Vinska Gora - Radojč (climbing way)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we go to the exit Žalec, and then we continue driving towards Velenje. Still before Velenje, we leave the main road, because signs for Vinska Gora point us to the right on a local road, and already after a few meters it brings us to the next intersection. Here we continue left in the direction of the church of St. John the Baptist; we follow the ascending road to the parking lot by the already mentioned church.

Path description:
From the parking lot at the church, we continue on the asphalt road and at the intersection, we continue left. After a few tens of meters, blazes point us to the left upwards on a narrower road. Later, the road slightly descends, and then we soon continue right into the forest. Next follows traversing on a narrow footpath through the forest, which quickly brings us to a junction below Gonžarjeva peč. Left leads an easy path to Gonžarjeva peč, and we continue right where there is the beginning of a secured climbing path.
The climbing path is made in the style of climbing paths from abroad and it is the first such demanding path in Slovenia. According to the Austrian scale, which is most often used for grading the difficulty of such climbing paths, it is graded with difficulty level D/E.
At the entrance into the climbing part of the path, we must equip ourselves with a self-belay set and a helmet; the use of climbing gloves is also recommended.
At the beginning of the climbing part, the path very steeply ascends along the steel cable and we are quickly before the most difficult part of the path. Here the path leads over smooth vertical slabs, where there are very few natural holds, so we need a lot of strength in our arms.
After that, the path becomes a little less demanding and with somewhat easier climbing, we soon reach the logbook box, which is situated by the path. From here follows the final very steep ascent, which is graded with difficulty level D. On the top, we are then rewarded by a nice view of Vinska Gora and surrounding hills.
From the vantage point, we continue through the forest by the fence upwards. After a short ascent, we come out of the forest onto pastures from where a view opens up on Radojč and the neighbouring Ramšakov vrh. From the pastures, the path brings us onto the road on which we continue right to the farm Gonžar.
At the intersection at the farm, we continue left on the macadam road and we are quickly again at the junction. Right leads the Šaleška mountain path, and we still continue on the road. At the next intersection, we continue slightly left and the path brings us to yet another mountain farm. Here the path turns sharply right and starts ascending through the forest. Later, the path joins a cart track, which brings us to a clearing.
Here the path turns right and starts ascending somewhat more steeply again. We soon come to a forested ridge, where we continue right and only a shorter ascent to the top of Radojč follows.

On the way: Gonžarjeva peč (575m)

Trip can be extended to: Ramšakov vrh