Prelaz Vrhe - Donačka gora
Starting point: Prelaz Vrhe (426 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2583°N 15.7586°E 
Time of walking: 1 h 35 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: more demanding
Altitude difference: 458 m
Altitude difference (by path): 495 m
Map: Rogaška Slatina z Bočem in Donačko goro 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
From the Ljubljana–Maribor motorway, take the Dramlje exit and follow the road ahead in the direction of Šentjur, Rogaška Slatina and Rogatec. In Rogatec, signs for Donačka gora direct us left onto a somewhat narrower road, which we then follow towards the village of Žetale. On a smaller pass, right at the spot where the municipality of Rogatec ends, we will notice a somewhat larger parking lot on the right side, where we park.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the pass, where we continue on the left ascending road in the direction of Donačka gora. After a short ascent, only a few meters behind the house with thatched roof, signs for Donačka gora direct us right onto a gently sloping cart track, which after a few steps enters a short stretch of forest.
The cart track quickly emerges from the forest and continues across panoramic grassy meadows. Higher up, the path takes us to a lonely homestead, past which the marked path leads. Just a little above the mentioned homestead, we join a somewhat wider cart track, which we follow to the right (left Sveti Jurij and Sveti Donat). The cart track, which ascends diagonally farther on, mostly through forest, takes us to the next junction, where we continue left in the direction of Donačka gora (right Žetale).
After a short ascent along an excellently made path, the path from Rudijev dom joins from the right. Here we continue straight in the direction of Donačka gora along the path, which then ascends quite steeply. When the steepness eases, a traverse of steep slopes follows. The path ahead then takes us below the steep summit slope of the eastern peak of Donačka gora. A very steep ascent follows on a well-secured path to the ridge. Here, 20 m left from the path is the eastern peak of Donačka gora (marked, last meters secured with pegs).
We continue right on the path, which first descends slightly, then ascends along the ridge of Donačka gora. After approximately 20 minutes of walking along the steep vegetated ridge, we reach the western peak, where there is also the summit logbook.
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