
Entrance cave of Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Entrance cave of Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Entrance cave of Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Entrance cave of Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Planinska jama (Planina Cave).
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Rakov Škocjan - the Big Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Big Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Big Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Big Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Rakov Škocjan - the Small Natural Bridge.
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Planina Cave (Planinska jama).
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Planina Cave (Planinska jama).
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Planina Cave (Planinska jama).
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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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Planina Viševnik through the larches.
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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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Planina Viševnik in the last sun rays.
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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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Planina Viševnik.
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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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Planina Viševnik.
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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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Early morning on Planina Viševnik with mists in the valley.
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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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Early morning on Planina Viševnik with mists in the valley.
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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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First light.
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More fog.
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Fog was rising.
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Mala planina.
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Domžalski dom (Domžale hut).
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Velika planina.
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Red signpost.
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Winter fairy tale.
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An island in the fog.
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A typical cabin.
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On the ridge.
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One of the small puddles.
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Velika planina enveloped in orange morning light.
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Frozen sculpture.
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Triglav with a sprinkle of snow.
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Icicles.
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The top of Velika planina is called Gradišče. The altitude is 1666 meters (5,460 feet).
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Velika planina in all its glory.
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Carpets of crocuses. They were still closed after the cold night.
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Frozen sculpture II.
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Fog soon lost its orange glow and turned to white.
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Views from the top towards the south.
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Mala planina.
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Velika planina and the chapel.
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Crocuses everywhere.
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Kamniški vrh on the right hand side.
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Planina Viševnik.
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Views from the top towards the north.
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Snow-covered cabin.
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Only a few cows were left on pasture, most had already been brought to the valley.
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Velika planina village.
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Planjava and Ojstrica.
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One of the huts on Planina Viševnik.
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Go left to some other ski centers.
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Climbing towards Črnuški dom (Črnuče hut).
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Typical Velika planina: a cow and the chapel.
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Chapel.
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Velika planina village.
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Fog in the valley.
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Moments before the sun hid behind the mountain ridge.
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Snow-clad trees at Črnuški dom.
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The chapel on Velika planina.
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Shadows.
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Velika planina village.
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Planina Ovčarija.
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Winter fairy tale.
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Crocuses and a typical Velika planina cabin.
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Velika planina cabin.
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A hut in backlight.
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The ski piste #8 where I skied for the most of the day.
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A lone dry larch.
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Luka admiring the landscape.
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The chapel on Velika planina.
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Velika planina
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Velika planina.
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Me and Ojstrica. :)
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Planina Ovčarija.
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The magnificent Mt. Planjava and the chapel in the foreground.
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The chapel on Velika planina with the Kamnik Alps in the background.
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At Zeleni rob.
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A typical hut.
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Ski trails.
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Mala Tičarica to the right - our goal for the day.
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The sun behind the chapel.
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Fully equipped mountain photographer. :)
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The Kamnik Alps were enveloped in a strange haze.
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A patch of snow.
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I took quite a few photos while riding the T-bar lift.
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Views from the slopes of Mala Tičarica to the west.
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Play of light and shadow.
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The chapel, waterhole and crocuses.
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The Kamnik Alps and last sun rays.
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On the ridge.
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Velika planina.
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Batognica.
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Towards the sun.
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Velika planina in all its glory.
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The Kamnik Alps: Kočna and Grintovec.
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Planjava and Ojstrica.
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One.
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Mahavšček.
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Trudging through fresh snow.
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There was almost no water in the waterhole.
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Mists around Brana.
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Ojstrica.
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Kalški greben and Grintovec.
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Views from Mala Tičarica to the north: Veliko Špičje, Zelnarica, Kanjavec, Triglav in the background.
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The Kamnik Alps.
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The waterhole.
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View over the Kamnik Alps from Zeleni rob.
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Trees.
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Kamnik from above.
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Triglav.
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Pollution!
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Fence.
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View over the Kamnik Alps from Zeleni rob.
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Jaka.
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Zeleni rob.
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Crazy clouds.
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Waiting for the golden light.
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Kamnik through some heavy smog. I can see my house from here! :)
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Velika planina.
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A cottage.
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To the east.
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Fence.
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Mt. Ojstrica and Velika planina.
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A green path towards Ojstrica.
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Another cottage.
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Triglav Lakes Valley.
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Snow.
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The chapel and Mt. Ojstrica.
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More crocuses.
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By the time we made our last run the fog in the valley had vanished.
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Double Lake.
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Back at Črnuški dom the light was already orange. To see what it looked like exactly one hour earlier place the cursor over the photo.
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One last look of Velika planina and the Kamnik Alps.
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Crocuses up close.
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The Kamnik Alps.
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The summit.
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Crocuses.
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Golden light.
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Chapel.
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Kočna, Grintovec, Dolgi hrbet and Skuta.
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Only a few larches were yellow.
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Great views.
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Crocuses.
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On our way back the light wasn't as warm anymore.
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Ojstrica.
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Planina Ovčarija and Mala Tičarica in the background.
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Then I hiked around looking for untrampled snow.
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Crocuses.
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A weird cloud above the Alps.
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The last shot taken from the cable car.
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