Another colorful slope.
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A view of a forested valley.
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Sun, clouds, mist and blue skies.
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Different trees - different colors.
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An old tree trunk lying on the forest floor.
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The slope full of larch trees.
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I just couldn't get enough of the view.
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Steps leading to a church in Idrija.
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Colorful slopes.
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Another patch of grass in the water hole.
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The light was changing as the clouds traveled across the sky.
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In a matter of seconds he was sailing away.
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What I came for - chestnuts.
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I soon came upon the first steel ropes. Yes, it was steep. :)
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On my way to Idrija, the slopes were in full fall colors.
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Before I left the top, I had another view of the Logarska Valley, which was then bathing in the sun.
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A small water hole offered great reflections.
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A shepherd's hut.
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The sun was getting higher.
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Another slope with electric wires.
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A flock of birds got scared of the car.
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A mountain runner passed by me as I was taking pictures.
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The church perched on a hill.
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I waited for a train, but none came.
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... to their landing spot in the Kamniška Bistrica Valley.
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There was another stretch of woods in front of me...
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I took a break at the Kamnik Saddle at 1,876 meters above sea level. Here I was looking at my final destination, Mount Brana.
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Patterns of the fields.
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Close-up of the leaf.
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I ascended from the town of Žiri up a road through a forest. This was before sunrise.
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It's amazing how quick they appear to be in the air.
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Then the other one followed.
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Jackdaws, however, weren't the only creatures with wings on Brana that day. There were a couple of paragliders ready to take off.
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The slopes of the adjacent mountains look extremely unwelcoming to a mountaineer, but they offer enough space for larches.
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The weather down in the valley was "sunny", but from above it looked as fog.
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Larches in all their glory.
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I was in a hurry to get back to the clearing, which was still full of color, but this time the light was coming from another angle.
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The wind took them to the south...
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And he was in the air too.
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They carefully set up their paraglides and waited for the right wind.
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The first one ran down the hill and took off.
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This is a blaze, a sign used in the mountains to mark trails.
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After a good half hour I was at the top. Yippie! There is Logarska Valley in the background.
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A plant covered in larch needles.
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A leaf and dew drops.
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Grass in the water.
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The last view before heading out.
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This is also a starting point for a few mountain hikes.
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Larches and firs.
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It was getting better and better.
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When the first sunrays hit the slope full of larches, I forgot to breathe for a moment.
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A cross is a very typical feature on summits in the Slovenian Alps.
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A hill with a chapel.
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As the trail climbed up Brana's north face, I enjoyed the view over the vast saddle and Mount Planjava.
(44 votes)
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The larch and the moon.
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A tractor on its way to the fields.
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Jackdaws soaring over the mountains and valleys.
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A play of light and shadow.
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Here it's clear that while one side of the saddle is sunny and grassy and welcoming, the other one is wild, dark and steeeeeep. If you fall, it's only one kilometer down the slope before you reach the valley below.
(6 votes)
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... before I reached a clearing where sunrays were trying to get through the fog. The light was magical. These photos are hardly post-processed at all - the colors were really like this.
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The road leads up to the top of a hill which is a popular place to pick chestnuts.
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Golden fern leaves.
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I spent over two hours at the summit in only a T-shirt (well, and pants, obviously)! It was really warm for the end of October.
(13 votes)
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I just couldn't stop looking up! It made me quite dizzy.
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Play of light and shadow.
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Grass in backlight.
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Larches in backlight.
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A path leading to the larches.
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Looking up to where I had just been half an hour before.
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Back at the Kamnik Saddle I spotted a pole with a wooden Slovenian flag.
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An old drinking trough.
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When the sun beat the fog, I continued my way across a meadow.
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Green leaves turning red.
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A chapel on top of a hill.
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It was difficult to descend quickly as the trail was covered in leaves and I couldn't see what was beneath.
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On a steep slope first sunrays greeted me.
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Another tree, another blaze ... it was a great hike!
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Half green, half yellow.
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The trail to the top of Brana is marked as "demanding". Well, it does involve some quite steep sections, but it's not too bad as long as you're not afraid of heights.
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... toward the Kamnik Saddle.
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The last hour from the clearing to the saddle offered great views.
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The larches were still vivid color.
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In the forest, paths were covered in leaves.
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It was surprising that despite many brown leaves on the forest floor the trees weren't bare yet.
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Trees turning yellow.
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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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The view form the top over the Sava river valley.
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I still wasn't at the top of the hill.
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Looking up provided great photo ops.
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Two leaves ready to fall off.
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Trees, meadows and a tractor.
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Golden fern leaves 2.
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The last look toward the saddle before I plunged into the forest.
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To the north-west, mountains Skuta and Rinke loomed over deep valleys.
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The view from the saddle to the south...
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I couldn't take my eyes off those larch trees.
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The colors shone brightly.
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Looking up towards the blue sky.
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... and to the north, towards Logarska Valley and the hut at Okrešelj.
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A trail through the pines and over the scree.
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This is the altitude where the pine grows.
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Looking toward the slope where I would soon be climbing.
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The last look to the south before I continued with my hike...
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Great colors anywhere I looked.
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An early start paid off. I reached the first clearing just in time for the first sun rays.
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Twenty minutes into the hike I emerged from the foggy valley, climbing the forested slope up to the Kamnik Saddle.
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There was even some mist near the mountain tops.
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Every way I looked, there was a magnificent sight in front of my eyes.
(1 votes)
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Clouds bathing in the sun.
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It was getting more and more dramatic.
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Looking toward the north - the Raduha mountain.
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The clouds made it quite interesting.
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Waiting for the sunrise
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