Vinska Gora - Ramšakov vrh (climbing way)

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor we take 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 onto a local road, which already after a few meters brings us to the next crossroad. Here we continue left in the direction of the church of St. John the Baptist and 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 crossroad, we continue left. After a few tens of meters, blazes point us left upwards onto 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 crossing 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 to 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 ascends very steeply 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 and therefore a lot of arm strength is needed.
After that, the path becomes somewhat less demanding and with somewhat easier climbing we soon reach the logbook box, which is located by the path. From here follows the final very steep ascent, which is graded with difficulty level D. At the top we are then rewarded with a nice view of Vinska Gora and the surrounding hills.
From the vantage point, we continue through the forest along 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 along which we continue right to the Gonžar farm.
At the crossroad at the farm, we continue left on the macadam road and we are quickly again at the crossing. Right leads the Šaleška planinska pot, and we continue further along the road. At the next crossroad, we continue slightly left and the path brings us to another mountain farm. Here the path turns sharply right and begins to ascend through the forest. Later, the path joins a cart track, which brings us to a clearing.
Here the path turns right and begins to ascend somewhat more steeply again. Soon we come onto a forested ridge, where we continue right and only a shorter ascent to the top of Radojč follows.
From the top, we continue along the ridge and begin to descend somewhat. The path brings us to a crossing on the northern side of the ridge, where we continue right upwards towards the ridge. On the ridge, we then continue left and after a few shorter ascents and descents we reach Ramšakov vrh.

On the way: Gonžarjeva peč (575m), Radojč (937m)