Zbelovo (railway underpass) - Ljubična gora (via Marijine stopinje)

Access to starting point:
A) We leave the highway at exit Slovenske Konjice and we go left, direction Žiče. In Žiče at the crossroad we turn left, direction Loče. In Loče at the roundabout, we turn in the direction of Poljčane - Zbelovo. We drive through Zbelovo, where on the end of the settlement, we see underpass under the railway track. We drive through the underpass and we immediately turn right, past the bus stop over an old wooden bridge and on the left we park on a smaller parking lot.
B) We leave the highway at exit Slovenska Bistrica-Jug (South) and we follow signposts in the direction of Poljčane. We drive through Poljčane, at the end of the settlement signs point us to right, direction Loče - Zbelovo. We follow the main road, until we get to the underpass under the railway. We don't turn right through the underpass, but left before the bus stop on the old wooden bridge, and then on the left we park on a smaller parking lot.

Path description:
When we park, we go on the road which continues past the parking lot and it all the time parallely follows the railway. At the settlement Zbelovska Gora we get to the first crossroad, where we turn left and we follow the asphalt road, until we see, that on the left side of the road staircase starts steeply ascending in the forest. Here we also notice signposts for path on Marijine stopinje. We follow quite steep and very nice path straight uphill. The path is well marked and beaten and without any turn-offs. We follow the blazes and we soon get to the cross at Marijine stopinje, which is the point of hiking trail Loško-Zbelovska pot and some "unofficial peak" (peak of Ljubična gora is a little ahead by the path by the telecommunication tower and it isn't marked).
By the cross there are also benches and inscription book. Peak doesn't have much view, but we can for five minutes extend the path and we go also to the church of the Holy Mary on Ljubična gora, which offers beautiful views on Pohorje and Ptujsko polje.

Trip can be extended to: Ljubična gora