 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.1877 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1352 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.1324 views
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A classic Bohinj view.1222 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.1020 views
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Towards the east.972 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)962 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.959 views
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At the cable car station.957 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.940 views
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Grass.912 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.902 views
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Lake Bohinj.897 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.896 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.888 views
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The view towards the south.884 views
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A sunlit slope.872 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.821 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.813 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.783 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.781 views
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Anja Paersson.776 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.772 views
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A small lake.749 views
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The other lake.747 views
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A couple of small lakes.746 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.741 views
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The only ski slope that was open.740 views
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A road.740 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.734 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.730 views
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Under a tree.728 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.724 views
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There weren't too many skiers.724 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.723 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).710 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.707 views
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Looking up from the valley.698 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.683 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)682 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.681 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.673 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.670 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.663 views
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The path up a grassy slope.662 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.662 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!661 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.655 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.655 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.654 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.652 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.647 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.645 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.644 views
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Along the town road.644 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.636 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.631 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.630 views
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A tower and sheep.619 views
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On Sunday, I took some more photos at the other glacier where there is a viewing bridge suspended from a mountain.615 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.614 views
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At the finish line.613 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.613 views
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No snow under the chairlift.612 views
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View from the bridge.601 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.601 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.600 views
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Pastures.600 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)598 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.598 views
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Along the river.597 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.596 views
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Early Saturday morning we took the skibus up to the Rettenbach glacier, and we could already see the race track.593 views
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Weird sky. :)593 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.593 views
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The arena at the bottom.593 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.591 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.589 views
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Spectators lined the track.588 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.587 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.586 views
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At the top.585 views
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There are yellow snowmaking guns in the middle of ski slopes. And do you see cable cars against the mountain face on the right-hand side? :)585 views
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Backlit.584 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.582 views
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Vast slopes.581 views
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The connecting ski track.581 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.580 views
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Ligety started the second run.580 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.578 views
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Anja Paersson.575 views
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Balloons.572 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.570 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.566 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.565 views
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Bird's eye view.563 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.561 views
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The steep slope proved to be a challenge for many skiers as it was full of bumps and ruts quite soon.558 views
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Looking down the valley.558 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.557 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.551 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.545 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.545 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).528 views
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This is the view to the other side - you can see a green lake in the middle of the opposite mountain.522 views
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