Sveti Jurij - Donačka gora (eastern peak) (western path)

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 get to a crossroad, where we continue left. After additional few ten strides of walking, we get to the farm, where a marked footpath turns right upwards and at first, it ascends through a meadow, and then turns right, where it crosses a lane of bushes and then, at the cross brings us to the next farm.
Here we continue upwards on a marked cart track which on a panoramic slope soon brings us to a marked crossing.
We continue straight in the direction of the mountain hut Rudijev dom and Sveti Donat, and 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 of Donačka gora, and then it ascends for a short time on a steep and mainly in wet for slipping dangerous slope. Further, the path brings us to the farm, after which we go on the road, where we continue right. The road, on which we continue the ascent, after good 5 minutes of additional walking brings us to the mountain hut Rudijev dom.
From the mountain hut Rudijev dom we continue in the direction of the peak Donačka gora and at first, we walk on a macadam road, but 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.
The starting point - Rudijev dom 0:50, Rudijev dom - western peak of Donačka gora 0:45, western peak of Donačka gora - eastern peak of Donačka gora 0:20.

On the way: Sveti Donat (511m), Rudijev dom na Donački gori (590m), Donačka gora (884m)