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Goteniški Snežnik

mdenac1. 02. 2023 22:16:45

No, for a while no one has written anything here, so I can revive the topic with today's fairly strenuous ascent to Goteniški Snežnik from Gotenica (via Kameni zid). With a buddy we started hiking around nine and returned just before four - the southern snow slowed us down considerably, which we trampled with snowshoes for a good part of the path. The biggest problem with the thaw is of course on the slopes of Kamenega zidu, where the path is completely snowy and the "traverse" is very steep in places. In the morning it still held, on the way back it sank extremely. Someone was already ahead on foot, but turned back just before this traverse. Someone went a bit further today during the day, but also turned back before the traverse. So up to there it's trampled for pedestrians, if anyone is thinking of an ascent by chance. To Kameni zid you could probably get there OK now without extra gear, for GS snowshoes/skis will be highly recommended for a while.

Start along the cart track, which is cut by a footpath from the village.

Somewhere here the tracks ahead of us ran out, already quite crusty snow.

View from Kameni zid towards Goteniški Snežnik.

Continuation, better base for snowshoes.

Here we finally left it, and gladly so. The snow on the road was completely crusty.

View from the summit of Goteniški Snežnik.

Steep crossing during descent, annoying and somewhat dangerous.

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sla2. 02. 2023 07:57:33

Super!

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silvo195226. 12. 2023 12:47:24

The last stamp went into the booklet of the extended Slovenian traverse with ascent to Goteniški Snežnik in the late morning. We chose the shortest path from the road to Medvedjek and climbed to the summit in half an hour. Snow only a sample in the shady area, most of the path dry and normally passable. Then we drove to Strmo Reber and along the forest road to the parking lot, descended via Firstov rep to Loška stena and on the way back visited Reško jezero.

2023.12.23.19 panorama from Goteniški Snežnik

2023.12.23.74 Loška stena from the viewpoint

2023.12.23.77 Kolpa valley with Snežnik in the background

2023.12.23.107 return to the starting point

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TapravHribovc18. 02. 2024 18:44:32

Cloudy Sunday used for ascent to Goteniški Snežnik. Start from Gotenica and then to Kamenega zidu, where we took a break before climbing to the summit of Goteniški Snežnik, which pampered us with a rainbow. nasmeh

We returned the same way, drove to Kočevska Reka, and viewed Reško jezero.

The rainbow enhanced our view from Goteniški Snežnik

Soon clouds crept into the sky and signalled time to leave

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velkavrh5. 09. 2025 08:23:04

Yesterday we retirees of DU Britof-Predoslje conquered Goteniški Snežnik. Local mountain guide helped us - big thanks to him. Along nice forest road we drove by bus quite high. From there along marked path to the very summit of Snežnik. The path was a bit rutted. Seems few hikers take this route. Last part of the path is quite steep. The little path and rocks just before the summit were quite slippery-wet. But the summit doesn't disappoint. Views far to the Croatian side are beautiful. There's also a box for entries and stamp. I think we didn't sign anything. For years I don't collect stamps anymore. Down the same ascent path to the road. There we treated ourselves to super hot snack-suckling pig. Nothing to praise.