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| tisa30. 06. 2011 12:35:23 |
Gita, with these pics you've made me such a "gušt" that I'll hopefully take it on Saturday if weather allows. Lp and happy trails!
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| GITA30. 06. 2011 14:53:00 |
I'm glad, Tisa  , wish you the best weather so you can enjoy the great views!
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| megalodon2. 07. 2011 16:04:24 |
I don't want to spread panic but still have to write about our experience. Today we as a family with three kids (3, 6, 8 years) headed to Dovška Baba but couldn't even reach the hut at Dovška Rožca. Already down on the path we saw the sign Beware vicious bull  , didn't want to scare kids though the older one kept asking if it can do something to us... As brave  dad I didn't blink  , though I've seen forum posts about this bull here.
But what awaited us before the "hut". About 50m below the hut we stopped preventively, saw the bull pawing and bellowing, even though two "keepers" were right there sawing something. When one tried to chase it away because of our hesitation, the bull charged him, knocked him down and the other saved him just in time. Woman on balcony just squealed. No exaggeration, situation was serious. Since the "locals" couldn't tame the bull my wife and I decided for kids' and our safety to turn back without summit.
Now the point. It "hurts" me for the summit because I've been up before, safety always first for me too, but explaining that to kids especially the youngest who's at 3 years really good hiker is harder. For kids summit and stamp... means a lot. Haven't read Nietzsche's book Path yet . How can someone let dangerous livestock not under control on public hiking path dangerous to hikers??!!!! 
Sorry for longer post, just for info and caution especially to families going up there. Maybe save your own ass, but dragging three "little frogs" behind I don't know.
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| GregorC2. 07. 2011 16:13:20 |
megalodon that is really an unpleasant experience, especially for children. As for the path I think the path over the pasture is owned by the local grazing or agricultural community. At least as far as I know these things. Maybe someone else will know better how it is with this. But the question is where is the sense in having such an animal on free pasture.
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| megalodon2. 07. 2011 16:24:06 |
To avoid misunderstanding, to no one in the post did I mean to take private or leased or rented... property, by public path I meant MARKED MOUNTAIN PATH. Maybe I'm wrong. Then let them write below private property bull attack possibility  , and we'll turn around and "conquer" some other peak.
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| GregorC2. 07. 2011 16:34:39 |
I know what you meant. I on some other pasture asked a similar question to the local caretaker or shepherd and got such an answer. So I don't know how it is with this. LP
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| kaveljc2. 07. 2011 17:17:32 |
yeah this is really a very awkward thing... but now I'll have to carry a gun along with all the gear, to survive an attack by a raging animal on the marked path
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| andrejpo13. 07. 2011 14:42:30 |
To all concerned hikers I report that the dangerous bull is no more - right after the unpleasant incident they put him in the barn, the next day he was taken "home" to the home barn in the valley. Still, some clarification is needed.
I know the shepherd very well and he told me his "own" story:
Both the shepherd and this same bull were on the pasture already last year. The bull was on the pasture for about a week this year until the unpleasant incident. In the first days of grazing he showed no aggression towards anyone. He was performing his "task" of inseminating cows. In previous years there were other bulls on the pasture (usually one or at most two) and there were no similar incidents. Such a situation can always happen but under the mentioned circumstances the probability is really small. What stimulus "disturbed" the bull to go berserk, probably no one knows.
Everyone who enters the pasture area is warned by "various" signs that there is a bull on the pasture. The notice is intended primarily for dog owners. Tense situations can indeed arise when a dog meets cows or a bull.
I largely agree with the writer megalodon how he experienced it, since I experienced a similar situation with my children myself on Menina pasture. Still, I reject blanket conclusions that someone doesn't control something. In areas where multiple interest groups cross (hikers, shepherds, livestock, wildlife, foresters...) one must live in coexistence and also understand each other. The shepherd himself deeply regrets the incident and acted as he had to. He isolated the bull and the owner took him to the valley. Any shepherd would do the same and on the other hand no shepherd in the future can prevent such incidents in advance.
Lots of nice hiking to all, and drop by the shepherd sometime, he is very friendly, if necessary you can even sleep in the hut or just sit in front of the hut in the sun and admire one of the most beautiful views of Triglav and its neighbors.
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| Mako13. 07. 2011 17:12:40 |
Not even by chance will what andrejpo claims hold, that this bull this year before this incident showed no aggression. This is completely misleading.
Exactly this bull this year knocked down a local in Dovje; broke some of his ribs. Shortly after they sent the bull to Dovška Rožca.
Completely irresponsible act of the owners.
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| @rekar13. 07. 2011 20:25:38 |
Stop once with this bull, an animal is just an animal, so better keep distance and don't disturb it, especially bulls are more aggressive. Everyone should be aware that the animal also likes peace.
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| ales2822. 07. 2011 19:26:37 |
Excellent pictures, mate - congratulations
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| Flora119. 12. 2011 17:47:24 |
I can write the same as the predecessor. Road drivable quite high up (to that bend where it goes uphill - don't know what it's called, no name on map), we started lower because otherwise you're up too soon. Lots of visitors yesterday, even some skiers. Hope a big shipment falls soon. Chose it because relatively safe from avalanches. I had ascent gear, saw people going without. Everyone should decide for themselves. P.S. pics from phone
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| robter14. 01. 2012 20:52:34 |
Start half hour walk before the barrier, since higher up road very icy, one big SUV parked before barrier. At Planina Dovška Rožca we put on crampons (only ones). Summit quite visited today. We continued to Hruški vrh and then cut a track back to planina.
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| rasto_r16. 01. 2012 19:07:29 |
On Saturday from Dovje to Dovška Rožca relatively dry, snow (and sometimes slightly icy path) starts around 1300m. From there to summit not exactly fully covered in snow. Saw three ski tourers with four dogs (one on four legs), rest on foot (skis left in car due to poor prospects).
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| gmajna17. 01. 2012 22:58:42 |
I was up there Saturday too, snow is rather little, new shipment wouldn't hurt. (pics)
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| Mrki14. 02. 2012 18:23:48 |
As a pensioner it's hard to afford Austrian or French mountains, today I went to our most classic ski tour descent on Dovška Baba. Forecast morning severe frost, so started quite late. At 11 parked on serpentine above farm, prepared gear and on skis up road to Dovška Baba. On road 10cm powder, went nicely. Summit slope from Planina Dovška Rožca onwards gifted with 20-30cm powder. Three ahead drew turns on slope. Perfect silence, only swish of skis on dry snow, warm sun and great views accompanied to top. Descent excellent. Even on road skiable all way down to power station at Mlinci above Dovje. Few more days!
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| Bbrina15. 02. 2012 09:05:31 |
Nice, Mrki. Nice photos and good idea for ski touring.
But from the other side pensioners have time to go to the mountains anytime, even weekdays, others due to work can't during the week, often not weekends either. Everything has positive and negative sides.
Time, place and conditions favor everyone.
Regards
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