Radlje ob Dravi - Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (on unmarked path)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, and then we continue driving towards Maribor. When we get to Radlje ob Dravi, from the intersection between the stores Hofer and Lidl we turn left in the direction of the Radelj pass and the center of Radlje ob Dravi. We continue on the road which leads us through the center of the settlement (left Austria over Radeljski prelaz pass), and we drive along it to the parish church of St. Michael, where by the road we notice red hiking signposts. We park on one of the parking lots in Radlje ob Dravi, but carefully, because on some parking lots it is possible to park only for 2 hours.
B) From Maribor through the Dravska Valley we drive towards Dravograd, and we leave the main road before the settlement Radlje ob Dravi, where signs for the mentioned settlement direct us to the right. Further, we drive past the cemetery, health home and police station, and then on the right near the parish church we notice red hiking signposts. We park on one of the parking lots in Radlje ob Dravi, but carefully, because on some parking lots it is possible to park only for 2 hours.

Route description:
From the starting point, we head on the path in the direction of Županka and Kapunarja, where we first pass by an educational board and past the parish church of St. Michael, a little further also past Rožnega dvora (Rosenhof). The road on which we are ascending soon turns left, just a few steps further the blazes direct us sharply right onto a narrower road, from it we immediately go left onto the initially fenced marked path. After a few minutes of ascent, we reach the macadam road, but we continue left upwards (straight upwards marked path to Kapunar, right path past Županka). Further, we walk on a wide cart track to which the nearby trim trail soon joins. We follow the wide trail, which leads along the western slopes of Perkolica, to the place where the trim trail turns left and temporarily descends to the vegetated torrent gully. On the other side, we steeply ascend and join the marked path E6, which we do not follow for long. After the exercise of trim trail no. 15 (push-ups), the marked path turns slightly to the left, but we continue slightly right onto an unmarked but well-followable beaten path, which continues through the forest and a little higher crosses a cart track. Higher up we also cross a macadam road, the beaten trail partly ascends along the cart track, partly along the forest trail. After a while we reach the marked path that we left at the water reservoir, and along it we ascend to the macadam road.
We follow the road to the right, at the following intersections we follow the blazes or signs for Kapunar. There follows a relatively long walk along the macadam road, which we follow to the former guardhouse now used by radio amateurs. From the guardhouse, where there is a stamping box, we continue sharply left in the direction of Kapunerhütte hut, then at a suitable spot we leave the marked path and ascend to the summit of Kapunarja along one of several poorer trails leading to the top.
The description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (December).

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) (1 h 45 min), Sveti Urban (Radelca) (1 h), Kapunerhütte ( 30 min)

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