The Alps.1382 views
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This mountain hut was closed.970 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.881 views
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A classic Bohinj view.805 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.516 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)421 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.416 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.368 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.364 views
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Grass.351 views
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Towards the east.349 views
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Lake Bohinj.348 views
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The view towards the south.347 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.346 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.342 views
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A couple of small lakes.339 views
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At the cable car station.335 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.326 views
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Under a tree.320 views
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A sunlit slope.317 views
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The only ski slope that was open.300 views
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There weren't too many skiers.299 views
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The other lake.297 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.294 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.294 views
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A small lake.292 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.280 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.280 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.280 views
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Looking up from the valley.280 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.277 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.273 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.271 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.269 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.265 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.264 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).263 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.261 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.261 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.258 views
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The path up a grassy slope.254 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.254 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.253 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!252 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.246 views
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Anja Paersson.237 views
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A road.235 views
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Anja Paersson.232 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.223 views
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Looking down the valley.223 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.220 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? :)219 views
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At the top.216 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.215 views
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Ligety started the second run.215 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).215 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.214 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.213 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.213 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.213 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.213 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.213 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.213 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.212 views
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Vast slopes.212 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.212 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.212 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.212 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.211 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.211 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.210 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.210 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.210 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.210 views
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No snow under the chairlift.210 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.210 views
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Bird's eye view.209 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.209 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.209 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.208 views
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Spectators lined the track.208 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.208 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.208 views
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A tower and sheep.207 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.207 views
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Backlit.207 views
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Balloons.206 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.206 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.206 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)205 views
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At the finish line.205 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.205 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.205 views
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Pastures.205 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)203 views
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Weird sky. :)203 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.203 views
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The arena at the bottom.202 views
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Along the river.202 views
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The connecting ski track.201 views
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Along the town road.201 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.200 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.200 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.198 views
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View from the bridge.195 views
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