Bukovnik - Velika Raduha (via Durce)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Luče (to here from Mozirje or from Kamnik over the mountain pass Volovljek (Kranjski Rak)), then continue driving towards Logarska dolina. In the village Solčava we leave the main road towards Logarska dolina and continue driving right in the direction of Podolševa, mountain pass Spodnje Sleme and Črna na Koroškem. Further the road loses its asphalt covering, and after a few kilometers at the crossroad in Podolševa we turn right towards Črna na Koroškem. The road, which further mostly ascends diagonally, brings us after some time to mountain pass Spodnje Sleme. Here we turn right in the direction of the mountain hut Koča na Grohatu and farm Bukovnik (farm Bukovnik is located at an altitude of 1327 meters and is considered the highest-lying farm in Slovenia) and continue the ascent on a macadam road, which a few 100 meters higher brings us to the next crossroad. At the mentioned crossroad a forest road closed for public traffic branches off slightly to the left, which leads towards Koča na Grohatu, and straight the road continues towards the aforementioned farm. We park in an appropriate place near the crossroad.
B) We drive to Črna na Koroškem (to here from Ravne na Koroškem or from Šoštanj over mountain pass Spodnje Sleme), then continue driving towards Luče. Initially still asphalt road, higher it becomes macadam and brings us to the crossroad of several roads on mountain pass Spodnje Sleme. Here we turn left in the direction of Koča na Grohatu and farm Bukovnik (farm Bukovnik is located at an altitude of 1327 meters and is considered the highest-lying farm in Slovenia) and continue the ascent on a macadam road, which a few 100 meters higher brings us to the next crossroad. At the mentioned crossroad a forest road closed for public traffic branches off slightly to the left, which leads towards Koča na Grohatu, and straight the road continues towards the aforementioned farm. We park in an appropriate place near the crossroad.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto the upper road, which is closed to public traffic with a traffic sign (straight to farm Bukovnik), after approximately 100 meters we arrive at a barrier that also physically prevents further driving. A little further a nice view opens towards farm Bukovnik and Kamnik Savinja Alps, when we return to the forest the path splits.
We continue slightly left on the marked footpath (straight path along the road), which further crosses slopes to the right, most of the time gently to moderately ascending. During the crossing the path leads us over a few shorter steep sections, where it is nicely arranged and partly fenced, technically not demanding. After some time we step out of the forest onto mountain pasture Grohot, where we return to the road, and only a few dozen steps of easy walking separate us from the Koča v Grohotu pod Raduho hut.
From the hut we continue in the direction of Durce and Raduha, where initially we still walk on a poor road, or higher on a cart track.
At the Koča GRS the cart track ends definitively, we continue on the path that turns left. There follows some ascent through occasionally sparse forest, then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left towards Durce (right climbing path to Raduha).
The path ahead ascends quite steeply and turns increasingly towards the east. The increasingly scenic path then brings us to the scree under the walls of Mala Raduha, where we continue straight (slightly right the abandoned old path is still visible). There follows crossing of the scree, after crossing the gully we enter the belt of dwarf pines, through which a nicely arranged path leads us. On the mentioned path, which ascends steeply, after approximately 10 minutes of further walking we arrive at a marked junction located slightly east of Durce.
From the junction we go right towards Raduha (left Lanež and eastern path to Koča na Loki pod Raduho) and quickly arrive at Durce, where a path to the ridge used to arrive.
Here a path branches off to the left downwards towards Koča na Loki, we continue straight. The path ahead ascends transversely through the belt of dwarf pines and further leads us across the sunny slopes of Mala Raduha. A little further the usual path from Koča na Loki joins from the left, we continue straight towards Raduha. There follows a short descent, then the path begins to ascend towards Velika Raduha. After a few minutes of further ascent the climbing path from Koča v Grohotu joins from the right, we continue straight and in a few minutes of further walking step onto the scenic summit of Velika Raduha.
Bukovnik - planina Grohot 0:40, planina Grohot - Durce 1:25, Durce - Velika Raduha 0:45.
The description refers to the condition in July 2019, pictures from Durce onwards are older.

On the way: Koča na Grohatu (1460m), Durce (1910m)