Emerging from the woods we saw this lonely trail across the plain.
On Friday afternoon we took the chair lift to transport all the food and drinks to the hut.
Going up with a chairlift.
Hellebores in backlight.
Mala planina.
Gojška planina.
Early Saturday morning.
In the morning, the fog still persevered in the valley.
Mala planina.
Mt. Ojstrica.
Mala planina.
Sunrise.
Looking over the edge into the Ljubljana basin.
A few helicopters flew around Mala planina, I think they were bringing building material was one of the huts.
Mala planina and crocuses.
Orange fog in the valley.
The path was covered with a thick layer of snow in some parts.
A few centimeters of snow fell over night.
Layers.
An army helicopter?
Crocuses.
The Kamnik Alps in the background.
The Kamnik Alps.
View to the south.
Typical roof.
A violet carpet everywhere we looked.
Jaka is trying to wake up.
A typical Velika planina cottage.
Mala planina.
At Črnuški dom (Črnuče hut).
Slopes of crocuses (some prefer croci :)
First light.
More fog.
Mala planina.
Domžalski dom (Domžale hut).
Velika planina.
Red signpost.
Winter fairy tale.
A typical cabin.
On the ridge.
One of the small puddles.
Velika planina enveloped in orange morning light.
Frozen sculpture.
Icicles.
The top of Velika planina is called Gradišče. The altitude is 1666 meters (5,460 feet).
Velika planina in all its glory.
Carpets of crocuses. They were still closed after the cold night.
Frozen sculpture II.
Views from the top towards the south.
Mala planina.
Velika planina and the chapel.
Crocuses everywhere.
Kamniški vrh on the right hand side.
Views from the top towards the north.
Snow-covered cabin.
Only a few cows were left on pasture, most had already been brought to the valley.
Velika planina village.
Planjava and Ojstrica.
Go left to some other ski centers.
Climbing towards Črnuški dom (Črnuče hut).
Typical Velika planina: a cow and the chapel.
Chapel.
Velika planina village.
Moments before the sun hid behind the mountain ridge.
Snow-clad trees at Črnuški dom.
The chapel on Velika planina.
Shadows.
Velika planina village.
Winter fairy tale.
Crocuses and a typical Velika planina cabin.
Velika planina cabin.
A hut in backlight.
The ski piste #8 where I skied for the most of the day.
Luka admiring the landscape.
The chapel on Velika planina.
Velika planina
Velika planina.
Me and Ojstrica. :)
The magnificent Mt. Planjava and the chapel in the foreground.
The chapel on Velika planina with the Kamnik Alps in the background.
At Zeleni rob.
A typical hut.
Ski trails.
The sun behind the chapel.
Fully equipped mountain photographer. :)
The Kamnik Alps were enveloped in a strange haze.
A patch of snow.
I took quite a few photos while riding the T-bar lift.
Play of light and shadow.
The chapel, waterhole and crocuses.
The Kamnik Alps and last sun rays.
On the ridge.
Velika planina.
Towards the sun.
Velika planina in all its glory.
The Kamnik Alps: Kočna and Grintovec.
Planjava and Ojstrica.
One.
Trudging through fresh snow.
There was almost no water in the waterhole.
Mists around Brana.
Ojstrica.
Kalški greben and Grintovec.
The Kamnik Alps.
The waterhole.
View over the Kamnik Alps from Zeleni rob.
Trees.
Kamnik from above.
Pollution!
Fence.
View over the Kamnik Alps from Zeleni rob.
Jaka.
Zeleni rob.
Waiting for the golden light.
Kamnik through some heavy smog. I can see my house from here! :)
Velika planina.
A cottage.
Fence.
Mt. Ojstrica and Velika planina.
A green path towards Ojstrica.
Another cottage.
Snow.
The chapel and Mt. Ojstrica.
More crocuses.
By the time we made our last run the fog in the valley had vanished.
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.
One last look of Velika planina and the Kamnik Alps.
Crocuses up close.
The Kamnik Alps.
Crocuses.
Golden light.
Chapel.
Kočna, Grintovec, Dolgi hrbet and Skuta.
Great views.
Crocuses.
On our way back the light wasn't as warm anymore.
Ojstrica.
Then I hiked around looking for untrampled snow.
Crocuses.
A weird cloud above the Alps.
The last shot taken from the cable car.
I came across two cabins with more great views.
Crocuses.
Ideal position, wouldn't you say?
Crocuses.
The shadows were creeping along the slopes.
Crocuses.
Sunset.
Crocuses.
Last red sun rays.
Crocuses.
Crocuses on Mala planina.
Trail.
Mists in the valley.
After the sunset.
Detail.
The light slowly turned pink.
Mt. Planjava was still lit by the sun.
Alpenglow.
Alpenglow towards the east.
Domžalski dom (Domžale hut).
Many trails.
Serene and beautiful.
A hiker and a dog?
Velika planina and the Kamnik Alps.
Classic postcard material.
Domžalski dom.
Domžalski dom was inviting me for a plate of jota...
... but first I had to enjoy in this subtle fine blue light some more.
Evening.
After 7 p.m. the night shooting began. The hardest part is composing the photo as you can't see anything through the viewfinder!
The moon illuminated the landscape.
The chapel.
After this shot my only working battery died.
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.
Red light pollution from the valley.
20 minutes.
Stars.
Pink horizon.
Before sunrise.
More pink horizon.
First glimpses of the sun.
The slope was slowly becoming pink...
... and orange and red.
Ski trails.
The Kamnik Alps in the morning glow.
Towards the Kamniška Bistrica valley.
On the edge.
Velika planina village and Mt. Ojstrica in the background.