 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.1822 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1316 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.1281 views
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A classic Bohinj view.1179 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.971 views
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Towards the east.929 views
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At the cable car station.905 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)904 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.900 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.899 views
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Grass.869 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.853 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.847 views
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Lake Bohinj.846 views
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The view towards the south.838 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.832 views
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A sunlit slope.812 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.772 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.772 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.733 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.730 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.727 views
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Anja Paersson.715 views
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A couple of small lakes.701 views
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The only ski slope that was open.697 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.695 views
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Under a tree.694 views
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The other lake.691 views
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A small lake.689 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.687 views
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A road.680 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.671 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.671 views
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There weren't too many skiers.669 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.662 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).655 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.652 views
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Looking up from the valley.643 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)638 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.630 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.630 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.627 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.621 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.618 views
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The path up a grassy slope.617 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.617 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.616 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.616 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.611 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.609 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.609 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.608 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!605 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.603 views
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Along the town road.596 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.595 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.588 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.585 views
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No snow under the chairlift.580 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.578 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.576 views
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A tower and sheep.574 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.568 views
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At the finish line.566 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.560 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.556 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.556 views
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Along the river.555 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.555 views
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View from the bridge.554 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.553 views
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Weird sky. :)553 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.551 views
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Pastures.551 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.549 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)548 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.548 views
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The arena at the bottom.547 views
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At the top.546 views
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Spectators lined the track.546 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.545 views
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Anja Paersson.541 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.541 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.540 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.537 views
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Backlit.536 views
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Vast slopes.534 views
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Balloons.532 views
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Ligety started the second run.531 views
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The connecting ski track.530 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.527 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? :)526 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.524 views
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Bird's eye view.523 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.522 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.521 views
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Looking down the valley.513 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.509 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.507 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.502 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.500 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.499 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.497 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).497 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.482 views
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