Sveti Jurij - Rudijev dom na Donački gori
Starting point: Sveti Jurij (320 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2537°N 15.7384°E
Time of walking: 50 min
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: partly demanding
Altitude difference: 270 m
Altitude difference (by path): 270 m
Map: Rogaška Slatina z Bocem in Donacko goro 1:25.000
Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Dramlje and follow the road ahead in the direction of Šentjur, Rogaška Slatina and Rogatec. In Rogatec signs for Donačka gora point us to the left. Only a little further, we come to the next crossroad, where we continue right again in the direction of Donačka gora. Further, we drive towards the village Sveti Jurij (ahead don't follow the signs for Donačka gora). In the village Sveti Jurij we turn left upwards towards the church of St. Jurij by which we park. We can park already little lower on a parking lot by the road.
Path description:
From the church of St. Jurij we continue on the road upwards. After 100 meters of walking, we come to the crossroad, where we continue left. After additional few ten strides of walking, we come to a farm, where a marked footpath turns right upward. The path at first ascends through a meadow, then turns right, where crosses a lane of bushes and then by the cross brings us to the next farm. Here we continue upwards on a marked cart track which over a panoramic slope soon brings us to a crossing.
We continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut Rudijev dom and Sveti Donat. After few minutes of additional walking steepness decreases and the path turns left. Next follows a shorter crossing of the slopes towards the west to the church of St. Donat.
From the church, we continue in the direction of the mountain hut Rudijev dom on the path which goes into the forest. The path at first crosses the western slopes Donačka gora, and then it ascends for a short time on a steep and in wet for slipping dangerous slope. Further, the path brings us to a farm behind which we go on the road, where we continue right. The road on which we continue and ascent after good 5 minutes brings us to the mountain hut Rudijev dom.
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