Luče - Velika Raduha

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Maribor, we take the exit Šentrupert, and then continue driving in the direction of Logarska dolina. At the beginning of the settlement Luče, only a few meters before the road crosses the river Savinja, we will notice on the left side of the road a larger macadam parking lot, where we park.
We can also reach the starting point via the mountain pass Volovjek (Kranjski Rak). In this case, in Luče we turn right in the direction towards Mozirje and then only a few dozen meters after the bridge over the river Savinja we park on the aforementioned parking lot.

Route description:
Between the parking lot and the bridge over the river Savinja, we will notice by the road a sign for the mountain hut Koča na Loki, which directs us to the path that first steeply ascends the stairs. The path soon flattens, and then continues along the ridge that steeply descends towards the river Savinja. Further, we enter a dense forest, and the path quickly brings us to a chapel, behind which there is a smaller junction.
We continue on the right path, which begins to ascend steeper and steeper, then flattens and turns right. A short traverse to the right follows, then we step out of the forest onto an extensive meadow. Further, the poorly visible path ascends diagonally across the mentioned meadow, then brings us to a smaller hamlet, where we again notice the blazes. The path ahead leads us past a few houses and above them into a belt of bushes, through which we ascend to the nearby road. We only cross the mentioned road, as the signposts located by a smaller religious symbol direct us to a footpath that further moderately ascends through the forest. A little higher, a nice view of Raduha opens up, and we continue on the marked path, which a little higher brings us to the road, which already after a few meters reaches a marked junction. We continue slightly left and continue the ascent along the road in the direction of Raduha. Further, we ascend the road for quite some time, which has some marked shortcuts (blazes on this section are very rare), then we reach a newly built road, where in the middle of the left bend a wide marked cart track branches off to the right. We continue the ascent along the mentioned cart track, which higher again brings us to the mentioned road, and we walk along it only a few dozen steps, then on the left side we notice a marked path leading towards the mountain pastures Loka and Arta (the branch-off from the newly built road is not marked). Further, we ascend diagonally parallel to the road, and the path a little further brings us to a large bench by which there is a marked junction.
We continue on the right path (left to mountain pasture Arta), which for some time still ascends diagonally, then brings us to the road leading towards Snežna jama. We reach the mentioned road right at the junction, where a forest road closed to public traffic branches off to the right, leading towards mountain pasture Loka. We head onto the mentioned road, along which with 15 minutes of moderate ascent we climb to the mountain hut Koča na Loki pod Raduho.
From the hut, we continue along the marked path in the direction of Raduha, which already after a few dozen steps splits into two parts. We continue slightly left (slightly right to Durce) along the path that gently ascends along the left edge of the valley. The path soon turns left and steeply ascends through a belt of sparse forest. The steepness soon eases, and the path leads us through some smaller meadows into a belt of dwarf pines, where it further ascends moderately to occasionally steeply. After approximately one hour of walking from the mountain hut Koča na Loki, the path from Durce joins from the right, and we continue left along the traverse path in the direction of Raduha. The increasingly scenic path bypasses the summit of Mala Raduha on the south side, then brings us to the main ridge, from which a nice view opens up to the northern side.
We continue along the marked path, to which the climbing path from the mountain hut Koča na Grohatu soon joins from the right. The path ahead again begins to ascend more steeply and then after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the 2062 m high summit.

Along the route: Koča na Loki pod Raduho mountain hut (1534m)

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