Luče - Velika Raduha

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Šentrupert, and then we continue driving in the direction of valley Logarska dolina. At the beginning of the settlement Luče, only few meters before the road crosses the river Savinja, we will on the left side of the road notice a bigger macadam parking lot, where we park.
To the starting point, we can also come over the mountain pass Volovjek (Kranjski Rak). In this case in Luče we turn right in the direction towards Mozirje and then only few 10 meters after the bridge through the river Savinja we park on the before mentioned parking lot.

Path description:
Between parking lot and the bridge over the river Savinja, we will notice by the road sign for mountain hut Koča na Loki, which points us on the path which at first steeply ascends on stairs. The path soon flattens, and then continues on the ridge, which is steeply descending towards river Savina. Ahead we pass into a dense forest, and the path quickly brings us to a chapel, behind which is a smaller crossing.
We continue on the right path which starts ascending steeper and steeper, and then it flattens and turns to the right. Next follows a short crossing towards the right, and then we step out of the forest on a wide meadow. Further poorly visible path, ascends diagonally through the mentioned meadow, and then it brings us to a smaller hamlet, where we again notice the blazes. The path ahead leads us past few houses and above them leads in a lane of bushes, through which we ascend to a nearby road. The mentioned road, we only cross, because signposts, which are located by the smaller religious symbol, point us on a footpath which is further moderately ascending through the forest. A little higher a nice view opens up on Raduha, and we continue on a marked path, which only a little higher brings us to the road, and already after few meters at the marked crossroad. We go slightly left and we continue the ascent on the road in the direction of Raduha. Further, we are for quite some time ascending on the road which has some marked shortcuts (blazes on this part are very rare), and then we get to a newly built road, where in the middle of the left turn a wide marked cart track branches off to the right. We continue the ascent on the mentioned cart track which higher again brings us on the mentioned road, and we walk there only few 10 strides, and then on the left side we notice a marked path which leads towards the mountain pastures Loka and Arta (turn off from newly built road isn't marked). Further, we are ascending diagonally parallel with the road, and the path only a little further brings us to big bench by which there is a marked crossing.
We continue on the right path (left mountain pasture Arta), which is for some time ascending diagonally, and then it brings us to the road which leads towards the cave Snežna jama. The mentioned road, we reach right at the crossroad, where for public traffic closed forest road branches off to the right, which leads towards the mountain pasture Loka. We go on the mentioned road, on which in 15 minutes of a moderate ascent, we ascend to the mountain hut Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From the mountain hut, we continue on a marked path in the direction of Raduha, and which already on few 10 strides splits into two parts. We continue slightly left (slightly right Durce) on the path, that is gently ascending on the left edge of a small valley. The path soon turns to the left and steeply ascends through a lane of thin forest. The steepness soon decreases and the path through some smaller meadows leads in a lane of dwarf pines, where it is further moderately to occasionally steeply ascending. After approximately one hour of walking from the mountain hut Koča na Loki, from the right joins the path from Durce, and we continue left on a passing path in the direction of Raduha. The path with increasingly beautiful view, on the south side bypasses the peak of Mala Raduha, and then it brings us on the main ridge, from which a nice view opens up on the northern side.
We continue on a marked path, which soon from the right joins the climbing path from the mountain hut Koča na Grohatu. The path ahead again starts ascending steeper and then after few minutes of additional walking brings us on 2062 meters high peak.

On the way: Koča na Loki pod Raduho mountain hut (1534m)