Zgornji Gabernik - Galke

Access to starting point:
a) From the Celje - Rogaška Slatina road, drive to the settlement of Podplat, where from the traffic-light intersection by the Petrol gas station, turn towards Maribor, Slovenska Bistrica and Poljčane. Soon after, i.e. behind Tehnični pregledi Strašek, turn right following the road signs for Gabernik, then drive through the centre of Spodnji Gabernik to Zgornji Gabernik, where the described trail begins at the water filling station. At the starting point there is the Zgornji Gabernik bus stop and mountaineering direction signs. There are no suitable parking places at the start of the described trail.
b) Drive to Poljčane, then continue driving towards Rogaška Slatina and Podčetrtek. The route further leads over the Pečica pass, and once we descend into the valley on the other side, turn left onto the side road in front of the Tehnični pregledi Strašek building, next to which there are road signs for Gabernik. Continue driving through the centre of Spodnji Gabernik to Zgornji Gabernik, where the described trail begins at the water filling station. At the starting point there is the Zgornji Gabernik bus stop and mountaineering direction signs. There are no suitable parking places at the start of the described trail.

Route description:
From the starting point, continue along the asphalt road, which has signs for Boč and Dom na Boču. Initially, we walk northwards, but soon the road turns right and gradually ascends to a quarry, where we turn left onto a steep gravel road, ascending transversely above the fenced pasture.
Once a bit higher we reach a weekend house by the vineyards, we turn right and ascend along the vineyard to another, smaller weekend house, where we cross the access track.
The path ahead begins to ascend steeply, first through the forest, then through sparse forest along an occasionally quite steep ridge, where extra caution is needed at some points, especially on descent, to avoid slipping. Higher up, the ridge levels out somewhat and a path from Pečica joins us from the left.
Continue right towards Boč, but the marked path continues briefly along the ridge before turning right.
At the point where the marked path turns right, leave it and continue straight along a trodden but unmarked path further on, which first takes us to the pre-summit of Galk, from which we continue along a more gentle path to the summit of Galke, where there is a bench and from which some views open up.

Starting point - Galke junction 0:50, Galke junction - junction off the marked path 0:05, junction off the marked path - Galke 0:15.

Description and photos refer to the condition in April 2026.

Along the route: Razpotje Galke (600m), Odcep z markirane poti (625m)

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