Radlje ob Dravi - Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (via old castle)

Access to starting point:
From the road Dravograd - Maribor, in Radlje ob Dravi, from the crossroad at the Lidl store, we drive in the direction of the center of the settlement and Radeljski prelaz. After the crossroad, we also drive past the Hofer store and past the turn-off of the road to the left towards Sv. Tri Kralji, and at the next crossroad left towards Austria. Immediately after the crossroad, we go once again left and park on a larger asphalt parking lot near the Dvorec Radlje.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue towards the east, where we first carefully cross the main road Radlje ob Dravi - Radeljski prelaz, and on the other side of the road the path splits into two parts.

We can continue left on the forest and historical trail Stari grad, or straight on the trim trail. Both paths are well marked and higher in the forest join and then cross each other a few times, higher they run on the same route. Higher, the path turns left and transitions to a somewhat steeper slope, where it is fenced with a wooden fence, and when the fence on the left ends, it splits.
We continue straight (sharply right the trim trail, learning path and the path that leads to the old castle continue) and a little further we join a wide cart track, which we follow to the left. When we have returned to the cart track, we again join the learning path and trim trail, a little further the marked European footpath E6 joins us from the right.
Further, we finally leave the trim trail and learning path and at the junctions we follow the yellow-red blazes. A little further, we reach the macadam road, which we follow to the left, along which we descend easily. The path along the road leads us past the pasture and the homestead Majerhof, then the blazes direct us from the road slightly right onto a cart track, from which a little further we go slightly left onto an initially parallel marked path, which later gradually distances itself from the cart track. Later we temporarily join another cart track, the path that leads us across numerous streams and that for most of the time ascends gently to moderately, brings us to a junction, beside which there is a signpost.
The signs direct us slightly left onto the path that descends to the inn Žohar, where there is a stamp, and we continue slightly right, onto a beaten but for a short time unmarked footpath, which above the inn returns to the marked path, which we reach on a cart track that we follow to the right. There follows a short ascent along the cart track, then it splits, and we continue on the left one, which brings us out of the forest onto panoramic hayfields. Along the cart track we ascend to the road, which we reach at the marked junction beside a birch.
We continue right in the direction towards Kapunar (left Radeljski prelaz along path E6), from the wider road we soon go left onto another road, from it left onto a cart track. The path ahead leads us along the pasture, when we reach the farm Ternik we continue through the yard (during the visit two unleashed dogs, that were quite loud). Behind the farm the blazes lead us onto a cart track that ascends alongside the field, and to us upon looking back a nice view opens up. At the entrance into the forest we go from the wider cart track right, where at first no path is visible, but it appears after a few steps and enters the forest. At the junctions through the forest we follow the blazes, higher we reach the macadam road and follow it to the right. Along the road we arrive out of the forest and with nice views reach the farm Škarc, where we pass by a few houses. Behind the houses there follows some slight descent, then we join the usual path that leads from Radlje ob Dravi towards Kapunar.
We follow the road straight, at the next intersection we go slightly left towards Kapunar. There follows a relatively long walk along the macadam road, which we follow to the former guardhouse, which today is used by amateur radio operators. From the guardhouse, where there is a logbook box, we continue sharply left in the direction of the hut Kapunerhütte, then at a suitable spot we leave the marked path and ascend to the summit of Kapunar along one of several poorer footpaths that lead to the top.
Description and pictures refer to the condition of May 2019 and December 2018.

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) , Sveti Urban (Radelca) , Kapunerhütte