 Last additions - Hiking to Mt. Viševnik
                          
                     
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                                        Pokljuka woods.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Fairy-tale grassy forest. Do you see any elves? ;)Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Looking up.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The trail leads through a thick pine forest the last ten minutes of the hike.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The last stretch of the hike back to the car.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Ski slope.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Down the same ski slope we climbed in the gloomy morning.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        I never imagined the hike would end in such a beautiful and warm weather. Yes, I was a happy camper. :)Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Viševnik in the background.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Larches.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        A larch twig.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        What a difference after the winter we'd experienced only twenty minutes earlier!Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Coming around the crest, the familiar view opened up again.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Snow and ice in places. The sun doesn't shine here.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Winter conditions.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Karst features in the rock.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Viševnik north face.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The trail was snowy in parts, but luckily our shoes remained dry.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The pass.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Views from the pass.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Rock and snow.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Viševnik north face was a completely different story.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        At the pass.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Dom Planika hut looked so much friendlier in the sun.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        "I want to go there!"Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Swirl of clouds around Triglav and Kredarica.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Mt. Triglav and two mountain huts: Dom Planika on the left and Kredarica on the right.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        After a hearty snack at the top we headed towards the Srenjski preval pass with the views of Triglav getting better and better.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Pokljuka forests, the Karavanke and Kamnik Alps ranges. Isn't it beautiful? :)Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        And then the moment of joy: the first sun rays illuminated the slopes and suddenly the world changed and became bright and colorful.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The top.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The sun still wouldn't come out, but at least it wasn't so ominouns and depressing as it had been earlier.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The curtain of clouds was definitely moving away.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        To the north the sky was beginning to clear. Were we going to have some nice weather after all?Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Dom Planika mountain hut was surrounded with patches of snow.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        At the top of Mt. Viševnik at 2050 meters above sea level. Mt. Triglav was hiding behind a cloud and jackdaws were flying over our heads.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        A dry branch.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The last part of the ascent is steep and grassy.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Looking towards Bohinj. Yes, dark clouds galore.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Mt. Šmarna gora in the sea of fog.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        A typical sign for hiking trails.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The second half of the hike. The sky was still cloudy, but at least it spared us the rain.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Mt. Stol.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Pine forests of Pokljuka and the Karavanke mountain range in the distance.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        Looking back towards Gorenjska where the fog still persisted in the valley.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        The steep section was soon over when we reached the larch-strewn pasture.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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                                        After parking the car on the Pokljuka Plateau, we started ascending the ski slope. The clouds looked really oppressive and we feared rain.Nov 25, 2007
                                        
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