Sveti Jurij - Donačka gora (western path)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Dramlje and follow the road ahead in the direction of Šentjur, Rogaška Slatina and Rogatec. In Rogatec, signs for Donačka gora point us to the left. Only a little further, we come to the next crossroad, where we continue right, again in the direction of Donačka gora. Further, we drive towards the village Sveti Jurij (do not follow the signs for Donačka gora ahead). In the village Sveti Jurij, we turn left upwards towards the church of St. Jurij, by which we park. We can park already a little lower on the parking lot by the road.

Path description:
From the church of St. Jurij we continue on the road upwards. After 100 m of walking, we get to a crossroad, where we continue left. After additional few dozen steps of walking, we get to the farm, where a marked footpath turns right upwards and at first ascends through a meadow, then turns right, where it crosses a lane of bushes and then, at the cross brings us to the next farm.
Here we continue upwards on a marked cart track which on a panoramic slope soon brings us to a marked junction.
We continue straight in the direction of Rudijev dom and sv. Donat, and after few minutes of additional walking, steepness decreases and the path turns left. Next follows a shorter crossing of the slopes towards the west to the church of St. Donat.
From the church, we continue in the direction of Rudijev dom, on the path which goes into the forest. The path at first crosses the western slopes of Donačka gora, and then ascends for a short time on a steep and mainly in wet for slipping dangerous slope. Further, the path brings us to the farm, after which we go on the road, where we continue right. The road, on which we continue the ascent, after good 5 minutes of additional walking brings us to Rudijev dom.
From Rudijev dom we continue in the direction of the peak Donačka gora and at first we walk on a macadam road, from which we soon go right in the direction of the easier path to Donačka gora (straight - demanding path to Donačka gora and Žetale).
The path ahead at first moderately ascends through the forest, and after few minutes it passes on steep slopes and also becomes steeper. Further, we ascend on a well-maintained mountain path, which ascends in numerous zigzags. Higher, we go past a memorial plaque in memory of Ernst Froelich, who in 1853 made the path to Donačka gora, which was the first marked path in Slovenia. After the memorial plaque follows few minutes of ascent on the northwestern slope of Donačka gora, and then we reach the ridge, where we go left. Follows an ascent on and by the forested ridge and in few minutes we reach the higher, western peak of Donačka gora.
Starting point - Rudijev dom 0:50, Rudijev dom - western peak of Donačka gora 0:45.

On the way: Sveti Donat (511m), Rudijev dom na Donački gori (590m)