Stoperce - Donačka gora (eastern peak) (on ridge)
Starting point: Stoperce (294 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.28896°N 15.71569°E 
Path name: on ridge
Time of walking: 2 h 25 min
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 589 m
Altitude difference (by path): 640 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Rogaška Slatina, and then we continue driving towards Rogatec. In Rogatec at the roundabout we go to the exit "left" in the direction of Ptuj, and then we drive on the main road to mountain pass Brzika, where the road starts descending. Lower, we get to Stoperce, where we park on a parking lot at Krajevni dom.
B) We drive to Majšperk, and then we follow the signs for Stoperce on Rogatec. When we get to Stoperce we park at Domu krajanov Stoperce.
Path description:
From Dom krajanov Stoperce we short time walk by the main road towards Rogatec, and still before the end of the settlement, we go left on a side road in the direction of Donačka gora. A marked path further leads on an asphalt road which from Stoperce brings us to Kupčinji Vrh, where at few crossroads we continue straight or we follow the blazes. Higher, the road ascends a little steeper and it brings us to a hamlet, by which there is a marked parking lot.
Here we continue straight on a side road (left - Žetale), by which there are signs for Donačka gora. The path ahead leads us past few houses, a trough with water, and then we go right to the nearby stream, by which we short time continue. The path ahead leads through the forest and is ascending diagonally, and when we get closer to a meadow, we go left on the bottom path. Next follows some ascent, and then we cross a macadam road, after which in a minute of additional walking, we ascend to the mountain hut Rudijev dom.
From the mountain hut Rudijev dom we continue left in the direction of the peak Donačka gora (right - Sveti Jurij, Rogatec and source of Sotla) and at first, we walk on a macadam road, and from there we soon go right in the direction of the easier path on Donačka gora (straight - demanding path on Donačka gora and Žetale).
The path ahead is at first moderately ascending through the forest, and after few minutes it passes on steep slopes and also becomes steeper. Further, we are ascending on settled mountain path, which is ascending in numerous zig-zags. Higher, we go past memorial plates in the memory of Ernst Froelich, who in the year 1853 made the path on Donačka gora, which was the first marked path in Slovenia. After the memorial plate follows few minutes of ascent on northwestern slope of Donačka gora, and then we reach the ridge, where we go left. Follows an ascent on and by the forested ridge and in few minutes we reach the higher, western peak of Donačka gora.
From the western peak, we continue on a marked ridge path in the direction towards Žetale. After a short descent, the path avoids the ridge slightly to the right side, and then continues with some shorter ascents and descents, and occasionally the path runs on a quite steep slope, where mainly in wet there is a greater danger of slipping. After approximately 20 minutes of walking on and by the ridge we get to a marked crossing, where demanding path branches off to the left towards Žetale and Kupčinji Vrh, and we continue straight and after few 10 strides of additional walking, we get to the precipitous eastern peak of Donačka gora.
Stoperce - Rudijev dom 1:20, Rudijev dom - western peak of Donačka gora 0:45, western peak of Donačka gora - eastern peak of Donačka gora 0:20.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in April 2022.
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