Zgornje Poljčane - Dom na Boču (via Baba)
Starting point: Zgornje Poljčane (360 m)
| Latitude/Longitude: | 46,2971°N 15,5834°E |
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Route name: via Baba
Walking time: 1 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Elevation gain: 298 m
Elevation difference along the route: 305 m
Map: Posavsko hribovje (Boč - Bohor) 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to starting point:
a) We leave the Ljubljana - Maribor highway at the exit for Slovenske Konjice, then follow the signs for Žiče, Loče, Zbelovo, and Poljčane. In Poljčane, we turn right and drive to Zgornje Poljčane, where we follow the main road until the junction of a side road to the left towards Boč and the Planinski dom na Boču mountain hut. We park above the settlement on a macadam parking lot, near mountain signposts.
b) We leave the Maribor - Ljubljana highway at the Slovenska Bistrica south exit, then follow the road towards Poljčane and Podčetrtek. In Zgornje Poljčane, we follow the main road until the junction of a side road to the left towards Boč and the Planinski dom na Boču mountain hut. We park above the settlement on a macadam parking lot, near mountain signposts.
c) From the Šentjur - Rogaška Slatina road at the settlement Podplat, we turn left (or right from the direction of Rogaška Slatina) towards Slovenska Bistrica and Poljčane. Some ascent follows, and after the Pečica pass, we begin descending. At the start of the settlement Zgornje Poljčane, we turn right towards Boč and the Planinski dom na Boču mountain hut. We park above the settlement on a macadam parking lot, near mountain signposts.
Route description:
From the starting point, we head along the right path, marked with signs for the path over Baba (straight to Boč via Balunjača and Dom na Boču along path Detičkova pot) and begin ascending through the forest. After a few minutes, we cross an asphalt road leading to Dom na Boču, and we start climbing more steeply. Next follows an ascent along the forested northern ridge of Baba; at an altitude of 535 meters, we reach the Baba rock, located by the marked path, from where a beautiful view opens toward the valley and Pohorje.
Just a little further, the marked path veers slightly to the right (straight along a poorer, unmarked footpath to the peak of Baba at 594 meters), and shortly after, it levels out and splits.
We continue slightly to the right (slightly to the left is an unmarked passage to path Detičkova pot) and keep following the trail markers. Next follows a few minutes of moderate ascent until we reach a cart track, which we follow to the right (here too, continuing left quickly joins path Detičkova pot); soon after, we turn left onto a hiking path (the cart track straight leads to an asphalt road), which ascends briefly before continuing to the right with little change in altitude, crossing a younger forest from which some views open up.
A little further, the marked path reaches an asphalt road; we follow it to the left and, passing a large meadow, continue to the mountain hut a few minutes away.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in December 2024.
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Discussion about the trip Zgornje Poljčane - Dom na Boču (via Baba)
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| bruny16. 09. 2011 |
The altitude of the mountain hut is not correctly stated. The correct altitude is 658 meters.  The height of 698 meters is the height at the pass a few hundred meters above the mountain hut, where the gravel road from Formila, Sv. Marjete, Gaveza... joins.
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| bruny18. 12. 2011 |
Today return from Boč along the above described path as part of a longer path in the Boč & Plešivec landscape park. The easternmost point of the path was the water reservoir between the Ravnocerje plateau and the top of Plešivec on the brotherly Styrian path.
GPS:Boč & Plešivec, 18.12.2011
All kinds of ground - dry, frozen, muddy, snowy, icy...everything, but today is the fourth Advent Sunday. Many visitors on Boč - especially young sledders - children with parents at the mountain hut on Boč and hunters who were sending wild boars to eternal hunting grounds in large numbers...
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| bruny31. 12. 2011 |
Today return - descent from Boč along the lower part of Baba as part of a longer route that basically connected three peaks. The lower part of Baba was not snowy today, partially frozen and dry trail.
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| bruny20. 08. 2013 |
In the late afternoon along the most famous and crowded path to Boč ,,over Baba,, to the mountain hut on Boč and also return along the same route. Yeah, I haven't walked this path uphill for years... but many years ago of course much more, when  the house student and little di(v)jakinja were still small... Pleasant, dry path and lots of already fallen but green leaves. Yes, the sign at the mountain hut really says 698 meters but the real height is 656 meters. Let's leave the trivia, the main thing is enjoyment on Boč's paths a bit lower & higher... Track:Boč/over Baba to the mountain hut, 21.08.2013 Regards
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| Tadej10. 01. 2025 15:38:55 |
The above description has been updated, and the old pictures have also been replaced.
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