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Planina Jezerca
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Krvavec as seen from the car in the morning.
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Views of southern part of Kamnik from Stari grad.
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No more snow below Mt. Krvavec.
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Kočna, Grintovec and Kalški greben.
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Homec from Stari grad.
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Higher up the slope was still covered with snow.
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A smoking volcano? ;)
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Ljubljana could be seen in the distance - can you spot the Ljubljana Castle?
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Fresh air, yay!
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Blue skies in the east.
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Looking towards the northwest: the church of St. Ana in Tunjice and the Julian Alps with Mt. Triglav in the background.
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T-bar lifts.
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Clouds.
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Kamnik.
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Mt. Krvavec.
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Zvoh.
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Kamnik.
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Kamnik in the distance.
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Zvoh.
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The Kamnik Alps towards the north.
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Smog in the valley.
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Zvoh.
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Mekinje monastery.
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Layers.
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Zvoh in the morning. Place the mouse over the photo to see the same scene two hours later.
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Sebastian and Ana on the Stari grad hill.
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Mt. Krvavec hut and Mt. Storžič in the background.
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Kriška planina and Krvavec from Zvoh.
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Mali grad hill with the chapel in Kamnik.
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St. Primož chapel.
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The Julian Alps and Storžič in the background.
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Kamnik roofs and Zaprice Castle.
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Kamniški vrh.
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Krvavec.
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Soon the light turned warm orange.
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Finally the sun prevailed.
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Mali grad chapel.
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We hurried back toward the car.
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Zvoh.
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Mali grad chapel.
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Crystals in the snow.
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Shadows.
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Kamnik from the Mali grad hill.
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Sun going down.
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Snow.
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Sebastian taking photos of Kamnik.
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Almost sunset time.
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Zvoh.
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Mali grad.
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The Julian Alps in the distance.
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Zvoh.
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The Zaprice Castle from below.
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Sun rays.
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Riding a chairlift.
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The Zaprice Castle.
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Sun rays.
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Njivice.
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One of the defensive towers at the Zaprice Castle.
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Mt. Storžič in sweet light.
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15
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Inside the tower.
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Mt. Triglav.
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Zvoh.
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A tower with a view.
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Sunset.
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At 1 p.m. when the ski lifts stopped working the snow was already quite heavy but not as much as one would expect in April.
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The Zaprice Castle from another perspective.
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After sunset.
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Krvavec TV tower.
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Silhouettes.
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I returned to Kriška planina where I had left my car.
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Mt. Triglav and a paraglider.
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Krvavec from the road leading down to the valley.
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Sebastian in front of a granary at the Zaprice Castle.
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Stari vrh ski slopes.
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Kamniški vrh and Velika planina.
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Right after sunset it was peaceful for a minute or two.
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Green meadows with Storžič and the Julian Alps.
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Then the sky exploded into fiery pink and red.
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Krvavec in the late afternoon that same day.
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It was magnificent.
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Krvavec in the late afternoon that same day.
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Crazy sunset colors.
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The show only lasted a few minutes.
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Then the colors faded.
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And soon everything was bluish and dark.
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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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As we were making our way up to the Kokra Saddle, the sunrise colored the looming walls above us orange.
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Coming out of the woods.
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In the last stretch below the saddle there were a few snowy patches.
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Yellow mist in the valley.
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It had been relatively warm until we reached the saddle, but there the howling wind almost blew us over.
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After putting our jackets, caps and gloves on we continued towards Grintovec.
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Some people were already returning from the peak!
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There was little snow on the sunny, grassy slope.
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The views to the southwest revealed fog in the valley.
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Somebody was bored. :)
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Slowly we made our way up the mountain.
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The last slope is deceptive: slanting at an steady angle it makes the peak look closer than it really is.
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Kalški greben in the background.
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Finally we reached the top!
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And we had to brace ourselves as the wind was so strong it almost knocked us over.
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Looking south: Mokrica, Košutna, Kalški greben, Krvavec.
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Looking east.
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Fog in the valley.
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Peter and I at the top.
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Yay! :)
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Soon more people reached the summit, braving the wind. Can you see snow particles in the air?
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In 15 minutes my fingers froze while taking photos, so we soon headed back down.
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Descening was much faster than climbing.
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There wasn't just one trail, there were hundreds.
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My estimate is that about 50 people climbed Grintovec that Sunday.
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A bit further down the slope the wind abated a bit and I was able to change lenses again. Velika planina in the distance.
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Velika planina and fog rolling in in the background.
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Triglav.
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Štruca and Skuta.
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Ojstrica, Planjava and Brana.
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A blaze on a rock.
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A scree slope.
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The same creation of the bored climber(s). :)
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Kalška gora and Kalški greben.
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By then the snow got heavier and wetter.
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Grintovec in all its glory.
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The Cojz hut at the Kokra Saddle is in constant shade during the winter.
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Cojz hut.
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Layer of smog/fog in the valley.
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U.
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We saw a girl in only a T-shirt. Brrrrrr!
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Sliding down the scree from the Kokra Saddle was the most tiresome part of the whole climb.
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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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Looking back to where we just descended from.
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Green undergrowth on the way up.
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Mala planina in the afternoon sun.
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Emerging from the woods we saw this lonely trail across the plain.
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On Friday afternoon we took the chair lift to transport all the food and drinks to the hut.
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Going up with a chairlift.
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Hellebores in backlight.
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Mala planina.
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Gojška planina.
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Early Saturday morning.
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In the morning, the fog still persevered in the valley.
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Mala planina.
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Mt. Ojstrica.
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Mala planina.
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Sunrise.
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Looking over the edge into the Ljubljana basin.
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A few helicopters flew around Mala planina, I think they were bringing building material was one of the huts.
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Mala planina and crocuses.
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Orange fog in the valley.
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The path was covered with a thick layer of snow in some parts.
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A few centimeters of snow fell over night.
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Layers.
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An army helicopter?
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Crocuses.
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The Kamnik Alps in the background.
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The Kamnik Alps.
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View to the south.
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Typical roof.
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A violet carpet everywhere we looked.
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Jaka is trying to wake up.
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A typical Velika planina cottage.
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Mala planina.
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At Črnuški dom (Črnuče hut).
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Slopes of crocuses (some prefer croci :)
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