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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.1213 views
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Main street in Kamnik.1213 views
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The trail to the Vratca pass led up the right side of the valley and was lined with flowers! What a sight!1213 views
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Pattern in the tulip bed1212 views
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Franciscan Church on the Preseren Square.1212 views
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Looking in the other direction.1212 views
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Fire.1212 views
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We said good-bye to the Krn Lake and headed back the way we came, towards the Vratca pass.1212 views
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A play of light and shadow.1211 views
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A hill with a chapel.1211 views
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Breezing along.1211 views
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Živa1211 views
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... so we overtook them at the first opportunity. We were gaining altitude fast. That is Luknja col right below us.1211 views
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Clouds started to roll in.1211 views
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At the Vratca pass (1803 meters above sea level) we had breakfast. Sitting in the grass we admired the views over the surrounding mountains.1210 views
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Tracks1209 views
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I don't know how they managed not to collide in that crowd.1209 views
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Color red.1208 views
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... and violet.1208 views
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Mangart hut after sunset.1208 views
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From the pass we started descending towards the Krn Lake.1208 views
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The gorge is quite narrow.1208 views
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Layers.1208 views
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A proper car on railway tracks1207 views
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The light slowly turned bluish ...1207 views
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Triggerfish.1207 views
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The last look to the south before I continued with my hike...1206 views
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Pedestrians and a bus.1206 views
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Fall colors persisted despite the early snow.1206 views
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The glorious weather was back again.1206 views
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The sun was bearing down on us by the time we almost reached Vratca again.1205 views
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A bus going towards the Square.1204 views
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An old house.1204 views
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And finally, the summit! There was Mt. Tolminski Kuk which we had optimistically considered climbing that day, but realistically, it was way out of our reach.1204 views
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In a matter of seconds he was sailing away.1203 views
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Descending from Mt. Brda.1203 views
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Piran and its colorful houses.1203 views
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A sunlit slope.1203 views
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The area where many plants used to be is mostly abandoned and decaying. This is an old chimney which is being pulled down before it crashes by itself.1202 views
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Different trees - different colors.1202 views
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Rocks jutting into the sea.1202 views
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Half green, half yellow.1200 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.1200 views
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"Catch me if you can!"1199 views
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Finally, we were at the end of our adventure.1198 views
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Sun, clouds, mist and blue skies.1197 views
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The drop.1197 views
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On the edge of a cliff.1197 views
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Looking up.1197 views
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First sun rays on Mt. Bovski Gamsovec.1197 views
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What I came for - chestnuts.1196 views
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Trudging along the tunnel.1196 views
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Christmas tree in front of a church.1196 views
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Panorama. The hill we climbed is on the left.1196 views
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Snowy backcountry road.1195 views
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A butterfly landed on a backpack and was willing to pose for a while.1195 views
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... and even some frosty cobwebs.1194 views
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An old tree trunk lying on the forest floor.1194 views
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Then the other one followed.1194 views
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The wind took them to the south...1194 views
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Planina Šija and Pungrat below.1194 views
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Lake Krn one more time.1194 views
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Punta.1194 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.1194 views
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Pokljuka - Planina Zajavornik. Mt. Triglav in the background.1194 views
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First we needed to change into protective clothes and sign a guestbook.1193 views
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Deep blue skies all around.1193 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.1193 views
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The Logarska valley with Mrzla gora.1193 views
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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.1192 views
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... to their landing spot in the Kamniška Bistrica Valley.1192 views
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Almost at the pass. The light was to kill for. As usual at such an early hour. :)1192 views
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More flowers. Any way you look at the lake and the mountains, it's spectacular.1192 views
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"No smoking"1191 views
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There was another stretch of woods in front of me...1191 views
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Trees.1191 views
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Main street in Kamnik.1191 views
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In the passenger car1191 views
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Three men and six trees.1191 views
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After this shot my only working battery died.1191 views
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Rakov Škocjan - the Big Natural Bridge.1191 views
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Pattern of the pathway.1190 views
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It was a very early start: at 6.40 am it was bitterly cold and foggy, and the dawn was just breaking.1190 views
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The last hour from the clearing to the saddle offered great views.1190 views
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To the north-west, mountains Skuta and Rinke loomed over deep valleys.1190 views
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The ones with bigger sails were, naturally, faster.1190 views
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As there was time left, we sailed to the south past Fiesa to Piran. This is Piran church on top of a cliff.1190 views
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Grass.1190 views
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Miners.1189 views
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After returning from Lubnik, I drove around the nearby hills for a while and enjoyed the late afternoon light on the Kamnik Alps.1189 views
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A panoramic view of the valley below the Vratca pass.1189 views
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The opposite slopes of the Krn range.1189 views
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A rock.1189 views
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Tina Maze.1189 views
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Views of southern part of Kamnik from Stari grad.1189 views
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Miha1188 views
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Aunt Bojana - OK, she's not a kid, but a willing subject nevertheless. :)1188 views
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A lonely tree.1187 views
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The light was changing quickly - here it was turning bluish.1187 views
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Rolling hills.1187 views
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But then the weather changed once more. I just caught the last sunrays here, then it got dark again.1187 views
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Neatly ploughed fields.1187 views
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Oily reflections.1187 views
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Old scales and a sun-lit factory in the background.1186 views
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The church and snow.1186 views
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And the last shot of the day: a cat with piercing eyes.1186 views
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Main street in Kamnik.1185 views
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Weird-shaped clouds.1185 views
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By now we were out of the shade and already started peeling layers of clothes off.1185 views
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Trees in snow.1184 views
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Into the abyss.1184 views
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Another reflection at Krn Lake.1184 views
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Lake Cerknica is extremely high, flooding a large area along with many trees.1184 views
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Planina Viševnik through the larches.1184 views
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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.1183 views
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Sea of fog beneath the Alps.1183 views
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The mountain side cutting into the fog.1183 views
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At Vršič Pass, looking towards Mt. Mojstrovka.1183 views
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Morning mist at the Javornik pasture.1183 views
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Before dawn.1182 views
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I couldn't decide among all the photos I took of dew drops. I just love the bokeh!1182 views
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... toward the Kamnik Saddle.1181 views
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The first one ran down the hill and took off.1181 views
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The road was glowing in the sun.1181 views
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Colors.1181 views
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The weather down in the valley was "sunny", but from above it looked as fog.1180 views
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Grass in backlight.1180 views
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Ladder and rust1180 views
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