Zgornje Poljčane - Boč (on road and Senčna pot)

Access to starting point:
A) From the direction Ljubljana we leave the highway in Slovenske Konjice and through Žiče, Loče and Zbelovo drive to Poljčane. At the crossroad, we continue right in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane, where at the marked crossroad we turn left upwards and drive to the parking lot - starting point for mountain path on Boč.
B) From the direction Maribor we leave the highway in Slovenska Bistrica, where traffic signs point us in Poljčane. Through the center of the settlement Poljčane we continue in the direction of Zgornje Poljčane, where at the marked crossroad we turn left upwards and drive to the parking lot - starting point for mountain path on Boč.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the asphalt road upwards. Few hundred meters by the road there are meadows, pastures, vineyards and three, four houses or homesteads. The road at the end of the settlement Zgornje Poljčane passes into the forest, and we follow the asphalt grounding all the way to the mountain hut Dom na Boču.
From the mountain hut, we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of the church of St. Miklavž and site of greater pasque flower and before the church we continue left upwards, right downwards site of greater pasque flower. By the former smaller abandoned quarry, where there stands a signpost with the caption Vrh Boča-Senčna pot 45 min. We continue on a narrower mountain path, which we follow higher. Narrower and wider path are taking turns. The path is of course very easy to follow because of good markings and it is well beaten because of many visitors of this path. Higher, the path passes on more rocky terrain and in few last hundred meters into typical ridge approach to the summit. We soon reach the peak and after ascent on a lookout tower we are rewarded with a great view near and far.
The distance of the described path is around 5500 meters, 660 positive altitude meters and 40 negative altitude meters.

On the way: Dom na Boču (658m)