 Most viewed - September 2009
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Pink and orange fog.641 views
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Grintovec.641 views
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Looking back towards the hut and Mt. Pihavec.640 views
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Jaka braving his pain.640 views
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Bluish evening descending over Kamnik.640 views
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The trail between Ojstrica and Planjava took quite some time.640 views
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Everybody at the hut enjoyed the wonderful late afternoon light.639 views
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A detail.639 views
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Down we went, and then up again.639 views
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The shady woods didn't offer much relief from the heat because the air was so sultry.638 views
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Sandi and I at the top of Skuta (2532m).638 views
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The path is winding and steep.637 views
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Prehodavci.636 views
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A chunk of the mountain crashed down a couple of years ago.636 views
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We slowly made our way up and down towards our next goal, Skuta.636 views
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Kotliči col looked dramatic.636 views
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An ibex at breakfast.635 views
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Jezersko valley to the right.635 views
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The larches are still green.634 views
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We climbed all sorts of rocks just to pose ... ekhm, to get a better angle for a photo. ;)634 views
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Finally, the real peak. We'd been fooled by two lower peaks only to realize that there was still a long way to go.634 views
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Karst landscape.634 views
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Above Pastirci the weather still looked promising.633 views
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There is an unmarked trail to another peak, but we were content with the official one.633 views
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Every now and then the fog cleared a bit.633 views
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Planjava and the Kamnik hut.633 views
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From the top of Turska gora the views to the west opened up: Kalški greben, Grintovec, Skuta.633 views
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Sandi and Štruca.633 views
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It was getting dark fast.632 views
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Last look of Mt. Triglav before descening to the other side.632 views
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Tired!632 views
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We had lunch below the Razor rockface. Yes, we came down this way. :)631 views
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Velika planina.631 views
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At the Kamnik Saddle at dusk.631 views
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Soon, we stood at the top of Grintovec (2558m).631 views
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After an hour of being alone at the top we slowly headed down to the Kokra Saddle.631 views
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Kalška gora and Kalški greben, our destinations for the following day.631 views
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I just barely caught the last sun rays.630 views
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Planjava (right) and Ojstrica (left).630 views
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The last, relatively gentle slope to the summit.629 views
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We had to cross one more scree before entering the rock face.629 views
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But there was more climbing ahead of us - going down.628 views
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The clouds and fog only came from the south.628 views
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One delicate, overhanging spot in the ridge provided us with some adrenalin rush.628 views
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At the top of Dolgi hrbet, Grintovec in the background.628 views
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Sandi and Kalški greben.628 views
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At the saddle we had to make a sad, but reasonable decision: due to Jaka's injured knee we would have to skip Razor and head straight down towards Vrsic.627 views
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The views from the Mlinar Saddle were fantastic. On the spur of the moment we decided to climb Grintovec as well, even though that wasn't in our original plan.627 views
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Cloudy.626 views
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On the scree below Skuta.625 views
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The trail goes below the summit and offers great views of Mt. Prisojnik.624 views
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First sun rays from behind Mt. Razor.623 views
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Dolgi hrbet is a precipitous ridge, a heaven for climbers.623 views
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The top of Brana at 2253 meters.622 views
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Our next goal, Dolgi hrbet, was enveloped in fog.622 views
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Mists coming in from the west.622 views
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The ideal conclusion of every hike: jota with sausage! :)620 views
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A quick snap with my small camera propped on a bench before I raced down.620 views
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Pre-dawn purple light at the Kamnik Saddle.618 views
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The trail to Vrsic on the southern flanks of Prisojnik. Mt. Bavski Grintavec and Jalovec in the background.617 views
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Smarna gora in the distance.617 views
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At the top. It was probably raining on Krvavec.617 views
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Kamnik Saddle and fog.616 views
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At the hut we were greeted by the hutkeeper's golden retriever.616 views
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Looking back towards Kamnisko sedlo.615 views
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It was scorching hot.614 views
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The trail was a bit slippery from the rain in the past days.614 views
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Signs on a rock.614 views
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Last traces of orange in the sky.611 views
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Another summit we had to leave out - Mt. Prisojnik. But there will always be other opportunities, so no worries. :)611 views
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A short ascent before reaching the Gladki rob ridge.610 views
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After about 20 minutes I reached the meadows below the steep slopes of Kamniski vrh.610 views
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Panorama.610 views
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Fiery Rinke.610 views
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Brana and Kotliči.610 views
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From the steep trail the view back was wonderful. The meadows were bathing in the late afternoon sun.609 views
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End of day.606 views
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Bivouac below Grintovec.606 views
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Looking back at Skuta.606 views
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Sunset.606 views
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Tired Sandi. :)605 views
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They didn't follow a marked trail, obviously. ;)604 views
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Some more climbing before reaching the top.604 views
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Layers of light to the east.603 views
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Štruca to the left, Grintovec and Dolgi hrbet to the right and Veliki podi in between.603 views
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We started our descent to the Mlinar Saddle.602 views
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First sun rays on Turska gora and Rinke.601 views
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Can you see the hut all the way down there?600 views
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Last Sunday I decided I needed to stretch my legs again. This time it didn't look good and I was praying not to get soaked.597 views
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The Cojz hut at the Kokra Saddle.589 views
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We could see the trail up Planjava that we were going to take later.585 views
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We couldn't stop taking photos of the wonderfully lit mountains.582 views
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