Radeče - Sveta Katarina (Zavrate)
Starting point: Radeče (198 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.06636°N 15.18189°E 
Time of walking: 1 h 5 min
Difficulty: easy unmarked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 320 m
Altitude difference (by path): 345 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
From the road Zidani Most - Sevnica, after the bridge over the river Sava, we turn right into Radeče (from the direction of Sevnica, we turn left before the bridge) and then park at one of the parking lots in the town center.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to square, where Plečnik's NOB monument stands, then proceed along the path toward Kum, Nebeška gora, and Svinjski rt. The path continues along street Starograjska ulica, which we leave at the parish church of St. Peter, turning left and ascending the stairs for a while. A little further, we reach a narrower asphalt road, which we follow past the last houses, then continue on a cart track that ascends diagonally. The path soon enters the forest, but before reaching it, a view of part of Radeče opens up when looking back. In the forest, the path turns left and ascends diagonally to a ridge, where we notice the ruins of an old castle sharply to the right, but we continue straight and soon leave the forest. We proceed along a well-maintained path through bushes, then reach a road, which we follow briefly to the right before taking a footpath that crosses the road twice more higher up, then stay on the road, following the blazes or signs for Kum at crossroads. Higher up, the road becomes macadam and ascends diagonally to a saddle between Vranski hrib on the left and Svinjski rt on the right.
We continue slightly left (to the right, behind the chapel, Svinjski rt, five minutes) along the macadam road, which first crosses the slopes of Vranski vrh, then gradually moves away from the hill, passing a few houses to reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the right uphill (continuing downhill leads to the gnomes in the settlement Jelovo). When the hamlet ends, the road returns to the forest and splits. In the direction straight ahead, the marked path continues towards Kum and Nebeška gora, but we turn right onto an unmarked macadam road, which gently ascends for a short time before starting to descend diagonally. After a few minutes, the road stops descending, and we follow it to the church of St. Katarina.
Radeče - old castle 0:10, old castle - Sveta Katarina 0:55.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in June 2024.
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