Starting point: Sveti Jurij (320 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.2537°N 15.7384°E
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 275 m
Altitude difference (by path): 300 m
Map: Rogaška Slatina z Bočem in Donačko 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 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 of Donačka gora and at first, we walk on a macadam road. From the road at first an easier path branches off to the right on Donačka gora, and we continue on the road to the left hairpin turn, where we leave the road and we continue straight and further we walk on a cart track which crosses northern slopes of Donačka gora. Next follows a shorter diagonal ascent and we ascend on a small indistinct saddle by Joški vrh, where we leave the marked path. Here we go left and in two minutes we get to indistinct Joški vrh.
The starting point - Rudijev dom 0:50, Rudijev dom - Joški vrh 0:15.
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