to a stream Framski potok, the path turns right and quickly ascends to the waterfall Framski slap.
We bypass the waterfall on the right side and on settled and fenced path we ascend on a steep slope. Higher, the path over a bridge leads above the waterfall, and then we ascend to a nearby road, where for few steps we continue right, and then we go left in the direction of Mariborska koča. On the main road we walk approximately a minute, and then we go left on a cart track towards Mariborska koča. Next follows an ascent on a cart track which a little ahead turns right and then it is ascending through the forest, where at the crossings we follow the blazes. Higher, we go also past the abandoned structure, after which we quickly get to Mariborska koča.
Fram - Framski slap 2:50, Framski slap - Mariborska koča 0:30.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in March 2022.

On the way: Ranče (525m), Slivniško Pohorje (726m), Framski slap waterfall (925m)