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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First light.
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More fog.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I came across two cabins with more great views.
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Crocuses.
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Ideal position, wouldn't you say?
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Crocuses.
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The shadows were creeping along the slopes.
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Crocuses.
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Sunset.
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Crocuses.
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Last red sun rays.
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Crocuses.
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Crocuses on Mala planina.
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Trail.
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Mists in the valley.
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After the sunset.
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Detail.
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The light slowly turned pink.
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Mt. Planjava was still lit by the sun.
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Alpenglow.
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Alpenglow towards the east.
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Domžalski dom (Domžale hut).
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Many trails.
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Serene and beautiful.
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A hiker and a dog?
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Velika planina and the Kamnik Alps.
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Classic postcard material.
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Domžalski dom.
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Domžalski dom was inviting me for a plate of jota...
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... but first I had to enjoy in this subtle fine blue light some more.
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Evening.
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After 7 p.m. the night shooting began. The hardest part is composing the photo as you can't see anything through the viewfinder!
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The moon illuminated the landscape.
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The chapel.
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After this shot my only working battery died.
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After spending some time at the hut to refill the battery I went out again to shoot the moonless landscape. The trees were lit by the lamp at the hut though.
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Red light pollution from the valley.
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20 minutes.
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Stars.
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Pink horizon.
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Before sunrise.
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More pink horizon.
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First glimpses of the sun.
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The slope was slowly becoming pink...
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... and orange and red.
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Ski trails.
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The Kamnik Alps in the morning glow.
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Towards the Kamniška Bistrica valley.
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On the edge.
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Velika planina village and Mt. Ojstrica in the background.
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Mt. Kočna and Grintovec.
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Mala planina village.
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Fog in the valley.
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Mt. Snežnik some 85 km away.
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Domžalski dom.
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Snow.
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Slope in the morning sun.
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Along the edge.
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Pure bliss. :)
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