Occasionally, there were great views over the valley from the road.
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A view of a forested valley.
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The road takes you to the end of the valley.
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The valley in all its glory.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Vrata Valley and the infamous Mt. Triglav's north face.
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Below Vršič Pass.
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Below Vršič Pass.
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Sheep below Vršič Pass.
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Sheep below Vršič Pass.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Larches below Vršič Pass were still green.
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Below Vršič Pass.
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In the afternoon we drove to the Mangart Pass. On the way there is a beautiful beech forest.
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Views from the Mangart pass road.
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Views from the Mangart pass towards Italy.
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Luka joined us for a few hours.
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Mangart pass.
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Mangart pass.
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Mangart pass and Mt. Mangart.
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Mangart pass.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Mangart pass.
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Mangart pass.
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Mangart pass.
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Mangart pass.
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Mangart pass.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Soča River at Kobarid.
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Lepena Valley.
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Lepena Valley.
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Lepena Valley.
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Playing with beeches in the Lepena Valley.
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Old house in the Lepena Valley.
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Old house in the Lepena Valley.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Ruins of an old house in the Lepena Valley.
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Soča River canyon (Korita Soče).
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Trenta Valley.
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Dr. Julius Kugy monument in the Trenta Valley.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Dr. Julius Kugy monument in the Trenta Valley.
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Views of Bovec.
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Views of Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec. Mt. Svinjak in the background.
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Morning mists around Bovec. A tractor and a tree.
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A tree in morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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The chapel at Javorca.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning dew.
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Morning dew.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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On the way back to Ljubljana over Predel Pass we saw Mt. Mangart again.
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The village of Strmec.
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Javorca.
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A fort close to Predel Pass.
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Rabelj Lake (Lago del Predil) in Italy.
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Emerald waters of the Soča river at Most na Soči.
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Smoketree, Karst.
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On the way to Bohinj we passed Mt. Stol shrouded in clouds. While the valley was still clad in fall colors, the slopes were covered in snow.
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The Logarska valley was full of fog.
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Fog in the Logarska valley.
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Stajerc express - the fast lane to the valley. :)
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Descending from Vršič Pass to Trenta Valley, there is a great view of Mt. Mojstrovka.
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Descending from Vršič Pass to Trenta Valley.
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River Soča in Trenta valley.
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River Soča in Trenta valley.
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Looking back towards the valley.
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Sunset and mist in the valley.
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Sunset and mist in the valley.
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Another look before we descended to the valley.
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.
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The road on the other side of the valley.
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Krma Valley down below.
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Krma Valley offered some interesting patterns with its trees.
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The floor of Krma Valley is a long way down.
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The end of Krma Valley in deep shadows.
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.
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Above Dovje, looking towards Mojstrana and the Vrata valley. Triglav in the background.
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Pinkish light in the pre-dawn Krnica valley.
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The views towards the east revealed a smoggy layer in the valley.
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Somewhere in the beginning of the Krma valley where we parked the car and started walking.
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At the end of the valley we were faced by the Kriska stena rockface.
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I had a great view of the entrance to the three valleys: Krma, Kot and Vrata.
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The entrance to the three valleys: Krma, Kot, Vrata.
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At the very end of the valley there was still quite a bit of snow.
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We were gaining altitude fast while the Krnica valley behind us was already bathing in the sun.
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We had gorgeous views of the Razor range across the valley.
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The Vipava valley.
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The Vipava valley up close. :)
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Krnica valley from the Vrsic road.
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Towards the end of the valley.
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Rock faces of Debela peč above the Krma valley.
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Benches with the view of the Trenta valley.
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On the other side of the Vrsic pass, looking towards the Zadnja Trenta valley, with Mt. Jalovec in the background.
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Orange horizon over the Trenta valley.
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A red valley.
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Kranjska Gora ski slopes and the Krnica valley in the background.
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A view over the valley.
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Mists in the valley.
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The sea of fog in the valley and hugging the slopes of Storžič.
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The views from the trail towards the south revealed the Kamnik Alps in the distance and smog in the valleys.
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One more look at the fog in the valley and at 5 a.m. we started walking.
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The trail to the Vratca pass led up the right side of the valley and was lined with flowers! What a sight!
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Smog in the valley.
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Layers of smog in the valley.
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This part of the valley is called Gracija. I think I now know why.
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Spring in the valley.
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Spring in the valley.
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Spring in the valley.
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I had to descend to a small saddle in the crest from where a trail forked off to the valley.
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The TV tower, the hotel and the valley below.
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Krvavec from the road leading down to the valley.
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Here I took the trail leading down to the valley.
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A panoramic view of the valley below the Vratca pass.
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From here you can see directly to the Triglav Lakes Valley with Mt. Triglav itself in the bakground.
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Tolminski Kuk on the left, Tolminka valley on the right, from Mahavšček.
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The meadows at Dolniki, looking towards the Triglav Lakes Valley.
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After a large bowl of jota (potato-sauerkraut-beans-sausage casserole) and beer we looked at Lake Bohinj for the last time before heading back to the valley. It was a long, but fantastic day!
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I started the trip in the valley of the Kamniška Bistrica River. The Alps are in the background.
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Back in the valley before sunset.
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The view form the top over the Sava river valley.
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Upon return to the valley, I took some photos of the railway tracks in the setting sun.
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Looking back towards the valley.
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.
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Looking up from the valley.
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The road to the valley.
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On the other side of the valley, there was a church perched on a hill.
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Škocjan village on top of the collapsed valley.
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Škocjan village on top of the collapsed valley.
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Views on the ridge towards the Robanov kot valley.
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Logarska valley.
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Looking toward the other side, the fog had already started to creep up from the valley.
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Trenta valley.
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Looking straight down to the Vrata valley.
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Dolic hut at the bottom, Hribarice and the Triglav valley.
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The Triglav valley and Lepo spicje. You can even see the Prehodavci hut.
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It was almost 9 p.m. when we set off back to the valley.
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Radovna valley.
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Krma valley.
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We did descend to the valley floor but didn't get very far. The ground was soggy and the passage under the bridge completely under water,
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The Logarska valley with Mrzla gora.
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Jezersko valley to the right.
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Fog in the valley.
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Looking into the valley from the finish area.
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Looking into the valley from the finish area.
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Looking into the valley from the finish area.
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Looking into the valley from the finish area.
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A photo taken through the bus window of the fog in the valley.
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Sunday was warmer than Saturday and some of the snow lower in the valley melted.
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Starting early from the Kamniška Bistrica valley meant we had to use our headlamps before it dawned above Velika planina.
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We started the hike in the Vrata valley at 5 a.m.
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The hike began before dawn. It was 6.30 when we set off from the valley. The first sun rays just hit Triglav.
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Yellow mist in the valley.
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On the other side of the col the Zadnjica valley opened up.
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At the foot of the north face, scree leads towards the bottom of the valley.
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One more look toward the west and the Zadnjica valley.
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The views to the southwest revealed fog in the valley.
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Vrata valley far below.
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Fog in the valley.
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The valley of the Vrbas River narrows into a canyon in places and then widens again into this bend.
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Another look down the Vrata valley.
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The valley of Koritnica was a joy to drive through.
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Just outside Bovec we turned right directly into the Trenta valley. Of course, we had to stop and admire River Soča.
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A scene from the Trenta valley.
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A typical scene from the Trenta valley.
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Then it was time to head back to the valley, but not where we came from. For the B&W version place the cursor over the photo.
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Layer of smog/fog in the valley.
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Looking towards the valley of Zadnja Trenta.
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Fog in the Vrata valley almost 2 kms lower.
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When we were almost back in the valley, we could see that we were actually in a layer of fog. Brana above us.
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Aljaz tower and the Vrata valley.
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After some hearty "jota" we looked towards Mt. Tosc and Veliki draski vrh before heading for the valley.
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Last look of the Triglav north face before we reached the valley floor about 14 hours after we had set off.
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At the end of the valley of Tamar there is a mountain hut with mountain Jalovec looming over it.
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In the morning, the fog still persevered in the valley.
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Looking back towards Gorenjska where the fog still persisted in the valley.
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Orange fog in the valley.
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Early morning on Planina Viševnik with mists in the valley.
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Early morning on Planina Viševnik with mists in the valley.
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There was fog in the valley which light tried to penetrate.
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Red glow in the valley.
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The view from another window to the south, towards the Trenta valley.
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